Rocket Jones
October 16, 2005
The center wasn't the only guy bent over today (updated)
Fantasy football, and two, repeat TWO of my starting wide receivers didn't play today. Both were game-time decisions, so thanks guys, for giving me a little warning. I'm glad the Steelers lost (Hines Ward), and I wish the Bengals had too (T.J. Houshmandzadeh).
Serves (half of) you right, dammit.
Update: Somehow I'm hanging in there. Now I need Edgerrin James to have a great Monday Night and the rest of the Colts to fall off the face of the planet, and I might just pull this one out.
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Millions More Miscount
There was a time when the National Park Service would provide an estimate of the crowd size for events held on the mall in Washington DC. After being criticized for not sufficiently inflating the estimates to soothe the egos of various organizers, the parks people did an intelligent and reasonable thing. They declined to provide crowd estimates any more.
That made everyone happy. The National Park Service no longer had to deploy people to "count" the crowds, and they deftly sidestepped various complaints ranging from bad mathematical skills to racism.
The organizers of various events were happy too, because now their "official" numbers were, in fact, official.
Yesterday was a classic example. After hearing reports throughout the day about "thousands massing at the mall" or "a throng numbering in the thousands", the Nation of Islam released their official crowd count at 1.8 million people.
I'm happy, because now I know for sure that every estimate I hear from these events is complete and utter bullshit.
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You hit the nail right on the head,Ted.The newscasters where touting "hundreds of thousands" yet the reporter on NBC from the scene said "tens of thousands".The last comment at the end of the story said "While the numbers can't be confirmed,Metro states that during the course of the day over 375,000 had ridden public transportation".Well what the hell is THAT supposed to mean?I don't reckon there's a chance that any of those people had anywhere else to go,huh?By that reasoning I could say that the Air and Space Museum MUST have gotten 375,000 visitors yesterday.At best there where "lots" of or maybe "a bunch of" people.
You can usually tell which news crews are sucking up to these lib organizations too because they're the ones who never show any scanning or panoramic shots of the crowd.
However,all of the wide open space,absolutly no-one in line for the toilets and all of those lonely,empty,unused chairs speak a different story.
All of this is no different than the "Million Mom March" or more appropriatly "The Hundred Mom March".I still rmember Jim Vance from channel 4 news trying his best to stir up interest in this laugh riot.The number of people was so small that they never even did a follow up story that evening.I suppose there was nowhere to put the camera where it wasn't obvious that the whole thing was a big joke and that nobody was interested in their "message".
Of course none of this actually suprises me as lib organizations are notorious for making up statistics on everything from gun control to "global warming".Facts mean nothing to these people.
Posted by: Russ at October 16, 2005 03:14 PM (ObxzR)
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It is the National Park Service not US parks.
Posted by: john spencer at October 16, 2005 03:55 PM (UwZUf)
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Thanks for the correction John, I updated the post to reflect that.
Posted by: Ted at October 16, 2005 04:02 PM (+OVgL)
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You're not counting the little, invisible aliens FarrahCon sees in his head.
Posted by: Matt Navarre at October 17, 2005 01:26 AM (Sj2+4)
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An Excellent Evening
Last night, I had the extreme pleasure of meeting several local - and one very not-local - bloggers for dinner in Olde Towne Alexandria. John Lanius of Texas Best Grok got the ball rolling a couple of weeks ago via email, because he would be in town on business, and was wondering if it would be possible to set up a blogmeet.
Besides John, those in attendance included Cat of
A Swift Kick and a Bandaid, her blogless friend Matt, Dawn of
Caterwauling,
Lysander (who is alive and kicking, despite the evidence at his blog), Robert the
Llamabutcher,
Naked Villainy's Maximum Leader, and Buckethead of
The Ministry of Minor Perfidy. Oh, and yours truly.
As usual, it was like getting together with old friends even if most of us had never met each other. The food was good (mine was, I don't recall hearing anyone else mentioning it), and the conversation excellent. Topics ranged from the history of communism to TShirt Hell, and just about anything and everything in between. Four and a half hours later, we settled up and on the way out the conversations continued on the sidewalk out front.
For the locals,
Nic has suggested a get-together for a Washington Capitals hockey game one evening. I'm up for that!
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Envy.
The only Munuvian I have met in person (so far) is Simon.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 16, 2005 11:19 AM (QriEg)
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Well then, Pixy, get yer ass on over Stateside! You will be treated regally, I promise!
Posted by: Tuning Spork at October 16, 2005 08:47 PM (Kfkyk)
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But that would involve travel.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 17, 2005 04:13 AM (RbYVY)
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I guess he's waiting for the age of teletransport or he's waiting for the next 38 months to go bye before he takes another vacation?
Still, I'm jelous too. Some of these peeps are some of my favorites.
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October 15, 2005
Inadvertant Humor
Earlier this week we had the headline:
Avian Flu Found in Turkey
Today we see:
Thousands Attend Millions More March
But of course, this is deliberate:
Rice Fails To Gain Russian Support Over Iran
When the more accurate statement would be:
Russians refuse to change mind despite Rice efforts. But hey, she
failed, you know?
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...Noodles preferred as a side dish...
Posted by: Susie at October 15, 2005 12:20 PM (a0oF7)
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If Condie ran for Prez in 08 I would actually consider voting.
Posted by: Russ at October 15, 2005 01:48 PM (ObxzR)
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Things Mookie has learned in college
1. There are about 1/2 ton of termites living for each human being on the planet.
2. Termites fart.
3. Farting releases methane.
4. Methane is a greenhouse gas.
5. Therefore, killing termites can stop global warming.
(
Chemistry in Context: Applying Chemistry to Society, 4th edition, page 125)
Hand me that aerosol can of bug spray, would you?
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By coincidence, I have a termite inspection coming up in a couple of weeks. I'll ask the guy if he spots the little bastards by their flatulence.
Posted by: CGHill at October 15, 2005 03:55 PM (tEfsQ)
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Random *and* Pointless, because I'm dedicated to giving you more
You do realize that there's a salty side and a not-salty side to a Pringles, don't you?
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So which side do you lick first?
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at October 15, 2005 08:35 AM (ics4u)
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Ramona Pringle? Lick whichever side she wants!
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October 14, 2005
Happy Birthday!!!!
Oldest daughter Robyn turns 21 today! Yay!
Don't do anything stupid.
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Happy Birthday, Robyn! Do everything I would do, and then some.
That should keep you sufficiently passed out until Thanksgiving!
Posted by: dawn at October 14, 2005 03:40 PM (jFpDX)
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Oh don't worry, it will be a fairly tame night. Someone already called and gave me advice on how not to have a hangover...haha. Besides, my roomie is only 19 so since we are hanging out with her tonight, we will stay outta trouble
Posted by: Robyn at October 14, 2005 04:03 PM (PKzS4)
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I think Dawn is a good role model. Happy birthday, Robyn!
Posted by: nic at October 14, 2005 05:01 PM (l+W8Z)
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Happy Birthday Robyn!
Ted: Are you saying "Don't do anything stupid" to the commenters (because she's your daughter) or to Robyn, 'cause it's her birthday?
Posted by: Oorgo at October 14, 2005 06:10 PM (lM0qs)
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Happy Birthday, Robyn!
I spent my 21st birthday in basic training. Hope you have a better day than I did!
Posted by: Tuning Spork at October 14, 2005 10:09 PM (I1rgZ)
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Robyn's one of the brightest people I've met, Oorgo. She's probably more responsible than all of us put together -- we don't have to worry 'bout that one!
Nic? We need to go get into trouble away from the young'ns.
Posted by: dawn at October 15, 2005 11:51 AM (Dh1V0)
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Hey...just a head's up...My birthday was great. And I will have everyone know I didn't even get sick
and there is hardly any hangover here
I am proud of myself
Dad: No stupidity was had
Posted by: Robyn at October 15, 2005 12:45 PM (PKzS4)
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So slanted that it falls over into a deep murky pit of its own stupidity
I feel like hell, which means that y'all get to listen to me rant. And boy, did I find a doozy.
Let's start with
this headline:
Sea farmers struggle to save kelp from predatory urchins
Cool. I think I like sea farmers. All high-techy and stuff, feeding the hungry millions in our world. Check out this promising start to the story:
Not many farmers wear wet suits to work. But Tom Ford isn't running your average ranch. Instead of a tractor, he drives a motorboat. And rather than chase away insects and rodents, he fights off prickly sea urchins.
But something starts to smell fishy in the very next paragraph, when you find out that Tom's "farm" is all of one acre. Seems that Tom, along with other biologists in Southern California, are struggling to restore the great kelp forests to the coastal waters of Southern California.
Now, I don't have a problem with that, because kelp is an incredibly useful plant, as the story goes on to explain. It provides fish with an underwater habitat that allows them to thrive in great numbers and even when it washes up on shore it's a boon for beach critters like crabs and birds.
I bet those bastard humans have destroyed it, right?
But in the last 50 years, frequent episodes of warm-water El Nino have devastated kelp, which thrives at lower temperatures. California and Alaska are the only two places in the Northern Hemisphere where giant kelp grows.
Oops. Maybe not.
Scientists say humans also are to blame for kelp's demise because they pollute the ocean and overfish the urchins' natural predators--lobsters, sheep-head fish and sea otters.
Sorry about that. I forgot to provide a warning about the obligatory "it's all our fault" paragraph. I guess I should feel bad, because I do love to sit down to a nice sea otter steak. Sheep-head fish? Not on any menu I've ever seen.
But we're fighting back. According to the story, they've spent millions of dollars in their effort to restore the kelp beds. Results?
Only two acres of kelp were restored in Southern California from 2001 to 2004, say environmental groups that spent $2.5 million in state and federal grants.
But it's hard work. Here's how the intrepid "sea farmers" (translation: tree-huggers) fight back:
Armed with a rake and mesh satchels, he and volunteers purged the area of purple, red and white urchins--bagging 25,000 last year alone.
Got that? They artificially manipulate an ecosystem in a wholesale and arbitrary manner, because they're like, you know, protecting the environment. The paragraph after that even includes a gratuitous and totally unsubstantiated scary anecdote.
So far, we've learned that they've spent millions of dollars fighting the ecological effects caused by a cyclical change in the environment of an entire hemisphere. In three years, they've restored two acres of kelp forest, at a cost of over one million dollars per acre. They've also destroyed hundred of thousands of living creatures during that time, because they're not the "right" kind. Ok, I'm assuming that they destroyed them, because if they just collected them and then dumped them into another area, then that's two different places where they've drastically altered the ecosystem. Which way is better?
This quote just seals it:
"If you go into a kelp forest, the place is swarming with fish," said Paul Dayton, a marine ecology professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. "Take out that kelp and the fish won't go extinct, but they'll be much rarer because they don't have the habitat. ... We should protect it just on the grounds that it's for our grandchildren.
These people are supposedly scientists. Why do they righteously insist on preserving a single snapshot of the living, evolving, ever-changing world we live in?
I swear, if environmentalists had been around at the beginning of the universe, they'd have protested against God himself for destroying all the nothingness when he created the world.
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Predatory sea urchins - are those like sea-going versions of some Dickensian pre-adolescent pickpocket?
Posted by: buckethead at October 14, 2005 01:13 PM (ztNrs)
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Just imagine the smog and environmental devastation caused by the Big Bang!
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at October 14, 2005 01:22 PM (UquFN)
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I smell sequel! Sebastian as Fagin:
"Under the sea.
Under the sea.
Everything's better,
When you bring leather
wallets to meeeee."
Posted by: Ted at October 14, 2005 01:24 PM (+OVgL)
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wait a second, you said they are "fighting the ecological effects caused by a cyclical change in the environment of an entire hemisphere".
But previously you post that "Scientists say humans also are to blame for kelp's demise because they pollute the ocean and overfish the urchins' natural predators--lobsters, sheep-head fish and sea otters.".
Which is it, cyclical change, or change caused by human pollution and overfarming?
Posted by: Oorgo at October 14, 2005 03:56 PM (lM0qs)
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Oh wait, you're saying El Nino caused the cyclical change right? What exactly caused el nino and the warming of ocean waters, dare I say... pollution and global warming? Oh I know you love those words, face it, you know you do.
Posted by: Oorgo at October 14, 2005 03:58 PM (lM0qs)
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LOL El Nino has been around longer than man, my friend. Those pesky laws of thermodynamics, don't'cha know.
Posted by: Ted at October 14, 2005 04:05 PM (+OVgL)
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I like making haphazard guesses based on non-fact, I learned that ability from your President.
Posted by: Oorgo at October 14, 2005 04:30 PM (lM0qs)
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But they're doing it for the children.
cogito penuriosus oorgo sum bardus
Posted by: chris hall at October 14, 2005 05:13 PM (laRRX)
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I bet you're talking about WMD. Ignore the fact that they found them. Not heaping stockpiles of them, but some were discovered.
I won't mention that I don't cheat people out of money, and that maybe I could learn something from your current government. Glass houses, my friend.
Posted by: Ted at October 14, 2005 05:26 PM (+OVgL)
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well played sir! Touché
Posted by: Oorgo at October 14, 2005 05:43 PM (lM0qs)
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Oh and Chris, c'mon... if you call me an idiot in a language that takes me 20 minutes to translate, I call you pretentious.
Posted by: Oorgo at October 14, 2005 05:55 PM (lM0qs)
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Seems t'me that trying to change a place into someplace that doesn't change is kinda neurotic.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at October 14, 2005 10:24 PM (I1rgZ)
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Save the Sea Urchins!!!!! Stop Ecologists Now!
Posted by: Susie at October 15, 2005 12:11 PM (a0oF7)
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This is not my story
If it were, I'm not sure I would tell it.
“I was driving my wife’s car the other day and saw a little round thing in the cupholder, thought it was a cigarrette lighter. I looked at it, it had a little handle you turn and push down so I thought, yeah, it’s a lighter, I wonder what the wife is doing with this- she don’t smoke. So I pushed the button down to see if it still worked and maced myself. It weren’t any damned fun, I’ll tell you that.”
Thanks to
Random Nuclear Strikes for the pointer.
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Recommendation
If you wanted to have the KFC chicken dinner last night, don't.
Uh oh. Gotta run.
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Posted by: Maelstrom at October 14, 2005 08:32 AM (V0o94)
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awwwww, sorry to hear your sick. Hope you feel better soon!
Posted by: michele at October 14, 2005 08:41 AM (6W55a)
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:-( feel better soon!!!!!!!
Posted by: Cindy at October 14, 2005 02:21 PM (vg5qz)
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For me, it's always the chicken. Maybe I'm unusually sensitive to it, but it's gotten so that I won't eat chicken that I didn't cook myself if I have anything planned for the following day.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 14, 2005 11:16 PM (wY2sK)
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Everything's better with a redhead
Derek is a mad genius.
(
click to add bacon, Dave would've wanted it that way)
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October 13, 2005
Office Refrigerators
At my old worksite, there was the nog. At the current one, the fridge is full of whipped cream and beer.
Psychology paper? Coffee table book? Either way, there's an opportunity here.
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Where exactly do you work??? Sounds familiar....we always have beer in the fridge here. That's what happens when there's Happy Hour once a week.
Posted by: Blogeline at October 13, 2005 12:35 PM (YMz4J)
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Inquiring minds want to know what your colleagues are REALLY doing with that whipped cream. I doubt they're topping off the beer with it.
:-)
Posted by: Cindy at October 13, 2005 01:06 PM (vg5qz)
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Something to look at
Check out these beautiful galleries of photographs taken by Amy's anti-Mother-in-Law (must be a Krypton thing).
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Holy mackerel, those are GORGEOUS!
--TwoDragons
Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at October 13, 2005 11:28 AM (NVG96)
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Beautiful pictures.
Colorado is the only other state in the country in which I could see myself living long-term. Too bad Texas had to sell it to the United States when we joined the Union.
Posted by: JohnL at October 13, 2005 12:30 PM (YVul2)
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I've been on that train...
That's all down in the southwest corner of the state (near the four-corners area). I don't get down that way much, but it is, as you can tell from the pictures, an exceptionally scenic area of the state.
Posted by: Derek at October 13, 2005 04:59 PM (FloaD)
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Damn, now I want a Double
Click for biggie size
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October 12, 2005
Have you seen the softer side of Sears?
*checking trash can*
Yep.
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Star Cards - 11
Someone was kind enough to scan and post a whole heap of Players Cigarette cards. This particular set of 85 cards is of Actresses, and were released during the late 1930's (from clues like "her latest film was...").
I'll post one of these every once in a while, with a couple of simple links to IMDB.com or a bio if I can find one. You might be surpirsed at some of the familiar names you'll see. The category is "Star Cards" (over on the right column), and you can click there at any time to see all that I've posted. Hope you enjoy.
(
in the extended entry)
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Sickos on the Internet
I heard on a radio news report this morning (and if it's on the radio then it must be true, right?), that according to an AOL (*snicker*) user survey, half of all bloggers list "therapy" as the reason they blog.
Or in my case, evidence of the need for.
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I've noticed that a lot of bloggers are nuts. I guess that explains it.
Posted by: Paul at October 12, 2005 11:04 AM (vbP6L)
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That explains all the caterwauling, wailing and pulling of hair. Or in Ted's case pulling of.. ooh.. I won't say that.
Posted by: Oorgo at October 13, 2005 01:58 AM (1JIkb)
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October 11, 2005
Rollery Coastery
I am still employed. To my mind, it was touch and go there for a bit.
See, last week I made an incredibly silly mistake which happened at precisely the wrong moment, resulting in spectacularly bad results all out of proportion to the size of the original mistake.
It took the entire team most of a day to put us back on track, and the fact that it's the beginning of a new fiscal year only added to the festivities. There was no finger pointing or gnashing of teeth, just professionals digging in and making things right.
Our boss was on vacation last week. I stressed big-time all weekend about this morning, and whether I would still have a job. I got the expected (and deserved) ass chewing, and then we moved on.
But the back of my neck is still cringy, and I've become rather maniacal about double-checking and triple-checking things. A little late, but better than never.
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Oy. I'm glad it's okay.
The people who are conscientious enough to lose sleep over a mistake and will work like hell to fix it shouldn't be the heads that roll, of course, but that's in an ideal world.
Posted by: nic at October 11, 2005 07:51 PM (l+W8Z)
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Had a close shave like that about a month ago. Luckily my boss knows that I'm the only pressman in the world who can run my f'd up ancient machines.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at October 11, 2005 08:14 PM (WnVlN)
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I worked out in a swamp that tested jet engines. My roommate was in the IT department. One day she called me on the phone, laughing, saying she'd done something with the code and shut the stands down. I couldn't believe how non-chalant she was, like water off a duck's back. I told her if it had been me, my first reaction would have been to go into the restroom and throw up. I'd have been a mess.
Each handles the stress differently. Mistakes happen. I don't think her attitude was exactly 'right', but mine isn't either. Somewhere in the middle would have been probably the most appropriate reaction.
Sounds like you work with people who have it in perspective.
Posted by: Bou at October 11, 2005 10:57 PM (5JHEt)
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Oh how I know what that cringy thing in the neck is all about. I am really happy for you that all worked out in the end.
Now, what do you do to relieve the residual stress
that's lodged in your neck?
Posted by: Cindy at October 11, 2005 11:29 PM (vg5qz)
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Been there,done that.....about a hundred times.Well,Ted at least you didn't need the Vasaline.
Oh and I gotta say that that's the very reason I work for myself now.
Posted by: Russ at October 11, 2005 11:52 PM (ObxzR)
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Yeah... those times suck, I hate screwing up when I knew exactly what to do.
It's like those times in casual conversation you mention to people you really don't know well how you defacated in the tub as a baby, bathing with your cousin.
Oh.. shit.. there I go again.
Posted by: Oorgo at October 12, 2005 01:35 AM (1JIkb)
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Cindy, I haven't figured that out yet. The stress is disapating, but it's a slow process. On the other hand, I'm still able to smile and laugh at work, so I'm not a total basket case.
Posted by: Ted at October 12, 2005 06:08 AM (blNMI)
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as the kids say, sometimes "shit" happens.
We're all bound to make mistakes and sometimes, they're amplified for whatever reason. It's good to hear that you still have your job.
I'm sure that you were simply distracted by the fact that IT'S MOTHERFU**ING HOCKEY SEASON! YEAH!
Posted by: Derek at October 12, 2005 11:46 AM (FloaD)
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What you need to do now, to sort of, you know, make amends, is to go out and and buy a nice new carton of nog for the office fridge.
Posted by: dogette at October 12, 2005 04:21 PM (2bayr)
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Ted handled himself like a champ. And maybe he can teach me how to not scream when I get a talking-to that says that, if I can't get the person I need to help me to, well, HELP me, then I need to figure it out myself. Which I would DO if the assclown in QUESTION would pick up a phone and tell me HOW to do it in addition to barking at me to DO what I don't know how to DO. In this case, I've been encouraged to do something, even if it's wrong.
It's one thing to apologize for something you didn't do right. It's another thing to have to apologize for not knowing how to do it even though no one can show you how.
Workplaces: Keeping Prohibition from EVER repeating itself.
Posted by: dawn at October 12, 2005 08:34 PM (Dh1V0)
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How many meetings will you have to suffer through for this one?
Once I deleted over 200 NT and email accounts, including my companies Executives. That was over a year ago and it still makes the back of my neck cringy.
Posted by: Amy at October 12, 2005 09:49 PM (8Rqqf)
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You know, sometimes I think about how we talk about computers "blowing up" around here, and every once in a while I remind myself that some people have jobs where things really blow up when they screw up.
We just take the chance of losing a multi-million dollar lawsuit and having our client go out of business. No pressure.
Posted by: Phelps at October 14, 2005 01:42 PM (w8BQj)
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October 10, 2005
Ok, this is really mean
I'm sorry, but I laughed so hard at this. Warning: animal lovers or people without a sense of humor should NOT click that link.
Thanks to the
Llama Butchers for the link.
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Well at least it won't eat much.Hmmmmmm.....what did I do with that old copy of 101 Uses for a Dead Cat?
Posted by: Russ at October 10, 2005 08:24 AM (ObxzR)
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Just exactly who is Cat?And why is he in jail?
Posted by: Russ at October 10, 2005 08:35 AM (ObxzR)
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So, does this count as a pinup or a zombie? Or both?
Posted by: owlish at October 10, 2005 11:32 AM (bJF7u)
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I have the most literal visitors on the 'net. I'm proud of you guys.
Posted by: Ted at October 10, 2005 12:36 PM (+OVgL)
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Truth in advertising should have required an indication that the cat was "slightly used."
Posted by: buckethead at October 10, 2005 01:03 PM (Qgvr0)
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Many cats take long naps during the day by the side of the road. They enjoy the soothing texture of warm asphalt and find the outdoor location a refreshing change from the hubbub of a rambunctious household.
Posted by: dogette at October 10, 2005 05:25 PM (2bayr)
Posted by: Dortch at October 10, 2005 08:14 PM (dNPh9)
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I'm just trying to imagine driving down the road and seeing that. I'd have probably driven off into a ditch lmao after about 100 yards or so.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at October 10, 2005 08:32 PM (jNDp0)
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Then I would have gone and put up a sign where Tuning Spork's car would have been in the ditch saying:
Free car
needs work
Zombie included!
Posted by: Michele at October 11, 2005 11:02 AM (BN/Fu)
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Has the five second rule lapsed on this one yet? I mean, if you guys aren't going to eat it, I got a woman to feed over here.
Posted by: shank at October 11, 2005 06:27 PM (jfEhX)
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I have one of a similar style at home. I like them. They're very simple, yet visually powerful, the more you look at them, the stronger their pull gets.
Posted by: shank at October 11, 2005 06:35 PM (jfEhX)
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Oh jesus. I just posted on the wrong thread. That second post was for your "Answer" thread.
Posted by: shank at October 11, 2005 06:36 PM (jfEhX)
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Shank, your second comment makes you look impressively sick if you're like me and didn't follow the link until after I read the third comment.
Though I did wonder why, if you have one at home, you hadn't fed it to your woman.
Posted by: buckethead at October 11, 2005 08:44 PM (Qgvr0)
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ROFL. holy shit, I'm crying over here. Re-reading that comment with yours in mind is just...oh god that's funny.
Posted by: shank at October 11, 2005 10:33 PM (jfEhX)
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Wow, it's been awhile, eh?
Someone was kind enough to scan and post a whole heap of Players Cigarette cards. This particular set of 85 cards is of Actresses, and were released during the late 1930's (from clues like "her latest film was...").
I'll post one of these every once in a while, with a couple of simple links to IMDB.com or a bio if I can find one. You might be surpirsed at some of the familiar names you'll see. The category is "Star Cards" (over on the right column), and you can click there at any time to see all that I've posted. Hope you enjoy.
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Pretty impressive.Moviefone rates every movie that she was ever in at five stars.All 65 of them!
Posted by: Russ at October 10, 2005 08:33 AM (ObxzR)
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