This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.

Mal ,'Ariel'


Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!  

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.


Vortex - May 21, 2008 9:15:43 am PDT #8199 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Thats my point. He double spaces his affiliations, he lists his double major as two separate degrees, he indents the text two inches, and puts everything on a separate line, so that each entry is at least three lines. He has separate entries for each position, even if they were simultaneous. He has three separate sub headings "clinical training" "research training" and "administrative experience". I could get this sucker down to two pages easy.

It just makes me think he's a pompous ass. And I want to like him. This isn't helping.


Allyson - May 21, 2008 9:19:47 am PDT #8200 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Yeah, but you're way funnier than any of them, and a better writer.

I don't think they see value in that. I keep telling them my humor is wasted on them.


Jesse - May 21, 2008 9:24:28 am PDT #8201 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It just makes me think he's a pompous ass.

That sounds about right. Or he went to some seminar about Preparing Your Academic Curriculum Vita that was not actually targeted to people at his level.


Frankenbuddha - May 21, 2008 9:32:27 am PDT #8202 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

And I cursed the Yankees such that anybody who joined the team as a free agent wouldn't win a World Series with them. (This was after Clemens but before Giambi.)

I know you've said this before, but I wanted to mention that I find this bloody brilliant. It hits the Yoinkees exactly where they live, in that even pre-Steinbrenner they were pathologically incapable of not paying too much for big-name players.

That wouldn't include trade deals though, would it?


bon bon - May 21, 2008 9:45:48 am PDT #8203 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I have an expert report at my desk with a 46-page CV.


Burrell - May 21, 2008 9:50:30 am PDT #8204 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

That guy's CV sounds like the grad school equivalent of the student who thinks they can hit the page limit for a paper by messing with the font and the margins, and that of course the professor won't notice. Ah well.

Congrats on the last day of work, Kat.

One of the school lotteries is today. I am very tempted to go, but I don't know if my being there makes any difference.


DavidS - May 21, 2008 10:04:09 am PDT #8205 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That wouldn't include trade deals though, would it?

No, trades are cool.


tommyrot - May 21, 2008 10:13:36 am PDT #8206 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Stripper Pumps: [link]

They have slots for men to put their tips in!


Vortex - May 21, 2008 10:17:44 am PDT #8207 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

You know, I hate getting emails with "up to 70% off sale", but then when you look at prices they say "3.95-12.95, regular 3.95-13.95"


lisah - May 21, 2008 10:21:03 am PDT #8208 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

That guy's CV sounds like the grad school equivalent of the student who thinks they can hit the page limit for a paper by messing with the font and the margins, and that of course the professor won't notice. Ah well.

OMG, a professor friend of mine just got a paper from one of his students that had, literally, margins that were at least 2 1/2 inches on the right and left. On a paper that was supposed to be 10 pages. It STILL didn't make the page limit. It was barely 9. She got an F.