The end of Suicide Squid?
I wonder what ever happened to Suicide Squid? The invention of this character was something I originally opposed vigorously, but I was the only person on Earth who did, and I have since been brought around. It was a bright bit of lampooning, in retrospect. I think its disappearance as a viable character on the Internet says that Usenet has all but disappeared, and nothing has risen to replace it.
Nothing's been seen of the Squid
since 2003. Wikipedia is outdated on the subject. Sigh.
Labels: diversions
Bowling for Soup rebuttal
Bowling for Soup gave us the song "Come Back to Texas." It's a major mistake. Now it's time to come back to Cleveland.
She said she needed some time
I think it was a line
Because she went to Dallas
Yeah, her name is Alice
And she worked at the bank
There's nothing wrong with Texas
Except for Bush and the dust
There's a River Walk
And to see the Spurs play is [gack!] a plus
So when you've seen all that
And when life goes to being flat
Cuyahoga County will be right here waiting for you...
[Chorus]
Come back to Cleveland
It's still God's Country though you went away
Before you get an accent
And lose out on all the Buckeye State
Columbus is just a bit down the road
And the Buckeyes are big this year
Besides there just ain't no pierogies south of here anyway
I know she made a mistake
It's just that easy to make
She went to make a deposit
Then she cleaned out her closet
But I'll sit here and wait
For her to come back home (I'd wish you come back home)
It shouldn't take very long (so long so long)
I bet she misses Lake Erie
And the Cleveland Orchestra, I can't be wrong
So when you've seen all that
And when life goes to being flat
Cuyahoga County will be right here waiting for you...
Come back to Cleveland
It's still God's Country though you went away
I bet you missed your exit
Drove accidentally toward the Lone Star State
Columbus is just a bit down the road
And the Buckeyes are big this year
Besides there just ain't no pierogies south of here anyway
Drew Carey wants you back
Grady Sizemore wants you back
NASA wants you back
And LeBron James wants you back
The Rock Hall wants you back
Emerald Necklace wants you back
I got a great big feeling
Her move's now left her reeling
And the whole state's calling her...
[repeat Chorus...]
[repeat Chorus again...]
Besides there just ain't no pierogies south of here anyway
Besides there just ain't no pierogies south of here anyway
Besides there just ain't no pierogies south of here anyway
Labels: diversions
New favorite quote :-)
Brian Holcombe uses this in his AIM away messages:
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.
-- George Carlin
Labels: diversions, engineering
More lessons from editing resumes
A good friend of mine asked me to look over her resume. I don't have permission to repost it here, but I had some comments and thought I'd better summarize them.
- She's after a job as an assistant office manager. The job description gives some characteristics of the person the company wants. She did a good job of pointing out in her resume, and emphasizing in a cover letter, the ways she exceeds the minimums in the position description. Give 'em more than they want.
- She says she's got experience with "the Internet and Windows XP." Both of those are broad, and she needs to tighten that up by giving specific examples of experience. I suggested that evidence of Internet experience could be provided in the resume if she shows either that she knows Web-creation codes (e.g. HTML, JavaScript, Java, etc.), or Web-creation programs (e.g. FrontPage, DreamWeaver, etc.), or applications other than Web searching (e.g. FTP, e-mail list management, etc.), and she took advantage of that. As for Windows XP, she should demonstrate the basics, like disk cleanup and defrag, changing default printers, etc.
- She hasn't graduated yet, and lists "some college coursework," and gives the major. She needs to say how much she has left. She's got a good major -- it matches the company's interests -- and they may want her to finish up. Use even a partial education for leverage.
- She has impressive work experience for a young person, but needs to show examples of accomplishments, not just assignments. Something like "trusted with the responsibility of a customer service supervisor." And "managed insurance card and policy package distribution, as well as training meetings for sales agents."
- Finally, if the editing she does makes her resume longer, she must try to cut it back to a single page by making the font a size smaller or fiddling with the margins.
All this stuff is simple but will enhance her attractiveness to the company. And it didn't hurt me to go through it. :-)
Labels: education, recommendations, rhetoric
Scholar seeks a hand (not a handout)
Jane is a bright gal from China who wants to pursue graduate school in the USA, but she didn't get a fellowship. She wants to be a writer, and a professor, and hopes also to help her brother expand a clothing line from China into the USA. But if she wants to go to school here, she can't wait for business success (unfortunately). She writes,
I've been accepted into the graduate program of University of Indianapolis, but need to raise financial support. If you can help me, even with a dollar, please contact me. I'll write a note in return, and will share my new knowledge with you if you'd like. Thank you!
She'd like to find micropatrons of her own. If you want to find out more,
here is her own page.
Labels: education
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