One Weekend a Month, My Ass!

The Exploding Aardvark linked me to a beavo-buttheadian news story about our boys overseas.

Screencap of the story, for when it's gone, is behind the cut.

( SHUT UP, BEAVIS )

You don't make me feel like I'm a woman any more.

1. friendly_bandit and others may like Stuff from the Park, a blog mostly of vintage Disneyland pictures.
   
   
2. For those days when you smell so bad you melt watches, the Salvador Dali Deodorant.
   
   
3. Ursi linked to this crazy-ass over-the-top watch. I'm not a fan of expensive watches but this one pressed my geek button pretty hard.
   
   
4. Like ghost towns? Here's way too many pictures of them.
   
   
5. If you date someone and then it goes south on you, here's a tip. Don't get your ex's name as a domain and post thousands of words about the breakup. It's considered poor form. (via cruel.com)

PIE IS GONE; I HAD NONE

( Existential Loneliness Quiz! )

ego moment

I have a pretty good vocaliberry.

( confused words test )

Headhunter emails we never finished reading

I got a headhunter email just now of the shotgun variety which was even more special than these are usually. It's in the cut, with the response I wish I could send after.

( uh, okay )

Dear Roger:

Thanks so much for your note. I was confused at the beginning because it was addressed personally to you and not me, but I quickly realized this was just some kind of cut and paste error and that you weren't actually rogering me.

I'm more than a little surprised to hear from you. I'm not sure I even know exactly what "Transactional SQL" is, for one thing. I'm glad the application is robust, though. Sometimes they are fragile, even consumptive, and rough handling can snap their bones like twigs.

I'm also worried about people calling on my education and certification. If you'll take another look at my resume, you'll see that I didn't complete my degree at UCLA, and that I have done no coursework since, nor have I received any certification in Oracle, Linux, or OLTP or DTS or ERD, whatever those are.

I also had problems reading your questionnaire. A phrase like "1 the applications, and your part of development with T SQL:" doesn't parse as English and leaves the reader without much to go on, and "14 Attention to detail, follow-through, strong work ethic, Self starter Self Motivator" sounds more like the painful attempt of a recently literate migrant laborer to get a busboy job than like something one would ask a database developer. "Geographically how where will you go for a job you were interested in (miles/time/area)" probably just means "How far will you go", but looks like it was translated from an East Asian language by Babelfish.

Finally, I am unable to cut and paste your interview questions into a Word document because as a Unix- and Linux-based system administrator I do not own or use that product.

Before you try any more placements of well-paid, sophisticated technical professionals into corporate positions, I suggest you work on finding out what sort of person actually does these jobs, and ask a native English speaker or ESL graduate to take a look at your material.

With best wishes for further success in your endeavors I remain sincerely yours &c.