Graduate Degress: Are they worth it?

[FunkMonk]

I got to hob-knob with birds and stars and other Grumbler-like personalities.

For some reason, that's just balls ass funny.

There are many like him, but this one is ours.

[fhdz]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[CountDeMoney]

I got to hob-knob with birds and stars and other Grumbler-like personalities.

For some reason, that's just balls ass funny.

There are many like him, but this one is ours.

Where were all the Hansies?   Digging out jelly donuts from footlockers? Or just making PowerPoints all day about jelly donuts and footlockers?

[11B4V]

I got to hob-knob with birds and stars and other Grumbler-like personalities.

For some reason, that's just balls ass funny.

There are many like him, but this one is ours.

Where were all the Hansies?    just making PowerPoints all day ?

Nail on de head

[grumbler]

My last three years in the service were at a command-level headquarters. It was interesting and a little fun at first. I got to hob-knob with birds and stars and other Grumbler-like personalities. I even met the CJCS. But I started taking a hard look at the way the place was run, and the atmosphere it engendered: all the politicking and jockeying for position and the disregard for others. There was absolutely no sense of camaraderie here. Places like this were where the really hard decisions were supposed to be made, and it didn't fill me with any sort of confidence.

My first tour in the Five-Sided Playpen was much like this; it really did seem to be that decisions were made for all the wrong reasons, and that every policy project went through the same five phases:

1.  Enthusiasm
2.  Disillusionment
3.  Panic
4. The search for the scapegoats
5.  Rewards and praise for non-participants.

My second tour, as a senior officer, let me see that things were not as bad as I had thought, though still bad enough.  It was more possible to get sensible policy decisions than I thought as a JO, but sensible decisions were still in the minority.

[FunkMonk]

Where were all the Hansies?   Digging out jelly donuts from footlockers? Or just making PowerPoints all day about jelly donuts and footlockers?

I remember one particular mandatory briefing about the repeal of DADT. The legal folks couldn't get a word in because some old white-haired O-4 (probably reservist) kept on bleating about his religion and gays. 

[CountDeMoney]

The legal folks couldn't get a word in because some old white-haired O-4 (probably reservist) kept on bleating about his religion and gays. 

He was probably the biggest closet fag in the room, too.

[fhdz]

He was probably the biggest closet fag in the room, too.

"I confront them in the showers in order to convert them."

[Ideologue]

I have a B.A., a high GPA and a few honors, but am making ~$24,000 a year
At least I enjoy my job

I find it interesting that of all Languish's under-30 American crowd, the only one who has a mainstream job is garbo.  Fireblade works for the higher education scam, and you, Tim, and soon I will be expatriates.

I guess it's some consolation to know that the world language will survive America.

I'm an accountant and GF is.. uhm i don't know what the hell he is now but he works in an office.


*edit* er missed the american part... carry on.

I test & design machine vision software.

I don't know how to title that, neither does my employer.

My guess would be "machine vision software designer."  Perhaps there is no equivalent in French.

[Ideologue]

He was probably the biggest closet fag in the room, too.

"I confront them in the showers in order to convert them."

It's like Jesus on the mountain.  He saw the supple man ass below, and told Satan, "No way, Jose."  I might be misremembering exactly what that part says.

[CountDeMoney]

He was probably the biggest closet fag in the room, too.

"I confront them in the showers in order to convert them."

LOL, "Yes, that way they're at a distinct disadvantage, and temporarily distracted by my erect penis.  THEY'LL NEVER EXPECT THAT!"

[Ideologue]

You never bring your hard-on to a knife fight.

[fhdz]

LOL, "Yes, that way they're at a distinct disadvantage, and temporarily distracted by my erect penis.  THEY'LL NEVER EXPECT THAT!"

"It's hard for you to run away from the Word of the Lord when you're impaled on my Republicock!"

[Ed Anger]

After dealing with doctors for the past 7 days, I'd like to punch every one of those over schooled people in the nuts.

[Phillip V]

After dealing with doctors for the past 7 days, I'd like to punch every one of those over schooled people in the nuts.

They rape you?