less than one month before the event.

unless you are on the client-side PR squad. you can even start thinking about it two days before the event then.

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I have have Friday off. So far I have done the following:

- Repaired the gas tank on our new used Caprice. I used a brass brush and a lot of carb cleaner on the hole. ThenJb Weld "Waterweld" for wet surfaces on the crack. we will see.

- Called my insurance agent and let them know that the 1990 caprice should be covered, the 1995 Lumina will be donated away, and that the 1989 caprice will be mothballed, and likely sold, so please to arrange my coverage.

- Called guy who sold me the 1990 Caprice and semi-arranged to meet up with him to retrieve the remaining wheel cover for the vehicle. Maybe I can guilt him into giving back some of the cash we paid.

- Snuggled and skritched Harveycat.

- Wrote out a check and mailed it to my buddy who sold me the white van in 2005 to go get Andi. I sent the van to the junk yard two weeks ago.

- Made appointments for the next two fridays for bloodwork and doctor's visit.

- Amused myself upon finding that the loudness of the new Caprice wasn't due to a hole in the muffler, it was due to total lack of muffler. And tailpipe.

- Gathered up brush, filled a kettle grill with it and burned it all up.

- Picked up debris in garden.

Plans yet to be accomplished:

- Laundry

- Nappage

- Go to Aldi

- Repair ignition lock on 1990 Caprice.

- Do dishes

unless you are on the client-side PR squad. you can even start thinking about it two days before the event then.

You see, the joy for me is that I'm at the far end of this. If PR cooks it up then it eventually comes to me and as an outside vendor there is always a way to do it, it's just a matter of how much I charge for the idiot tax.

heh. Since you are you vw I know you know how to do research, and how to analyze secondary sources. But this amused me because I give my students an annotated bibliography assignment before the research paper, and I do it for one reason: the average grade on the research paper rose from a C+ to a B/B- once I started requiring it.

Well, that's a good reason then. And maybe that's part of the reason why they do it.

Actually, it's not all bad. It means I'm going to get some books looked at and back to the library/people I borrowed them from. I'll gloss and make it useful. I'm just cranky apparently. And after a nap, I'm feeling a bit silly that I even complained about it.

Holy get a lot done, Daniel!

Sean! I'm posting this here instead of Natter b/c I think you will want to see it!

Really great podcast on Laika & the anniversary of Sputnik.

Awesome! I'll load it up and listen to it tonight, while I'm babysitting my little corner of Halloween Horror Nights tonight.

it's just a matter of how much I charge for the idiot tax

aha - out here it's called the annoyance percentage. Or something else that starts with 'A'... You are lucky to be at the far end - that's the place to be.

There are too many clients out there who have watched too many Donald Trump "you have 24 hours to bring this concept through to a successful launch, and you must use these trolls as part of the project" episodes. Leaving them happy only gets you more trolls, IJS.

There, I blew a perfect moment to make a joke about hot air and advertising with my soapboxing.

Oh yes. On the whole I'm pretty happy being a vendor for these companies. Their lack of preparation usually leads to more money in my pocket.

In the distant past I had to deal with NY ad agency art directors.

NY ad agency art directors.

not the trolls I was thinking of, but yes. them too.

I work in an industry where the job titles "Creative Executive" and "Creative VP" exist. I think that pretty much covers my particular flavor of hell.