Hivemind: on Monday, as part of a job interview, I have to give a very short (5-7 minute) presentation on grantwriting for novices. What springs to mind is to use the metaphor or applying for a job, since many of the same factors are in play (finding a good fit between the granting agency and your project, the need to respond specifically and explicitly to the granting agency's criteria in the application, the need for good writing with no distracting mistakes). Is it a bad idea to use this metaphor since I am, in fact, applying for a job while making my presentation?
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
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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.
flea - Mar 21, 2013 8:40:58 am PDT #15536 of 30001
information libertarian
Burrell - Mar 21, 2013 8:46:41 am PDT #15537 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Good luck, Scrappy. I'm sure you'll wow all of them.
Oh and congrats on the retail therapy, Consuela. You've more than earned a splurge.
erikaj - Mar 21, 2013 8:47:26 am PDT #15538 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
If that old guy had slapped me as a little kid and called me a cripple, he'd probably have to be scared for his life.(I think that would make my mother ferocious and have turned the debate to Vengeance: How far is too far?
Burrell - Mar 21, 2013 8:48:51 am PDT #15539 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
flea, I think the metaphor is fine other than it's almost not a metaphor. But yeah, def the first that springs to mind.
le nubian - Mar 21, 2013 8:50:47 am PDT #15540 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
No, I don't think it is a bad metaphor. It is probably better than using a "dating metaphor" which I have seen used in grantwriting presentations.
I would keep the metaphor light with some humor. That will probably win the day.
Consuela - Mar 21, 2013 8:54:24 am PDT #15541 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh and congrats on the retail therapy, Consuela. You've more than earned a splurge.
Thanks, Burrell! I admit I woke up thinking, "WTF! I spent more on those shoes than on my last pair of skis!" They are, however, really beautiful. I hope they're as comfortable as they claim...
Jesse - Mar 21, 2013 9:23:11 am PDT #15542 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No, I don't think it is a bad metaphor. It is probably better than using a "dating metaphor" which I have seen used in grantwriting presentations.
Yeah, that.
Lee - Mar 21, 2013 9:24:29 am PDT #15543 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
YAY shoes! You totally deserve them, Consuela.
msbelle - Mar 21, 2013 9:34:42 am PDT #15544 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am not doing well at work today. I keep crying and I am not sure lunch is going to stay down.
Lee - Mar 21, 2013 9:35:04 am PDT #15545 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That reminds me--I got my state tax return yesterday! It's already spent, on last month's car repair credit card charge, but at least I can stop wondering if/how I could pay last month's car repair credit card charge!