A Pro Pos of nothing
 

Yeah I did notice it, and damnit, I'm sure I heard a Spoon song on there too. I don't care what anyone says, the OC is great and I'm not ashamed to say it. The only cheesy thing--that famous quote: "This is how we do it in the OC." I just can't support that one.....

Life without Dick
 

Uh okay.

Life without Dick
 

And here I thought you were being a good sport and freshening the Re: line on the vibrator discussion.

s(no such luck)f

The Infamous "Cover Letter"
 

TM,

I haven't followed the whole thread on that alleged cover letter. Is that thing really text from an actual cover letter? The fact that its captioned like a legal document is a bit confusing. I can't tell what's after-the-fact embellishment from what might be actual text. My apologies for being clueless to sarcasm on this one. On one hand, I can't believe its really from an actual cover letter, but on the other hand, I am surprised more each day with just how mentally disturbed people, and particualrly people in law, can be.

Give a poor fool some guidance on this one.

Thanks,
SD

The Infamous "Cover Letter"
 

SD, yes, some poor misguided soul opted not to run his coverletter /resume by Career Services and actually sent that rather amusing, er, missive to a bunch of law firms. One imagines that his dream of billing 3000 hours a year, sifting through dumpsters and eulogizing his mother on speaker phone will remain but a dream.

I imagine that all Tulane law students from now on will be getting a lecture about cover letters on the first day of their first year from now on.

Edited to add that the only embellishments, as far as I can tell, are the items in brackets that have kindly tried to hid the law student's identity and the identity of former employers.

David Blaine in a box
 

"In the past week, Blaine has had to endure red laser beams locked onto his eyes, and constant drumming that has interrupted his sleep.

As he continues to fast, his “home” has been pelted by eggs, raw sausage and even a hamburger dangled from a remote-controlled helicopter." - from msnbc.com

The guy with the remote-controlled helicopter is brilliant.

David Blaine in a box
 

My husband and I saw one of his Street Magic specials on the TV as we were getting into bed one night this week. We watched for about 10 minutes. When he does his cards tricks/sleight of hand/street magic stuff, he really is incredible.

His stunts, on the other hand, leave me cold. WHo the fuck cares if he hangs of of London Bridge or spends a week encased in ice? Well, I guess somebody does, but it ain't me....

We Interrupt this Board
 

for yet another hot Britney pic:

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...3758186569.jpg

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aV

The Infamous "Cover Letter"
 

It's real. I redacted the guy's personal information. He tried to be creative with it and drafted it in the form of a complaint (I guess in an effort to stand out -- which succeeded a little too well as you can see).

If you PM me your email address, I'll send you the whole thing (which includes the poor guy's resume), if you haven't received it already.

TM

Rabbits and magic wands and waterdancers, oh my!
 

Rabbits and magic wands and waterdancers, oh my!
 

So basically, a doctor using his cell phone causes iatrogenic conditions?

Rabbits and magic wands and waterdancers, oh my!
 

Yes, you are trying to be a Timmy, and you are succeeding.

I know what the word means. I looked it up too.

I was trying to be clever and referencing a discussion from earlier in the day...[I apologize if I failed to be clever...]

The Infamous "Cover Letter"
 

I imagine a lot of the comments about his letter were either sarcastic or just plain nasty, but I'm curious as to whether any of the comments made about it could be construed as favorable, at least from the standpoint of someone grudgingly admiring this guy's chutzpah. Just wondering. God knows I have no idea what the decision-makers are thinking these days.

sf

Also, does anyone know if someone took leagl up on her offer to post some of the comments?

We Interrupt this Board
 

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Where did you find that?

The Infamous "Cover Letter"
 

To be nice (for once), I suppose he must just be attempting to set himself apart in a crappy job market where even resumes/covers done 'properly' are tossed into the circular file almost immediately.

And if nothing else, he's perhaps amused some lawyers--god knows most of whom need a sense of humor. And I rather hope this poor sap gets a job out of this to compensate for the massive abuse he's (well, rightly) getting from everyone.

Okay, back to being crotchety.

Rabbits and magic wands and waterdancers, oh my!
 

Actually, no. I just could not understand your meaning.
I'm merely a humble servant attempting to stop the spread of Bushisms and save the English language from ultimate destruction.

Seven



Edited because I can barely control my own English this morning.

We Interrupt this Board
 

Britney pic and others can be found here:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...britney_spears

aV

Um, right.
 

Burger, my sweet, if I cannot actually make you subject to the Ignore function on for purposes of viewing the board, I have to amuse myself somehow. Apparently I amused at least one other person. While I am so so sorry that you apparently don't like that I am paying attention to you, think of it as a compliment. Or stalking, but a particularly safe kind of stalking because I don't know who you actually are and you live very very far away so I really have no way of boiling a bunny on your stove or pouring acid on your car engine or anything.

BTW, if you see any funnel clouds touching down in the next couple days, just drive or run away really fast. You can outrun a tornado. Alternatively, drive toward it honking repeatedly (or run toward it yelling) and it will become frightened and retreat.

Um, right.
 

Really? I've always heard you should face it down, and when it approaches, bonk it on the head.

And no, no one sent me any of the emails for the cover letter.

The Infamous "Cover Letter"
 

I don't. He's a Tripplehorny if I've ever seen one. And believe me, I have.

I feel so special
 

So I got an email upon which I was cc:d notifying me and a bar owner that I, in addition to one or two other people, would be inviting a bar full of lesbians to attend an event. The planners of the event are all male, and they are concerned about this fact. (I had not been previously asked to do this.)

I responded to the email that I would be happy to participate in the invitation, did they have anything in particular they wanted me to say, or should I just stand there and look female.

They said, stand there and look female and they'll give me some things to say before we get up there.

I appreciate my role. What I am wondering is, do you think I should wear a low cut shirt? Will this improve the effect of my standing there and looking female to a bar full of lesbians?

(Obviously this is a rhetorical question.)

Um, right.
 

And you deny the aptness of the PB comparison to Paigow?

Anyway, I'm still googling around for a Code-like matrix setting out what objects start flying at what windspeeds.

Meanwhile, looking out my window, I've yet to see any houses fly by. So you don't have to worry about any landing on you. But water can be pretty dangerous. So be careful--you never know what B_R_C might do for a pair of shoes.

I feel so special
 

I feel so special
 

I don't own a rugby shirt, I hate pain, and I like my hair the way it is.

So no :P

Um, right.
 

Straw man,

I am unfortunately not in the path of the hurricane. Nor does anyone seem to be predicting tornadoes around here anytime soon. In addition, I'm not sure that DS would leave NYC to go to TX to get shoes, and I'm certainly not going there.

However, you should be careful or I'll stuff a mattress with you, you billowing bale of bovine fodder!

Good luck getting that brain and avoiding sparks. That would include, of course, lightening.


P.S. my apologies to purists for combining quotes from the wicked witch and the wizard.

Um, right.
 

It's time to up the meds, again, Fringey.

Um, right.
 

Just shut up and do it.

Please.

Edited to clarify: hey, Burger and Ltl, you should just stop this online flirting and have sex. Sure, your board relationship will jump the shark like moonlighting, but just do it so the rest of us can live in peace.

Um, right.
 

bitch please, severe weather anti-advice is no more tedious than TM and bilmore having the same endless hugely long post fight they've had a million times before, and you were pissy when someone told them to take it off the board. So scroll.

After the hurricane is over there will be no reason for severe weather anti-tips, so you don't have to worry about it going on forever. Plus I think I've covered all possible severe weather complications that would result from a hurricane now.

Apparently if you are a Chief Justice and send racist emails, that's...unwise.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observe...al/6793153.htm


However, it is only unwise enough to cost you a couple of grand a year.

Um, right.
 

how about premature balding due to excessive windspeeds, leading to depression and eventual suicide. just something to consider.

Read. It was a lower court judge who resigned (though apparently they call them chief district judges which is weird; but then, NY calls lower courts supreme courts at least according to L&O); the chief justice accepted the resignation.

Um, right.
 

Excellent idea. Except, e/o wants to save the bandwith for another race discussion between bilmore and TM.

Um, right.
 

Texan, please.

I was making a j-o-k-e since your posts were clearly not flirtatious.

Um, right.
 

Please PLEASE say you are not adopting the TM/bilmore "it was a joke" convention.

Really, now that you've said it I believe you were making a joke; oddly it would have been clearer without the clarification.

hmm
 

Have we Texans absconded with the FB again? Leagl seems to be the only poster standing between us and endless conversations about chili cook-offs and pickup truck size... not to mention always entertaining Houston v. Dallas debates.

Um, right.
 

You shouldn't use that as an example, because bilmore and I totally did it.

TM

Um, right.
 

That was you two in the cucumber/melons picture? (a) you've been lying about your race all along and (b) you need a manziere.

And given my clearly expressed views on MFM I'm kind of hurt you didn't invite me.

hmm
 

Houston's steel and glass buildings are much nicer than the steel and glass buildings in Dallas.

The Infamous "Cover Letter"
 

One thing that has gone unremarked is his resume entry about his college GPA (slightly over 3.0) as being in the top 49.3% of his class.

No snarky comment necessary about that.

hmm
 

Speaking of cookoffs, if anyone happens to be driving to Austin from Houston this weekend and is on 290, stop at the City Meat Market in Giddings for the best barbeque in the world. It's on the northwest corner of the intersection right before you cross the traintracks heading west. The slight detour will be more than made up for by the barbeque.