I left my last “real” corporate IT job almost five years ago, and got laid off from the “pretend” corporate IT job almost a year and a half ago, so I think it’s pretty safe to say that I am not going back to that world again. I read this article at The Daily WTF not too long ago and was immediately reminded exactly WHY I do not want to go back.
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Nothing new to report on the job-searching front. I actually haven’t done much of anything, to be honest, because there aren’t too many employers hiring in January and February for May and June. Our first group of departing cow-orkers will be leaving on Friday in search of new cows to ork. I made a farewell luncheon for everyone yesterday with “good luck” themed dishes: a black-eyed pea and pork salad, braised collard greens, a big casserole with ham and chicken and vegetables, and a berry trifle. About half of the people who work here will be leaving, so it’s going to get vewwwwwwwwwwy quiet.
Meanwhile, via Kathryn, I heard that “I Can Has Cheezburger” is hiring. I can speak LOLCat already, so I think that works in my favor.


Dear Harvey, Pete, Barry, Kevin, and every other weathermonkey on Boston-area TV: Enough is enough. The fucking blizzard was THIRTY-TWO YEARS AGO. It’s time to stop trotting out the same blurry videotape of cars stuck on Rt. 128 that is older than some of the people who are actually on your broadcast, just so we [...]
It’s going to be a long two months waiting for the iPad to actually ship so that all the tech bloggers and their hangers-on will stop writing so much speculative bullshit about iT and turn their attention iNstead to some other thing that’s going to Change Life As We Know iT. Since you cannot click [...]
Please, please, PUH-LEEZE stop talking about “What do we call the last decade?” Nobody could come up with an acceptable choice ten years ago, and nobody’s going to come up with one now. “Aughties” and “Naughties” are contrived and stupid, and so is the very idea that anything wraps up all nice and neatly into [...]





