Tuesday, February 20, 2007

I gave Dilbert a new job

potentialI'm as big a fan of Dilbert as any geek could be.

But the close affection I had for Scott Adams' comic strip isn't the same any more, as (a) I no longer work in a cubicle, (b) I no longer work for a pointy-haired boss, (c) my co-workers aren't incompetent, and (d) we actually have a customer-service system that works, leading to relatively few headaches even when we're poorly organized. In the days when I didn't enjoy my work as I do right now, I hung Dilbert cartoons on my cube wall, as did thousands of other white-collar workers all over the USA.

But now that I don't hang the cartoons on my wall, I still have room for Dilbert-esque humor in my life. The True Tales of Induhviduals in Scott Adams' Dilbert Newsletter are, like he says, a "little ray of bitter sunshine." And I'm sensitive to other related stuff, like this note from the Dilbert Blog:
So when [Tim] Hardaway said on the radio that he hates gay people, I think he was surprised that it caused a problem. He's not good at pattern recognition. I'll bet he spent the first week of the shit storm just shaking his head and muttering, "I didn't see THAT coming."
Great sports commentary there.
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I also want to mention the Despair catalog for someone who loves the sarcastic. It's a gift that keeps on giving!

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