Cole Parker
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Jason:I remember you having serious doubts before your angsty meeting with Mark, thinking you were making a mistake and hoping you weren't. I think it's safe to say what ensued was probably what you were thinking was going to ensue. You said something about having promised yourself you'd never get involved with a straight guy again. So you went into this with your eyes open. I'm really sorry it didn't work out better for you. At least the evening had a humanitarian purpose, the Education of Mark.And you must excuse Trab's and my curiousity. In our superannuated condition, curiousity is about all that's left.At least we're past the point of being foreskinphobic.C
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Man, I hadn't thought of that, but what an interesting possibility. And even if it isn't true, I think we've got the beginnings of a great story going here.CSo true, Cole. Maybe it is all related? One thing led to another and finally a visit to the hospital. -
Trab, you're right: not filling us in on the what's and why's of the hospital visit was bad, indeed, even shameful. But it doesn't hold a candle to him setting us up for his visit with Mark, and then comletely abandoning the subject, leaving us all hanging with our mouths open and drool hanging from our lips in suspenseful anticipation.People complain I write cliffhanger chapters. I don't write about that in real life, however. I leave that to Jason.CMy God, Jason; you have the nerve to tell us you were in hospital and not tell us what is wrong and whether or not you are improving. Shame on you. -
I think the moral of this story is, breeding and the continuation of this species is precluded.Intelligence will out.But what a delightful story!C
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Thought so!C
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Is 'wiles' a misspelling of 'willy'? An intentional one? I mean, that's pretty clever, putting that idea in our minds with an aliteration.But you needn't let your insecurities all hang out like that. Giggling could come from a number of reasons, and is does you a disservice to assume it stems from the sight of your dangly bits and their provocation of amusement. Giggling might be from the sight of a youth baying at the moon, or perhaps the off key manner of the baying. It might be from whatever soundtrack you have oozing out the window around you. Although, from your previous blog entries, you might be more offended with people finding your taste in music risible than seeing your masculinity exposed to their glances.Anyway, please keep writing. People only laugh at that when you intend them to.C
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Step six: Get up, go to the door, and explain to the cops why you were standing naked in front of the window shouting at the moon while the revelers below were looking up and giggling at you.C
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Preceded by the need to shower, of course. Now, what activity led to that state of affairs, you'll have to tell us<g>.C
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You're telling me you scared the thing off?I didn't think you were that terrifying.C
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If you hear a story of an Aussie man who took an axe to his car and chopped it up into environmentally friendly pieces, that would be me. Oh and the tail light fell off too. Uh, hate to ask this, guy, but what the hell do you expect? Start hacking away at your ride wth a big ole axe, it's not too surprising the tail light might fall off.Duh!C
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Ah, Trab, I read many stories where the point is made that to fight the good fight knowing you cannot win is something by which to define yourself and your principles.Madrigal, being a philosopher, will probably enjoy disecting that thought of yours.It's good to have another blogger among us.CLive life with the greatest of pleasure and the least impact on the rest of the world; fight only if you have a chance of winning, otherwise, move on. -
Des, do you see how you inspire people? You have a gift, indeed. You bring something out in people. Okay, okay, the thing yoiu bring out best is their insults and slaps at you, but still. You have a gift, man.Heh heh heh.C
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Excellent point, Blue. There are certainly people here that have been through the hiring process enough times that they could offer wonderful advice.And Rad, if you speak anywhere near as well as you write, you should be an excellent interview.I conducted quite a few interviews over the years, talking to people looking for hourly jobs and salaried ones. I'd make it a point to ask the applicant what he would do for us. Why should I hire him? What does he have that will benefit the company? To answer this kind of question, it helps if you know something about the company you are interviewing with, and even better if you know what specific job is open. Then you can prepare for this type question in advance. If he asks that, and you don't know exactly what the job is, then ask him what it is so you'll have some idea how to answer. Bullshitting on an interview isn't very wise. I was friendly when inverviewing people becasue I always felt they were inteviewing me as well as I was interviewing them. I needed to sell them on the job and company as well as they needed to sell me on their attributes. But I also liked to put a little pressure on them, ask them things they'd have trouble answering, just to get a feel for how they behaved under pressure. Did they retain their poise, or get rattled?Any interview should be a period of give and take with neither party doing all the talking. If I hog the conversation, I don't learn enough about the applicant. If the applicant hogs the conversation, I get the impression he might not be willing to listen and learn, and any new job requires the newcomer to be open to instruction. It's not good if, when you answer a question, you then keep talking, running off on a tangent. Answer the question fully, then stop.Be prepared with your own questions. Almost any interviewer will ask if you have any questions. If you say no, you don't appear interested or very bright. You should have some questions. How you ask them shows how well you've been listening to what he's been telling you, and whether you can frame you thoughts well.Applicants that do best are ones who come in feeling self-confident but not cocky, prepared to both talk and listen, to be polite and well-spoken (that means using proper English [or Tagalog in some peole's case]), to look the interviewer in the eyes when you talk to him and he talks to you, to dress appropriate to what the job needs are or in business attire if you don't know what the job will be. You should bring a resume even if you sent one in prior to the interview. You should also be relaxed if you can. A nervous applicant doesn't sell himself quite as well.Hope this helps.C
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I humbly bow my head and meader off into the sunset.Crushed my more Des repartee.Crushed. And blushing like this color!C
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Des:I hate to see you peter out like that.C
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Yeah, but you're old. Falling asleep is to be expected.CI liked A Christmas Carol by Dickens, but fell asleep through most of his other books.Mark Twain is a hero of mine.
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Exactly! He wrote a lot of great books. The one that isn't is the one that gets assigned. Go figure!The Twain book is excellent, too. You ought to read it. I don't think he wrote much of anything that wasn't worth reading, and this is one of his better ones.C
I think you're confusing me with Ryan Miller - he's the one who said he liked Connecticut Yankee. I haven't read it. Though I do dislike Great Expectations. I read it in middle school and swore off Dickens. Only a year ago did I read Oliver Twist and decided that Dickens wasn't so bad after all.I found EC's remarks terribly cogent, because I too love ACYITCOKA and also dislike Great Expectations.[...]I didn't realize EleC and I were so much on the same page. Gives me a tingly feeling all over. -
I found EC's remarks terribly cogent, because I too love ACYITCOKA and also dislike Great Expectations.Liking the former isn't strange at all as I don't think I've ever read any Twain I didn't like, and not just like a little bit. He was a truly wonderful writer. I read Huckleberry Finn about once every ten years and swear I find something I hadn't noticed before each time. And as a side note, if anyone here hasn't read Tom Sawyer, Detective, you're in for a real treat. It's hilarious.It's the latter that's unusual, because Dickens is also one of my favorites--all his books except that one. For some reason, they like to assign that one in middle or high school in English classes, and in my opinion, it turns kids off to Dickens, which isn't right. Of all his books, that 's the one I like least. Yet that's the one that gets assigned. Bummer. I don't mind it till Pip leaves home. At that point, I always lose interest. I didn't realize EleC and I were so much on the same page. Gives me a tingly feeling all over.C
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Blue/Rad:My understanding was, he had to cut his hair for the INTERVIEW for the job. That's sort of cruel and unusual punishment. You're giving up something valuable to you on a whim and a prayer. That's asking a lot.I wonder, Rad, if you can interview with your hair neatly tied off and then mention during the interview that should a job offer be forthcoming, and work rules specify short hair, you'd of course comply?I'd feel terrible if I cut my hair, then they didn't offer me the job. I'd feel used.CYour hair? Hair will grow back. No matter what you do to it (within reason) it'll grow back. -
Watch it, you two. You do know that trans-oceanic romances never work, don't you?C
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However, at that tender age, you were cute as hell. You can't possibly deny that.C
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I wrote some poetry in my youth. If I do so now, which I don't, it's more for humorous effect than anything else. I find the form limiting. I do know when I was trying it, years ago, it did seem that some emotions could be best expressed in that format. I don't remember why that was, but do remember feeing that to be the case.I think you have to concentrate a lot harder on each word when you're writing poetry. When I'm writing prose, frequently a lot of words come to mind in a mass, and I have to hurry to get them down on the page before I lose them. You can't do that with poetry. Or at least I can't. I can with prose. I have to go back then and massage them a little, but for the most part, that works.Maybe I just don't have th patience for poetry.Man, someone could write a poem to that thought.C
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I like them both, though readily admit poetry is not really my thing. It always seems to me to be posturing a bit, and throwing words together that might not mean exactly what you're try to say but fit the rhythm or style of the thing. But that just my gut reaction to most poetry, and if you can't say something nice, my mommy told me not to say anything at all, so I'll shut up now.C
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If you don't tell us what happened, and soon, I'll personally find your restaurant and throw you into the Hobart mixer.WHAT HAPPENED?C
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My foreskin remark was directly taken from your last post. I didn't read your original description of this malady of yours, and of course assumed you were being at least somewhat facetious, which I still think. You said your comment was in your first blog posting, and I went to the bottom of the list provided under yoiu name, and there were no mentions of anything even remotely akin to foreskins. I would have noticed.Anyway, I was teasing, and am sure you realized that.What else are friends for?C