GBU: Week of 5-26-06
GOOD
The Opie & Anthony Show, featuring Little Jimmy Norton. These guys are hilarious and they deliver the goods in a way Howard Stern never has. No one is suggesting that Stern wasn't the innovator, but that doesn't mean others can't come along and do it better. In fact, unless you are watching a RCA black & white console television or driving a Ford Model T, I don't even want to hear it the argument.
Something I learned on O & A this week:
You can exhibit shockingly gay behavior and be immediately absolved of any guilt by simply saying "No homo." Try it! It's so much fun, I'm going to start hanging out in public restrooms just to create opportunities to use it.
BAD
My boss is an aimless, motivation-crushing, intellect-insulting moron. She has been riding the short bus to work for so long that the other retards think she is an undercover marshal. But let's get specific (by the way, several people I work with read this blog and know who I am, so I'm basically waving my hog around in the air right now. Wheee!).I've spent the last year working on a project that I believe will be a huge benefit to our organization. Having completely mapped out every phase, I have given care to the tiniest detail. It is in no way bragging to say that I know this project better than anybody else.
So why is it that, in the very last phase, some drool bucket thinks they can give it a cursory look and begin making sweeping recommendations?
I know what the fuck I'm doing. That's why you always ask me to do these types of projects in the first place. That's why you have me edit other people's work. Just strap on your helmet, grab a vinyl bench seat and stare out the window as the pretty mailboxes fly by. The grown-ups have work to do.
(My apologies to the www.peevery.com as I have clearly commandeered their style in that last paragraph.)
UGLY
At the risk of sounding like a hack, can we all please stop giving a shit about Tom Cruise? He is not the Secretary of Defense, the CEO of Enron or the Executive Director of the American Red Cross. He is an actor. He pretends. And if everyone is honest, they will admit that he usually does a pretty good job of it. But make no mistake, being pretty good at pretending is the total sum of his value to our society.Why, why, why do people care so much about this guy? What he believes or who he screws cannot possibly affect you in any way. Even if it did affect his ability to pretend, you still have the choice of spending your $8 somewhere else.
I see no reasonable explanation for this. At best it is pointless celebrity worship, at worst it is simply taking pleasure in tearing down other people - rich, fanatical, cradle-robbing, alien-worshipping...sorry, Nerdy Squirrel has something to add...what's that?...placenta?...No!...Are you serious?...Dear, God...placenta (ugh!)-eating?...Really?
OK, now this crazy son-of-a-bitch is affecting me. He must be stopped. Someone call the Men in Black.
P.S. Since it is a long weekend, C.U. next Tuesday.
Comments
Apology not necessary - peeves are universal. Now go paper cut her to death.
Posted by: Peeved Michelle | May 26, 2006 05:57 PM
I have also noticed that management loves to ask for changes in a project, long after the planning and design phase has expired. These changes are almost always unnecessary and cause major problems to implement. I believe that they do it to feel like they are "managing" the project or to create an opportunity to demonstrate their technical "prowess."
What I've learned to do is to leave some minor, but obvious flaw in the project. This gives them something to glom onto and keeps them from doing real damage.
Posted by: tfg | May 26, 2006 06:55 PM
PM: I so wanted to say that.
TFG: Good tip. You may have a book on your hands. Something along the lines of "Working for Pinheads - A Survival Guide."
Posted by: Crunchy BC | May 26, 2006 10:49 PM