The Off Topic Topic

[katmai]

I should update my status, as they say on FB.

Back in April I posted that as of June 28 the ethnic  newspaper I work at, of which I was arts and culture editor, was shutting its doors and  was to be out of a job. Well the entire community, outside of Malthus, rallied and a successful attempt was made at restructuring the paper. Several people were let go, but I was not one of them. The entire management, though, was given a package. A search is under way for a new editor in chief, but in the meanwhile, that post has gone to me, as Interim Editor in Chief. It's a fairly thankless task and much of my day is pretty administrative (I'm meeting a member of Prime Minister Harper's team, a Mark Adler, MP, in a couple weeks...should I behave?) and stressful. But at least I'm employed and there will be a bonus at the end. Though when a new editor is selected, my future once again is up in the air.

But for now, what I thought would be a lazy, quiet summer has turned into a fairly busy, stressful summer with no holiday in sight for a while.

I now finally figured out who you are on FB and why it keeps suggesting you as friend

[Ideologue]

Allergies are so bad in this town right now that about 1/4 of the company is out with sinusitis/allergies. In my department alone, 3/8 are gone, and I'm struggling to get through the day.

What bullshit.  Almost as much of a shitty excuse to miss work as menstrual cramps.

If you can't stop sneezing/your eyes are swollen up, what good are you?

He's never lived in the Midwest, g. He doesn't understand.

And garbon does?  I'm not sure garbon even recognizes the Midwest as an abstract concept.  "There are cities easy of Sacramento and west of Albany?"

I'm being a little hypocritical, though, in that the area is little more real to me than Siberia, or Jotunheim.  The only reasons I recognize the existence of the Northwest Territories at all are pizza, MST3K, and Batman.

[Ideologue]

And, yes, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago = the same.

[Admiral Yi]

What do you mean by ethnic newspaper Josephus?

[merithyn]

And garbon does?  I'm not sure garbon even recognizes the Midwest as an abstract concept.  "There are cities easy of Sacramento and west of Albany?"

I'm being a little hypocritical, though, in that the area is little more real to me than Siberia, or Jotunheim.  The only reasons I recognize the existence of the Northwest Territories at all are pizza, MST3K, and Batman.

garbon lived in Chicago for a summer, Ide.

[fhdz]

What do you mean by ethnic newspaper Josephus?

It's a Jewspaper.

[Phillip V]

Spent July 4 holiday/weekend on a farm. The owners said that  I can eat this lamb's future children the next time I visit.

[Ideologue]

And garbon does?  I'm not sure garbon even recognizes the Midwest as an abstract concept.  "There are cities easy of Sacramento and west of Albany?"

I'm being a little hypocritical, though, in that the area is little more real to me than Siberia, or Jotunheim.  The only reasons I recognize the existence of the Northwest Territories at all are pizza, MST3K, and Batman.

garbon lived in Chicago for a summer, Ide.

Did he meet Batman or Joel Hodgson?

[garbon]

And garbon does?  I'm not sure garbon even recognizes the Midwest as an abstract concept.  "There are cities easy of Sacramento and west of Albany?"

I'm being a little hypocritical, though, in that the area is little more real to me than Siberia, or Jotunheim.  The only reasons I recognize the existence of the Northwest Territories at all are pizza, MST3K, and Batman.

garbon lived in Chicago for a summer, Ide.

Did he meet Batman or Joel Hodgson?

No but I did meet Max and Meri.

Besides, I did drive across the country.

[Josephus]

Just for that crack, I'm cancelling my subscription. 

But that would leave us with...um [checks] 14

[Josephus]

I now finally figured out who you are on FB and why it keeps suggesting you as friend

LOL....Didn't get a friend request yet.

[FunkMonk]

Saw this clip of Louis CK standup and it reminded me of Languish. The Nixon part in the last minute always cracks me up. 

http://youtu.be/rXcWeFn-YYM

[HVC]

Oh, for sure, I've been giving that a lot of thought. One of my original plans when I thought I'd be out of work this summer, and with my severance, was to look at taking some courses. Haven't quite decided in what

accounting


And congrats on the reprieve

[fhdz]

Saw this clip of Louis CK standup and it reminded me of Languish. The Nixon part in the last minute always cracks me up. 

http://youtu.be/rXcWeFn-YYM

[Josephus]

Oh, for sure, I've been giving that a lot of thought. One of my original plans when I thought I'd be out of work this summer, and with my severance, was to look at taking some courses. Haven't quite decided in what

accounting


And congrats on the reprieve

Strangely I come from a family of accountants. My dad was one, my older brother is VP of accounting at a big downtown insurance firm. I was groomed for it. I guess I rebelled and picked the farthest thing from numbers I could find.