I work in media at a newspaper. I have 16 years in the biz, and have survived numerous rounds of layoffs and cutback because I am ‘digitally savvy’. I got a ‘huge’ raise this year (we didn’t fill 5 positions), like 4%!!

I now earn $42,000.

I have never been to Vegas, and have no desire to go

How does one invest in bonds? Specifically buying municipal bonds? I’ve always been interested in them, but am financially illiterate beyond my 401k (although I do read public bond offering statements occasionally for a living, but they always refer to ‘accredited investors or institutional buyers’ as the folks who…

On one hand, I’m happy the US team did so well considering the team of randos they fielded. On the other, fuck the NHL for this travesty.

hahaha my first thought (as a cyclist in a cold weather clime) was ‘wait, where can I get one?’

A-Fucking-Men. It’s been getting worse the last few years. That and ‘first responders’ = heroes. Look, I get it. I think its great that someone wants to be a fire fighter, an EMT or a cop. But at the end of the day, that’s really no different than the guy who chooses to be a bank teller. Yes, they choose to take on a…

^^This. Cannot imagine why he’s in there.

Amazon. Kill that shit (or a tleast cut off a leg or arm) before it gets too goddamn big. Facebook might be trying to takeover the Internet, but Amazon is trying to takeover the world.

Hey, so, I know it’s overwhelming and all: the news. But honestly if you’re in a warm climate, go camping or rent a cabin at a state park. Leave your cell phone at home, and just unplug. Honestly you’ll probably feel 1,000x better.

At the least she wanted to get the WaPo reporters to make some sort of strong anti-Moore statements which O’Keefe could hold up as proof of their bias against Moore/republicans: ‘We need your story in order to force Moore out of the race.” 

Canadian Bacon is a god damn treasure.

that’s one fugly corvette

well, $100 and a drivers license (and quite possibly proof of insurance).

I dunno, I kind of feel like a lot of that ‘amazing technology’ is both encouraging and enabling a lot of the terribleness of modern life. So dunno if I would list tech as a positive.

Dont yinz no Jimmy down n’at north hillz got it at his howz.

dick

I just want to say, that in case ya’ll missed it, that Obama gave a speech today in Virginia. It wasn’t much, just a short little stump speech. But still. My president.

I managed to catch it live. Will admit, that hearing that voice, that .... articulation? intelligence? ... made me cry.

Dude, you must really not like these, considering all your posts

My thoughts exactly. I was reading this review and thinking ‘gee this sounds a lot like the first one (which I never finished).’

that’s what the basement is for yo. Just toss em down there and lock the door.