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McSweeney's Is Punny.
Oh, what a book nerd am I that I inwardly chuckled for nearly 5 minutes over this!
Authorial Candy Bars, With Their Respective Tag Lines, That Weren't As Successful As The Oh Henry! Candy Bar.
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Venting
Mother-fuckery ahoy!
As I've mentioned to a few people in person, at my job I am currently doing what are known as "condition reports." Basically, once the items going up for auction are released, people write in with more specific questions about the items they are interested in buying. Because these are potential buyers, I'm forced to be nice ( Read more... ) -
Apocalypse Now!
Lewis Black has a bit about being in a hotel room in Boston, and looking out his window to see it thundering, lightning and snowing all at the same time and how they didn't even have weather like that in Biblical times ( Read more... ) -
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I spent 5 hours on the road today. I left for work at 6am, not because of the snow, but because I wanted to be in early to help because no matter how early I get there or how late I leave, I'm never the first or the last in my department. In fact, I'm always the last and the first. No matter what I do. So we have a deadline and I was trying to ( Read more... ) -
My First Week
So last week was about the longest, and fastest, week ever. Monday morning I reported bright, though not exactly early, to my first day at the auction house. I drove because it was bitter cold outside and because I'd made a few appointments to look at apartments in the evening. Ended up getting stuck in brutal traffic, but it was alright. I ( Read more... ) -
Fun Fact
Now that my much-maligned iPod is now out of warranty, I have less qualms about various methods of self repair whenever it's on the blitz. I have found that now whenever I get the sad iPod icon and it begins its endless Restart Fest (the issue that caused Apple to fork over no less than 3 new iPods to me over the course of 2 years), a good solid ( Read more... ) -
Jobbed, but not forgotten
So after Wednesday's call offering me the auction house job, I spent all night mulling it over, weighing the pros and cons, chatting about it with people, and imagining what life would be life if I took it. I thought about what skills I'd gain, and how something like that looked on my resume for the future. I also thought about what I'd miss out ( Read more... ) -
Advice
Alright, so I just got a call offering me the job at the auction house. Hurray ( Read more... )
