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bardiva and Sonny listing in this late hour.

"Rabbit Season! FIRE!"

"Hey Slade... Shiggity Shiggity Shwa..."

rod_swollen getting down to that funky, funky beat.

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hi i am not wes wilson although at times i would like to be! well i had a wonderful post before buti lost it but now i am desperatley trying to contain all the alcohol.. fuck it i forgot how to spell...yumm yumm i just took rummplellshots with steph couldnt imagine how much betttter than that coudld taste than a big neatbsall sanmdixh.

And for my next trick...

I have been trying to reach a vice president at my former company so that i could talk to him about my severance package.

It's not that I think I'm due insane amounts of money upon separation, but the circumstances behind my lay off left much to be desired. First off, I was slated for funding till February, but since I had been informed of my possible termination, I was let go on Dec 11th without much grace.

I understand, don't get me wrong. This is a company with sensitive documents, delicate networks, and few protective measures in place. It is logical that the lawyers would recommend immediate termination of anyone who thought they might be laid off in a couple of months. Nevermind that the woman who told me about it didn't ASK if I wanted to know, nor is it evidently important that she insisted my bosses were looking for more contract work and not to give up hope for continued employment. All that is important is what's good for the company, so I get the axe.

But it is slightly insulting that my severance package only gave two weeks pay which placed my termination date on CHRISTMAS. If there is a person here who can get a legitimate job during the two weeks after X-mas, I will be really impressed. Yeah, I see you had to let me go, but could you at least take CARE of me, since you are essentially abandoning me on a stretch of desert highway? And is it any shocker that when I've tried to call and talk to people about this, they have pointed me up the corporate ladder to the Atlanta HR office? Does anyone really think I'm going to get anything accomplished talking to an HR officer who I've never met and probably doesn't know the circumstances behind my separation?

I finally called a guy whose father is a vice president at the company and he agreed that talking to his father might be smart. So I started making calls. His secretary was quite open about how terrible my separation had been, so I shared with her what I was trying to reach Joe about. What a terrible mistake. First she agrees to try and call me when he's free and could talk, then she dodges my phone calls for 4 days, then she tells me that Joe doesn't want to talk to me about my issues. So much for "Don't tell Joe why I'm calling, please."

I was never out to lay a big shit sandwich of guilt on the man, I just wanted to tell my story to someone whose opinion mattered. And then, if I got turned down for my request, I'd know I had dealt with a human being instead of some mindless bureaucratic automaton. Instead, I'm left staring at my severance paperwork, feeling like it's been thrown in a messy toilet for me to dig out and take with me.

I feel bitter, betrayed, and frustrated. More good news this week

I'd like to Introduce you to:

This is, by far, one of the most brutally clever things I have read. I think, over the next few days, I'll post a few passages from it for public consumption. I haven't read it in a long time, and I think it's time I reaquaint myself with it. Amazon was kind enough to post the opening pages on their promo page, so I'll give you the option of reading the first 4 chapters of the book of apes.

( The Boomer Bible in large JPG format )