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tommyrot - Oct 12, 2009 4:26:50 am PDT #13434 of 30001

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Huh. It's weird when an ex-coworker goes on to have a NYT article about him: A Barefoot Hippie Baker Is Now a Locavore Hero

I worked with this guy at Nature's Bakery (an organic whole-grain bakery cooperative) in Madison in '90-'91.

According to the baker, Americans’ wheat issues start on the farm. “The varieties of wheat grown in this country for industrial production are down to about five, so it’s all monoculture, chemicalized, no nutritional value,” said Ford, a serene, 43-year-old metalhead turned Deadhead who got his start as an accountant in a worker-owned Madison bakery. “The breeds are bred to stand up to abuse from the machines. We feed people this stuff that their bodies are not designed or adapted to eat. Of course they’re sensitive to it, and it’s not good for them and causes problems. And then we apply those standards to this?” he asked, gesturing to the tubs of dough around him, slowly rising to the beats of Black Star.

Jesse - Oct 12, 2009 4:29:10 am PDT #13435 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good luck, Jess!

Theodosia - Oct 12, 2009 4:29:18 am PDT #13436 of 30001

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Good luck and job-ma to ita, Dana, and Jessica, too.

Sophia Brooks - Oct 12, 2009 4:31:13 am PDT #13437 of 30001

Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

What Theo said!

Sheryl - Oct 12, 2009 4:38:47 am PDT #13438 of 30001

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Good luck and job-ma to those who need it!

Jesse - Oct 12, 2009 5:11:26 am PDT #13439 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm afraid I really don't have the mental bandwidth to do my job right now. Which is kind of a problem.... But I have so many other things to think about!!

Jessica - Oct 12, 2009 5:14:25 am PDT #13440 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Well, fuck.

Not out of work yet, but they are closing down this office (along with everywhere else except Europe) and selling the business to an industry partner. Individual meetings throughout the day to discuss our individual fates. (Some redundancies, some kept on in different capacity, some offers to transfer to our new fearless leaders.)

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

tommyrot - Oct 12, 2009 5:17:28 am PDT #13441 of 30001

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

That sucks, Jessica! I'm crossing my fingers that things will work out for you.

Barb - Oct 12, 2009 5:17:35 am PDT #13442 of 30001

“Not dead yet!”

Oh Jesus, Jess, I'm so sorry and holding onto ~ma that something good will yet come out of it for you.

Jessica - Oct 12, 2009 5:17:48 am PDT #13443 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I feel even worse for our Toronto office, who has today off (Happy fucking Thanksgiving, guys!) and are coming to NY tomorrow to basically be told that they're not going to have jobs anymore. HELLO TIMING CLUSTERFUCK.

The good-bad news is that this whole deal doesn't even take effect for 5 months. Good because that's a long time to look for a new job, bad because we're supposed to carry on "business as usual" during that time. Yeah. Right.

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