they slap some silver spraypaint on a banana clip and call it a visor.
I always thought it looked more like a car's air filter.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
tommyrot - Jul 27, 2011 8:05:21 am PDT #18256 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Consuela - Jul 27, 2011 8:13:34 am PDT #18257 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I always thought it looked more like a car's air filter.
Heh. Me too.
So I talked to the HR person, and she said 3 veterans are on the list ahead of me, claiming that they have the Really Very Specialized Experience that the job requires. And by "specialized" I mean, maybe half a dozen people in the country do this work.
I can't do anything at this point, just wait. They have a 90-day window to hire off this announcement, so either they re-calculate the scoring or they wait a month or two and ask those guys if they really want to be considered for the job (this would have been easier three years ago, before the economy tanked). Meanwhile, I stay in my contract position and hope I don't get sick, since I have health insurance but no doctor.
flea - Jul 27, 2011 8:21:30 am PDT #18258 of 30001
information libertarian
So, the veterans lie on the applications too!
I am having a hard week with the job uncertainty in our lives. I do not really deal with uncertainty well. At all. If things suck, but I know what they are, I can cope, but not knowing what's going to happen is killing me.
Jessica - Jul 27, 2011 8:23:02 am PDT #18259 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Consuela - Jul 27, 2011 8:27:39 am PDT #18260 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So, the veterans lie on the applications too!
Everybody lies. But you have to submit a resume, too, so if the resume doesn't substantiate your answers to the questions, you shouldn't score as well. Me, I'm worried that my last-minute edits to my resume (because there was only room for 3000 characters in the box) screwed me up.
tommyrot - Jul 27, 2011 8:45:59 am PDT #18261 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
le nubian - Jul 27, 2011 8:56:33 am PDT #18262 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the freeways are particularly accurate. How they don't have LA's 405 is beyond me.
They needed to have an area for "telephone on hold with Comcast"
Ginger - Jul 27, 2011 9:00:52 am PDT #18263 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
They don't have 285 either. The map is notably lacking a place where people are packing and moving.
tommyrot - Jul 27, 2011 9:09:14 am PDT #18264 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (A contest for bad fiction.)
The winner:
Cheryl’s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories.
Also, "At 26 words, Prof. Fondrie’s submission is the shortest grand prize winner in Contest history, proving that bad writing need not be prolix, or even very wordy."
Runner up:
As I stood among the ransacked ruin that had been my home, surveying the aftermath of the senseless horrors and atrocities that had been perpetrated on my family and everything I hold dear, I swore to myself that no matter where I had to go, no matter what I had to do or endure, I would find the man who did this . . . and when I did, when I did, oh, there would be words.
Many more awards and runners up for different categories.
tommyrot - Jul 27, 2011 9:12:08 am PDT #18265 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Romance winner:
As the dark and mysterious stranger approached, Angela bit her lip anxiously, hoping with every nerve, cell, and fiber of her being that this would be the one man who would understand—who would take her away from all this—and who would not just squeeze her boob and make a loud honking noise, as all the others had.