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Just for the fun of it, I ran it thru spell check to see what would happen. I cdnuolt believe that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phenomenal power of the human mind Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cambridge Uinervtisy, it doesn?t matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only iprmoatnt thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it wouthit a problem. This is bcuseae the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole. Amazing huh? As you can see, it recognized most of the words and didn't come close to recognizing others. Jan

There is also the possibility that there was a server issue. Last night I tried to login to my own site and it kept timing out on me. This morning, no problem. Jan

Robb usually updates the stories on Saturday's, so you may have caught him during that time. Jan

I just hope a certain goat doesn't see that and get any ideas.

One of the Mod's must have seen it and deleted one.

Wibby liked it so much, he posted about it twice.

ROFLMAO

Bear in mind, the writer of this article is a Contributing Writer to Monster dot com and not necessarily an interviewer. As for the 'Collector position', I'm assuming, and you know what they say about assume, the position would be that of a bill collector. Some of those people can be real Aholes. I dealt with one once and do you think the jerk apologized for his mistake? He was calling to see where my checks were. Had he checked my file BEFORE he called, I don't think he would have called. He didn't check until he called me, at which point he said they arrived that day. Then he hung up. Jan

Funny Interview Answers by Roberta Chinsky Matuson Monster Contributing Writer Every now and then, Monster members email us some funny stories related to the hiring process. We think you will agree that these tales are well worth sharing. If you think you've heard it all, read on. I interviewed a gentleman for a television field technician position. His background did not reflect any type of experience in electronics or televisions. I asked him if he had ever taken the back off of a TV and actually seen the inside. His response was this, "Are you kidding? It's dangerous back there!" Needless to say, he did not get the position. ________________________________________________________________________________ I once asked a candidate if there was anything he did not like to do, expecting an answer related to the computer programming position he was applying for. After much debate, he answered, "I don't like to clean my bathtub." ________________________________________________________________________________ Upon assisting in viewing some applications for warehouse assistants on a previous job, I came across an interesting response. Under the ethnic race section, the applicant checked the "other" box and had written in Human. A very unique answer indeed. That individual was hired for the position. ________________________________________________________________________________ I was hiring for a collector position and received a resume with the following as the candidate's Goals and Objectives: "I want to be successful as everyone does, but I want to kick it up a knotch (his misspell) and be VERY successful and become #1 in everything when it comes to professional, family, and personal way of life." You want to be VERY successful? Why didn't you tell me before? What a novel goal in life. Does Emeril know you are using his phrase? Thanks for your time -- next! ________________________________________________________________________________ When a prospective employee tested positive for his drug screen, we called him to inform him that he was not eligible for hire. His response was, "I smoked pot three weeks ago at a party and didn't think it would show, but now it should be OK. Can I take it again?" ________________________________________________________________________________ Several years ago, my place of business was located at 140 West 51st St. in New York City. A job applicant set up an appointment for an interview but cancelled the day before because he was not feeling well. Fair enough. We rescheduled the appointment for 10:30 a.m. a few days later. On the scheduled day, he called around 10 a.m. to say he was stuck in traffic and would be a little late. Again, fair enough. At about 10:45, he called to say he would be even later, because he went by mistake to 1240 West 51st St. instead of 140 West 51st St. I could not resist asking him, "How's the water today?" He seemed puzzled, until I explained that there is no such address as 1240 West 51st St., because the last address before the Hudson River is in the 1100s. He then confessed that he simply had overslept. He was admittedly a very creative fellow and perhaps was a good swimmer, but given the lack of honesty, we went on to the next applicant. ________________________________________________________________________________ We had a gentleman come in one day and fill out an application for employment. When he reached the part of the application asking, "Have you ever committed a crime? If yes, please explain," he responded with the following answer: "Yes -- a Mr. Meanor." Needless to say, it was the highlight of our day. ________________________________________________________________________________ As an HR manager, I was reviewing an application for a construction worker. Under "Ever convicted of a felony?" the applicant wrote "Breaking and entering." Under "Any other special skills?" Applicant wrote "Good with hand tools." No kidding.

So, are we starting a poll of the month club?

It depends on the time of day, time of year as to how I'm dressed when visiting the web. This time of day, 5:30 a.m., I'm dressed ready for work. In the afternoon/evening time, it's either shorts or sweats. Jan

I know there's a few chapters out now, but when I saw the first draft of chapter 1, it came at a good time. My staff and myself had just gone thru a mandatory session on Harassment at work. So it was fresh in my mind. As for dialog, it picks up as the story continues. Nick is also becoming a Master of Misdirection in his stories. Jan

That's why GA admin did away with their chat room. It became too much of a hassle. Members started making personal attacks on other members. On the good side, they did have a periodic author chat's. You can get some bad people even on regular IM services. I once had a guy contact me on ICQ who invited me into a private chat room. He wanted me to pretend he was a young boy. I told him I wasn't into boy's so he wanted me to pretend he was a young girl. I left. I'm refraining from voting as I have a chat room at The House that hasn't been used since 'Collision' was finished. Jan

That's why GA admin did away with their chat room. It became too much of a hassle. Members started making personal attacks on other members. On the good side, they did have a periodic author chat's. You can get some bad people even on regular IM services. I once had a guy contact me on ICQ who invited me into a private chat room. He wanted me to pretend he was a young boy. I told him I wasn't into boy's so he wanted me to pretend he was a young girl. I left. I'm refraining from voting as I have a chat room at The House that hasn't been used since 'Collision' was finished. Jan

It was #9, abstruse, that got me. I even looked it up first and still made the wrong choice. From what I've seen of other results of participants, people were getting 9/10 or 10/10. Jan

Some people know a lot of words and know exactly what they mean. (These people sometimes get beaten up after gym class.) Some people know a lot of words but don't quite know what they mean. And some people (bless their hearts) don't know many words at all. Which one are you? Dictionary or Fictionary Quiz Sharon actually posted this elsewhere, so I thought I'd copy it and post it. I got 9 out of 10.

As a reader, I don't go looking for the sex in a story. One story that I read on Nifty had lots of sex in it in the beginning. Once the co-authors worked past it, the story plot took off. Another example is Jamies TSOI. Here we know Jamie and Nic did something without the a blow by blow play, sorry for the pun. I'm also working an a story where the story contains sex but it hasn't been all that descriptive. Jan

These are the lyrics from early Supertramp. AUBADE (And I Am Not Like Other Birds Of Prey) Supertramp - Supertramp Morning at last Every night is a fight to your waking Dreams dancing past Through the silence of sleep, dawn is breaking I wait and watch until them And I am not like other birds of prey And I am not like other birds of prey And night is long You are needing me For undressed of song I am there to see That fear hold no sweat Soft is my flight And my eyes kill the lights that attack you Life is my right And in sleeps little death, I protect you So hear less my presence dismay That I am not like other birds of prey That I am not like other birds of prey When hopes are young And your cares are few Then I?ll soar above Keeping truth in view And my name is love The music that goes with this is beautiful.

I very much believe he knows where he is. I spent the last 8 hours of my mothers life with her. When I arrived, I let her know I was there. I noticed a slight difference in her facial expression which told me she knew I was there. That last statement is very much true. Jan

Wow. Thanks for sharing that Ben. Added to what you briefly told me the other night, I truly understand the reaction now. Like you said, it's all in the past now. What I am about to say, I don't say out of pity, but out of respect to the person known as Codey, and to The Collision Crew, I'm sorry I acted like such an ass. Jan

Boo looks as energetic as usual there James. Jan

I know this is aimed at the author, so I speak as an editor and reader. I would think the author would be concentrating no writing and wouldn't get a hardon while typing. Reviewing what they've typed might be a different story tho.

Thanks Blue and vwl. If I was to take on something like this, I would first need to take some courses and get reference books to refresh myself and help what I do know now. It has be a number of years since I was in school. And all this could take the fun out of a something that I have fun doing. Jan