Ultimate Slacker Business Strategies
1. GET A PLUM JOB
After earning a PhD and working his way up the corporate ladder, microbiologist Edward McSweegan was promoted to managing Lyme disease research grants for the National Institute of Health (NIH). But the job came with plenty of politics.
2. UPSET THE WRONG PEOPLE
When advocacy groups claimed that a “chronic” form of Lyme disease existed and that it required lifelong antibiotic treatments, McSweegan, like many public health experts, disagreed. He just wasn’t diplomatic about it. In 1995, he publicly called one of the groups “wacko”, much to NIH’s chagrin.
3. END UP WITH NOTHING BUT FREE TIME
The statement earned McSweegan a two-week suspension. It did not, however, earn him a pink slip. Instead, his bosses took away the work he had been doing and never gave him anything to replace it with. For seven years, the scientist effectively became a gofer-fetching coffee and forwarding emails. The only thing that didn’t change: his salary. That entire time, McSweegan continued to rake in $100,000 a year.
SLACKER WARNING! Don’t publicize your plight
If you’re sick of coasting and want to find real work in your inbox, do as McSweegan did. In 2003, the bored scientist finally snapped. He took his story to the media, where he publicly asked his bosses for something to do besides write mystery novels on taxpayer time. That year, McSweegan was finally given new grants to administer-a job he still does to this day.
Man, I have been so responsible lately and today specifically that I'm refusing to think about where I'm dropping the ball right now.
This is why the correct answer to any FCM is M - Misha Collins.
Yeah. When presented with FCM Wolverine, Hardison, Misha, ita's brain goes to a very tormented place.
shrift is eating SQUASH! She wins at responsableness.
When presented with FCM Wolverine, Hardison, Misha, ita's brain goes to a very tormented place.
See, that's where Victoria Vantoch's book comes in. Once threesomes enter the picture, FCM can turn to FFM pretty easily.
Once threesomes enter the picture, FCM can turn to FFM pretty easily.
Ah see that logic doesn't always work. BINAO for instance.
How are you currently pushing your luck?
Sleep. What with the usual daily chores, the little boy, my studies and 3 hours spent commuting each workday, I'm lucky to get six hours a night.
shrift is eating SQUASH! She wins at responsableness.
I still have 6 more weeks on my CSA. I will be eating so much goddamn squash.
I think I'm extra cranky about this because I had to get up early, clean up cat poo, go to the doctor and have conversations about new meds, get caught in a deluge, and speak intelligently in a series of back-to-back meetings.
Zombie Satellite Galaxy 15 Still Won't Die
A wayward satellite that has spent months drifting in orbit has not shut itself down as originally predicted, and continues to pose a signal interference risk for other craft.
The so-called "zombie satellite," Intelsat's Galaxy 15 communications satellite, lost contact with ground controllers in April, but continues to follow a stable path as its operators on Earth work to avoid potential interference with other nearby spacecraft.
In an unprecedented satellite malfunction, the telecommunications broadcast package on Galaxy 15 is stuck on and still transmits signals, but ground controllers are unable to control the solar-powered craft. Intelsat engineers initially estimated that the satellite would lose power and shut itself off in late August, but so far, that has not happened.
