I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


lisah - Feb 05, 2008 5:50:15 am PST #7525 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

especially if some aren't writing them for whatever reason. Shows you took the time to think about the job...

Also, it's hard to know the path your job application will take in a particular company, especially if it's a large compan. Maybe it would go to an HR department first and the HR people would only pass on resumes if accompanied by a well-written cover letter? You just don't know.


Trudy Booth - Feb 05, 2008 5:53:54 am PST #7526 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Though I'd change this part slightly to say that it isn't a bad thing to encourage children to try something again a few years later. For me, the age was about 11 or 12.

We were always "one bite per year of age" i.e. you had to have a little. (I vividly remember my sister counting peas and my Mother laughing "just TRY it, Sarah.")

My Father's family was strictly "everything on your plate and if you don't finish it goes in the fridge for breakfast. And then lunch. And then tomorrow's dinner..." but that had a lot to do with the practicality and finances of feeding eight children. By the time they had Grandchildren they had mellowed considerably.


shrift - Feb 05, 2008 5:54:06 am PST #7527 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Strega, I definitely think your friend needs to write cover letters. I've gotten jobs based on cover letters, so they can't be a total waste of time. And he should widen his range, check the newspaper, and the Raleigh/Durham section of Craigslist.

Job hunting always makes me horribly depressed, especially when I am unemployed and living off savings. But he definitely deserves a virtual bop on the head if he isn't sending out cover letters and resumes every day, and making phone calls.


Strega - Feb 05, 2008 6:01:36 am PST #7528 of 10001

I think almost all of his applications have been done online, so he's just filling in forms and attaching a resume file. If nothing else a short cover letter could explain his moving down there; I don't know if the fact that all of his references are out-of-state is weighing against him.

especially if some aren't writing them for whatever reason.
Yeah. I'm sure some employers ignore them, but I can't imagine it'd hurt to include one. (Well, maybe if it was written in crayon.)


Jars - Feb 05, 2008 6:07:53 am PST #7529 of 10001

Jars I suggest zucchini bread - or, slightly more seriously, adding things like chopped spinach to spaghetti sauce - so you can't really taste it.

Thanks! But I actually cook a lot of vegetables. DH loves green veggies, so I just cook them up in buttery creamy sauces so I can't taste them, or just grin and bear it.

I've found cooking stuff into soups helps a lot. Like, I really hate brocolli, but a brocolli and cheese soup I can totally do.


shrift - Feb 05, 2008 6:10:09 am PST #7530 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I don't wanna educate myself on the candidates and go search for my polling place in a snowstorm. Stupid democratic process, no paczki.


sumi - Feb 05, 2008 6:11:05 am PST #7531 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that weather is a reason why the Illinois primary is usually NOT in early February.


lisah - Feb 05, 2008 6:12:32 am PST #7532 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

ooh! I wonder if there's still a Polish bakery nearby where I could get paczi? (This used to be a very Polish neighborhood.)


Gudanov - Feb 05, 2008 6:14:25 am PST #7533 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I've cast what I'm sure will be the deciding vote in super Tuesday.


shrift - Feb 05, 2008 6:15:42 am PST #7534 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that weather is a reason why the Illinois primary is usually NOT in early February.

We're supposed to get sleet and some ridiculous amount of snow -- 8 to 12 inches, I think -- and I think the polling place is just around the block, but it's not where it was last time, and...

Should've voted early and often in the grand Chicago tradition, damn it.