This is a little long for the joke, but I like the idea. Office Linebacker.

I thought this page needed a picture. Here's the lovely Mary Ann just for fun. ahhhh.... Mary Ann... sweet, sweet, Mary Ann.


some equal billing of Ginger for Paul.

... and of course that studmuffin, the Professor.

I know anyone who reads this page is sick of hearing about me searching for a job, but today that officially ends. I got the job at Safeco and start March 10th. I still have to wait tables for a few weeks though starting tonight to make ends meet. ok... that's the end of this job search stuff. Next topics will probably move on to the War. The most surface thing about the upcoming war to me is that the views of left and right are so far apart, it's scary. What that means to me is that pretty much most people don't have any real information. I know that when my roommate talks about it, he is quoting conservative radio, and I know that he knows that when I talk about it, I am quoting liberal journalists. (mainly articles on commondreams.org) I read the New York Times online everyday, but they are mainly trying to keep up with the ongoing events instead of answering the questions of why. Maybe only the privileged decision makers are allowed real information these days. You might as well ask the guy bagging your groceries as read an editorialist.

I believe I have 3 jobs now. I do a final interview with the main one Wednesday. Thanks Chris H. for the job lead at Safeco. I really hope that one is the one. Meanwhile, I start work part time at a bookstore tomorrow and I have a job at Lone Star, waiting tables, that starts sometime at the end of the week. I made it. Barely. I didn't even sell anything. Amazing. My brother/landlord gave me a bit of a breather on the rent, so I'll have to make it up to him. Thanks bro.

After mulling through the potential democratic candidates, I have to say that Kerry looks the best so far. Sen. Edwards from North Carolina looks fresh and I agree with what I know he has voted for, but I think he lacks accomplishments. I like Gephardt, but he's actually a little too conservative on some issues if that's believable. Gephardt is certainly the torch holder for the liberal democrats, but I think he's run enough times to prove he really can't win. Other names like Dodd, or Biden, I'll have to look into a little more. Leiberman doesn't have a chance. I suppose he's more middle of the road, but he doesn't have the charisma to pull the presidency off. Anyway, those are my initial thoughts on the matter. I'm sure they'll change as I learn more.

Well, I've got alot of promises from jobs, but so far no one has locked into a final interview yet. It seems this snow has put everyone in the frame of mind that it's more important to just get through the day, rather than bother with interviews and such. I have four jobs all pending an interview and every one of them has told me that they will call me. I've called every one back, and they tell me someone will call. I've even gone in person to get the ball rolling, covered in snow, and they tell me.... we need to have a meeting about this.... we'll call you. I really need an uzi or a sawed off shot gun to make my point understood, I think. I've had interviews that promised second interviews and those are the ones I am most hopeful for. Right now waiting tables is the most important job to get because it will give me instant cash from tips. I have a head hunter looking for jobs that promises to land me a $28,000 a year job within two weeks if I'm good at interviews. We even practiced some interviews. I swear, I have lost total respect for the corporate world. No one ever asks straight interview questions like, " what would you do if this common situation happened in the job you're applying for?" or "what do you expect out of this job?" ... or "what are your career goals?" nope. they would rather try to build a psychological profile from statistics and corporate passed along methods in determining what kind of worker you will be. Questions like what type of animal would you be or what would your friends say are your major faults, are questions that elicit learned responses. They don't give you time to sit and think of a real answer. What they want is for you to spout the answers they expect to hear straight off the end of your toungue. A long considerate pause of contemplation makes you tagged as "an idiot." I do well in interviews as a whole, but I still think corporate psychological tracking and tagging is just plain stupid. If people answered these questions honestly then maybe it might give them data that they could use. If they asked me what my friends thought my major flaws were, I should say that's personal information and it's none of your damn business. Of course that would be telling the truth and that would be the real data they were looking for. Instead, I'd probably laugh and say something like, "they'd say I can't dance." I'd get a chuckle from them which lightens the mood and creates the likable atmosphere I wanted, and then I'd say something like, "I guess they might say that I'm too detailed oriented. I like to wrap every project up into a nice neat package and my friends can find that annoying sometimes." *smile* (sparkle from teeth)

This is a good astrobiology and space science site that is well maintained by an individual instead of an organization or company.

...that last post was just a bit stupid and insensitive... so *poof*, it's gone