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Except change it to “UK”
Out of curiousity, have you heard any cover bands do that? Change it to UK or <<enter nation of choice>>?
You know what? This has happened to me before.
Then they’d meet me, and all was ok.
He made the mistake of not letting you get to know each other better, if at all.
He just cut his own nose off to spite his face, you have to decide how you’ll handle it when he comes crawling back.
Cuz he will. They almost always do.
Big hugs in the meantime. Big. Huge. Hugs, that is!
xoxo!!
I have not, but one would think it was quite common at some point. Cursory Google and Youtube searches don’t yield any results, tho.
Best avatar ever, sir.
Thank you. Topgun is my muse.
Life sucks today becuase I’m on leave, have errands to run but this sinus infection is killing me.
Our corporate overlords have decided to consolidate copy-editing and page design into a “virtual desk” shared between Tampa and Richmond, cutting jobs across the board. Says the spokesperson:
“Stories will be edited once rather than multiple times, and we can take advantage of economies of scale and centralization of top talent,” Reed said. “Our customers will be unaffected by this internal process change, and all news decisions will continue to be made by our local editors.”
Edited once? Obviously this woman has no clue how many sets of eyes it takes to get something right. Especially if the editor is working on a story with names and locations that exist several states away. So they’re basically saying to hell with fact-checking and accuracy as they cut 50+ salaries off the payroll. They do crap like that and then they want to act superior to the blogosphere that they whine about cutting into print media’s business? I just don’t understand.
I’m with Barb. He’ll be back. She sounds like she’ll soon be more trouble that she’s worth. Scratch that, she’s already more trouble than she’s worth, idiot boy just hasn’t realize that yet.
So ours lie to us with fake Texas/Minnesota accents. Let me tell you, that gets old fast. Sides, you have Prime Minister’s questions! That makes our election ‘debates’ look like nothing more than a joint press conferences… wait, they are joint press conferences… See!
from the look outside my window; i’ll have a brand new 8 inches of snow tomorrow morning :(… awesome
edited: looks like maybe it’ll be a foot… super robot powered awesome
My Grandma died.
i feel like my heart just wants to collapse in on itself and form a tiny black hole of sadness 
I’m so sorry for your loss
I’m so sorry. My condolences.
Awww, I’m so sorry. Especially since she was one of your more supportive relatives if I recall correctly.
So sorry to hear that. But celebrate her life!
You need to go find yourself a copy of season 5 of The Wire, a pint of ice cream, and a weekend with nothing else to do.
And yeah, frakking print media!
So sorry about your loss, TNM. As Pike says, celebrate your grandma’s life as best you can. The sadness won’t go away easily, but take comfort in her life and love and in feeling her presence with you in everything you do and you will heal.
Very sorry to hear about your loss, TNM. virtual hug
You need to go find yourself a copy of season 5 of The Wire, a pint of ice cream, and a weekend with nothing else to do.
Yeah, I know. I was watching it over the past few weeks and thinking, “Oh, man, I hear this stuff all day about cutbacks and payouts and ‘doing more with less.’ Where’s the drug-dealing escapism?” What was even more depressing was a bonus feature with David Simon and other reporters about The Baltimore Sun and print media in general. Not exactly uplifting stuff.
I found out today that one of the people being laid off is our best page designer. This guy’s won them at least a dozen awards since he transferred to the newsroom, and they tell him he can leave or apply for his own job in Tampa or Richmond. I think it’s safe to say he’ll find something better. And we’ll all wish we’d gone with him.
Monkey, sorry for your troubles.
Tibby, I feel ya. Every time you think it can’t get worse, it does. The good people are the first to go. I don’t know if you saw my tweet, but I’m on a Billy Joel kick, and “Allentown” makes me think about newspapers and magazines.
Sorry to hear, TNM. May your heart be filled up with the fond memories of your grandma.