It Could Be a Headline in the Washington Post

So today I continued sorting my stuff, throwing lots away. Weird, much of what was in my file cabinet was reference copies of old journal articles - don't need these, everything is on the Web now. Heck, I even pitched author copies of my own reports - again, they're all on the Web. Science moves on anyway. There's something philosopical about publishing science in a fluid medium like the Web instead of a static medium like paper, something that reinforces that you need to continually go back and recheck, rethink, revalidate, refine your theory. And I deleted hundreds of old emails and shredded documents like 10-year-old travel vouchers and statements from my gov't credit card. AND pushed the "send" button on my 9-090 (the electronic exit paperwork).

I can see the headline in the Washington Post: Scandal at USGS! Employee Shreds Hundreds of Documents, Days Before Leaving Job! What Was She Hiding?

Whoever used the shredder before me had shredded cds (the machine is meant to be able to do this) and they fractured into tiny pieces. Every time I fluffed the shredder bag it sprayed rainbow holographic glitter all over me.