Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.

Oz ,'First Date'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Trudy Booth - Jan 18, 2008 8:26:16 am PST #4046 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

This is annoying though:

Toxicology results for Dhaliwal showed that his blood alcohol level was 0.16 -- twice the legal limit for driving, according to the affidavit. His 24-year-old brother Kulbir Dhaliwal and Sousa also had alcohol in their blood but within the legal limit, Matthews wrote

Within the legal limit for DRIVING though. There is no legal limit for walking around and acting like a fool.


Glamcookie - Jan 18, 2008 8:35:24 am PST #4047 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

This is very effed up:

The affidavit also cites multiple reports of a group of young men taunting animals at the zoo, the Chronicle reported.

The zoo does have a responsibility to ensure the public's safety, but the thought of these shitheads taunting caged animals makes me sick. Assholes.


Allyson - Jan 18, 2008 8:36:55 am PST #4048 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Hivemind resume questions!!!!!

Do I need to put my education at the top of a resume, still?

Does The Book go in my resume chronologically like a job?

How would I describe that work, and is my employer my agency?


Jesse - Jan 18, 2008 8:38:33 am PST #4049 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'd put education at the bottom, and the book separately as an other type thing.


beekaytee - Jan 18, 2008 8:41:12 am PST #4050 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

Any creative ideas for finding house cleaning service employee candidates?

The Union?

Yep. Did that. Which I assumed would garner loads of prospects but the agencies only had people who wanted to sign on to the big hotels. A start up company could not compete with the union's benefits package even though the wages were similar.

Kathy, I thought of the embassies but not immigrant orgs. I'll suggest that.


beekaytee - Jan 18, 2008 8:41:59 am PST #4051 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

I'd put education at the bottom, and the book separately as an other type thing.

That's what I would have said.

Vortex, may the woman who liked you hold the most sway.


Cashmere - Jan 18, 2008 8:45:47 am PST #4052 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Allyson, I'd go with experience at the top (with your book, etc.).

Yep. Did that. Which I assumed would garner loads of prospects but the agencies only had people who wanted to sign on to the big hotels. A start up company could not compete with the union's benefits package even though the wages were similar.

Has she tried nearby colleges? Community colleges, etc. Sometimes college kids look for part time work like cleaning. It's not going to be easy to staff this company.


Glamcookie - Jan 18, 2008 8:51:21 am PST #4053 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

In re: cleaning person, I just put a flyer up in my building for recs and have already received two calls. I figured it'd kill two birds with one stone: get references and cleaning person.


beekaytee - Jan 18, 2008 8:55:33 am PST #4054 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

Cashmere, colleges are a good idea, except that they really want long-term employees. Preferably, older, ostensibly more reliable folks. Yeah. It's turning out to be much harder than expected.

Still, in the short run, colleges may be the best bet.

Gloom, she put up fliers around the neighborhood, hoping for this very thing but there is something about the stable nature of this 'hood's economy...good services tend to be booked solid and stay that way, so no need to migrate to a new company.

So frustrating.


Ginger - Jan 18, 2008 8:55:48 am PST #4055 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Any creative ideas for finding house cleaning service employee candidates?

Has she tried stopping by a local immigrant organization in her town?

I've used the same cleaning service for years, and it's staffed almost entirely by Spanish-speaking and Middle European immigrants. They do a good job and there doesn't seem to be a large amount of turnover.

Considering all you've done, Allyson, a functional resume (Sample) might be the way to go.