Yup. Agreed.

Yup. Volunteers and unpaid interns actually cost a good bit.

Very true. I know that I have missed opportunities for advancement over the years due to both my race and my refusal to play office politics. On the other hand, I do seem to have the respect of most everyone around me. So it's not all bad. LOL

Now that right there is funny. I've been in IT for 23.5 years now, moved up in salary and responsibilities over the years. I have yet to touch an IBM card punch machine that I learned how to use in the one college computer course I took. They were phased out at my employer a while before I started here.

You are very astute, sir.

The reason fecal things happen to you is to build your character. Which is really to say "Fecal things happen to you in order to build up your tolerance to Feces being dumped upon you." This wisdom is also reiterated in "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Heck..I thought I was the only one in history of colleges that ever did that. I stayed up till two AM typing a paper (in the olden days...1978-1980....Smith-Corona electric typewriter) to have it ready to turn in on time at eight AM. No one else had theirs ready, so the prof gave everyone another week. :( She then…

That is so true times triple infinity. Incompetence I can work with, run around, dig under, go over, drag along with me. As long as the person is pleasant to be around I can deal with them just fine.

From Galaxy Quest:

Only a sick, twisted, sadistic soul would do that. :-)

You've been watching too many 24 episodes. LOL

Awwww, come on ! Not even a hint at what you ran across ?

Really ??? This is kiddiegarden stuff.

Ours is so neurotic. Sixty five pound boxer mix. She does the rear foot kitty kick to cover up her poop. Sadly, it is often not in the direction of the poo pile.

Ours is fond of lizards. And cockroaches. And a rat a couple weeks ago. When they are dead a few days and really start to stink, they make such a LOVELY perfume.

I have tried that poop burying thing with past dogs. Maybe 50/50 chance of success. Our current doggie LOVES to dig. She digs and pulls up the Evil Roots that grow underground. I am sure that she fears they will attack us during the night. She doesn't eat her own poop, but very thoughtfully cleans up the…

Whaaaaaaaat ? 430 is cheap ? Yeesh. I buy farther behind the curve. The last receiver I got was a nice Yahama refurb from Newegg at around 200ish. It replaced an 18 year old receiver and allowed me to move up to HDMI switching via the receiver. I upgraded to all Klipsch (well used) speakers for my 5.1 surround…

Whaaaaaaaat ? 430 is cheap ? Yeesh. I buy farther behind the curve. The last receiver I got was a nice Yahama…

I have an attorney acquaintance that made the exact same choice a few years back. He is SO much happier now.

Doom, where do YOU live ? I need to settle in a place like that after retirement in a year or so.

I bow in your direction. Very poetic, you made me have a movie flashback.