Ramsey Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 As a fellow media guy, I wish you the best of luck. The true talent always lands on it's feet. You've got this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 A few years ago, I went to the PA Renaissance Fare with some friends.There is about a two-mile long stretch from the highway to the Ren Fare parking lot.Along the way, a woman was parked on the shoulder of the road. She had a flat tire.A man dressed as a knight was changing the tire for her.Chivalry's not dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Nicely done, Mike! I knew that you would land on your feet, but this is really exceptionally good news 5 MONTHS of severance? As Ron Simmons would say, "Damn!" As you may have seen in the "SON OF A~!" thread, my station is going through some upheavals that basically involve shutting down almost the entire news operation. Today I was told that I'm going to be part of the layoffs, BUT I get 5 MONTHS of severance pay, plus the three weeks of vacation I've accrued but haven't used yet. As you may have seen in the "Really swell news" thread, I'm up for a job at a local PBS station, for which I have an interview next Monday at 1:00PM. If I'm offered said job, I will be making the equivalent of $30/hour until August 17th, when my severance runs out. It may not seem like a lot to some people, but in local TV you'd be hard pressed to make 1/2 that even after 20 years in the industry. *cough* It was super fun to tell the GM that I'm going to be fine because I've got another job in the hopper Lots of good vibes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Heard this today from a co-worker: Some friends of ours had their 5th baby in 6 years. They named the baby "Camzin" because "the Devil will hate that name and leave her alone." ...I have so many questions, none of which I think I want the answer to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 My brother-in-law's brother named his son Apostlsis Dominae (I make no promises that is spelled correctly) which... Huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 That sure is a funny way to spell "Kick My Ass Please". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 As a longtime lurker I mostly stuck to the wrestling/movie threads. I've more recently looked in threads like "Son of a..." and I've seen so many posters that have made me laugh and made great insights here that are dealing with heavy stuff. It reminds me that there are real people behind the user names. I'm appreciative that people dealing with stress, illness and heartbreak go on with good humor and make funny and interesting posts that entertain me while I deal with my own stuff. To everyone on the board, whatever you're going through I wish you the best. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 That sure is a funny way to spell "Kick My Ass Please". If my very limited understanding of Latin serves, it is literally something to the effect of Apostle of the Lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I had a rather insensitive boss at one point who told an employee with a unique name 'you don't have a name, you have a collection of letters'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I had a friend called Tsz. It was pronounced Tee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Best mate's called Aatish. Hindi for fire. So I asked him if Aashit was "I burned myself" He didnt see the humour in it... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Wish me and my buddy Kevin luck today, guys. Sending a pitch to Nickelodeon that can be a real life changer 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm reading Sarah Jeong's reporting on the Silk Road trial, specifically the DEA agents who were embezzling bitcoins from and faking murders from the guy running it and I came across this tidbit: Under the handles “Nob” and “French Maid,” [DEA Agent Mark] Force sold DPR information that he had supposedly acquired from a corrupt government agent, while under the handle “Death from Above,” he used information from inside the investigation to extort DPR for bitcoins. I knew that guy was shady. Read the whole thing, because it is batshit crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Today I learned that the new "I like you too much as a friend" is "we're in different places in our life". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 A trio of teenage girls talking on an airport shuttle bus: TG#1: "It's Cesar Chavez Day." TG#2: "Who's Cesar Chavez?" TG#3: "I think he invented agriculture." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'm impressed they were that close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 During my all too short, three day vacation in Orlando last week, my poor legs got destroyed by mosquitoes. They look like they went through a wood chipper. Hopefully after finishing this box of Benadryl in a couple of days, I'll be good to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Why is it that the hood rat girls I treat less than excellently (not out of malice or anything, I just knew it was going nowhere) text me off the hook months and months later, but the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, who I was a total gentleman with, randomly stops texting me out of nowhere?? Maybe that asshole from VH1 with the furry hat was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I'm reading Sarah Jeong's reporting on the Silk Road trial, specifically the DEA agents who were embezzling bitcoins from and faking murders from the guy running it and I came across this tidbit: Under the handles “Nob” and “French Maid,” [DEA Agent Mark] Force sold DPR information that he had supposedly acquired from a corrupt government agent, while under the handle “Death from Above,” he used information from inside the investigation to extort DPR for bitcoins. I knew that guy was shady. Read the whole thing, because it is batshit crazy. I RAGRET NO THING 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Confession time: public bathroom hover-shits became known as "Death From Above" amongst my friends because I completely stole it from your username when I started lurking here years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I'm not sure how I SHOULD feel about that but I am laughing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Hahah be flattered, man! Nothing personal, of course. If anything, it's just astonishing to me how long it took me to actually get an account here. I came up with that joke in a high school study hall, IIRC, and I wasn't able to receive the account validation e-mail until like a year or two ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I'm not a big "social media drama" person as you guys probably know but I wanted to share this here: I lost a friend yesterday. Not literally - a Facebook friend. In the course of a discussion on a very controversial in-the-news topic, I made a rather innocuous comment for which I was chastised by my friend for possibly misdirecting the discourse. OK, fine. Shortly thereafter, another person said a certain group of people were "not human" and "should be exterminated". I was more than a little surprised at these awful statements - they were not said in jest or humor but were, in fact, serious statements - and awaited the sure-to-come comment from my friend. After all, she chastised me for nothing, surely she'd call out her other friend for asking for genocide? Silence. So I contacted my friend and told her I was disappointed she'd ignored the repugnant comments from her friend. She sent me two responses? The first was essentially "aw shucks, that's just Bob (not his real name)". I've never bought into that kind of logic - it basically says it's ok to be awful so long as you're awful A LOT. That makes no sense whatsoever. The second response? "I like Bob and I'm not disappointed in him". Oh, I see. You're "not disappointed" when your friend calls for the extermination of an entire group of people. Sure thing. Her responses bothered me. A lot. This person was an educator for decades, somebody who has often expressed calls for tolerance and love - worthy things! So her non-response bothered me. You see, I can't be around people who would call for the extermination of others. My friends simply wouldn't do that. And I can't be around people who are "not disappointed" when their friends call for extermination like that. You may be "not disappointed" in your friend but I sure am disappointed in your non-response and apparent acquiescence and agreement with that awful sentiment. And, so, I unfriended my friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 So, I work for an internet retailer, and among other things, we sell bathroom fixtures. As part of a skills assessment for prospective new hires, we ask them to locate the most expensive toilet on our site. This person answered "The <Model X> shower faucet, and if shower faucets don't count, <Model Y> toilet." ..."if" shower faucets don't count? IF? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Damn you for making me laugh to the extent that I had to explain to my wife why I was laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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