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I used to work in media. I've been out for about 6 years since my job was downsized.
About a year ago, I saw a job listing at the biggest media company in the space. Was I qualified? In spades. The starting pay?
Identical to what I got paid when I started in that job. 25 years ago.
About a year ago, I saw a job listing at the biggest media company in the space. Was I qualified? In spades. The starting pay?
Identical to what I got paid when I started in that job. 25 years ago.
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I used to work in media. I've been out for about 6 years since my job was downsized.
About a year ago, I saw a job listing at the biggest media company in the space. Was I qualified? In spades. The starting pay?
Identical to what I got paid when I started in that job. 25 years ago.
About a year ago, I saw a job listing at the biggest media company in the space. Was I qualified? In spades. The starting pay?
Identical to what I got paid when I started in that job. 25 years ago.
I've been fortunate enough to talk to a few astronauts in my life (including Wally Schirra and a couple who flew on the STS) and they all seemed pretty well convinced that we went to the Moon multiple times. To paraphrase Kim's ex, "Imma take their word for it."
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I've been fortunate enough to talk to a few astronauts in my life (including Wally Schirra and a couple who flew on the STS) and they all seemed pretty well convinced that we went to the Moon multiple times. To paraphrase Kim's ex, "Imma take their word for it."
Like he keeps it to only the weekends...
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Like he keeps it to only the weekends...
He didn't mention it. He mostly talked about the table reads and the "standards and practices" people. Also, the man was a walking baseball encyclopedia who knew everybody.
September 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
He didn't mention it. He mostly talked about the table reads and the "standards and practices" people. Also, the man was a walking baseball encyclopedia who knew everybody.
He was very funny and down to earth. I'd worked with him before, but this time he told me stories about how he landed on Johnny Carson, his experience on Mr. Belvedere, and other tales. He had some fans come in and get selfies, but I never did. To me he was just Bob.
September 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
He was very funny and down to earth. I'd worked with him before, but this time he told me stories about how he landed on Johnny Carson, his experience on Mr. Belvedere, and other tales. He had some fans come in and get selfies, but I never did. To me he was just Bob.
I never got to meet Don, but I did get to engineer a recording session with Bob "Just a Little Bit Outside" Uecker as he did ADR for an episode of "Teen Titans Go!" Because of a scheduling snafu, he was an hour early. So I got to hang out with "Mr. Baseball" for an hour shooting the shit.
September 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I never got to meet Don, but I did get to engineer a recording session with Bob "Just a Little Bit Outside" Uecker as he did ADR for an episode of "Teen Titans Go!" Because of a scheduling snafu, he was an hour early. So I got to hang out with "Mr. Baseball" for an hour shooting the shit.
"First they came for the late night talk show hosts. But I said nothing, because I wasn't a late night talk show host..."
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"First they came for the late night talk show hosts. But I said nothing, because I wasn't a late night talk show host..."
It's depressing, isn't it? I mean, what's next? Banning the flu shot? Getting rid of antibiotics? Telling people who need insulin to survive to "just get over it" and take more vitamins?
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
It's depressing, isn't it? I mean, what's next? Banning the flu shot? Getting rid of antibiotics? Telling people who need insulin to survive to "just get over it" and take more vitamins?
I saw Maiden on the Powerslave tour, so I'm right there with you. This song? My adopted grandfather was an RAF flight instructor in the war and no doubt trained some of these "aces." He was also a classical musician, so I don't know for sure, but I'd like to think he'd appreciate it on some level
September 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I saw Maiden on the Powerslave tour, so I'm right there with you. This song? My adopted grandfather was an RAF flight instructor in the war and no doubt trained some of these "aces." He was also a classical musician, so I don't know for sure, but I'd like to think he'd appreciate it on some level
My mom is on the cusp of 87, and remembers a time when polio was a serious problem. Her generation lined up to get vaccinated, and my generation was vaccinated against polio, mumps, measles, etc. I had an MMR booster when my grandson was born. Vaccines are "well...duh" medicine.
September 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
My mom is on the cusp of 87, and remembers a time when polio was a serious problem. Her generation lined up to get vaccinated, and my generation was vaccinated against polio, mumps, measles, etc. I had an MMR booster when my grandson was born. Vaccines are "well...duh" medicine.
I've liked him as an actor. He did a great turn as a villain in the CW's "Arrowverse" as Damian Dahrk...where his character MURDERED PEOPLE. He wanted to commit mass murder.
But he can't have a kiss with another actor who's not his wife?
Really? Really...
But he can't have a kiss with another actor who's not his wife?
Really? Really...
August 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I've liked him as an actor. He did a great turn as a villain in the CW's "Arrowverse" as Damian Dahrk...where his character MURDERED PEOPLE. He wanted to commit mass murder.
But he can't have a kiss with another actor who's not his wife?
Really? Really...
But he can't have a kiss with another actor who's not his wife?
Really? Really...
Seems pretty cut and dried to me. They sell their system as "Full Self Driving" but if you read the owner's manual it explicitly says (in the fine print) that FSD is NOT autonomous, and should not be treated as such. Something, something "talking out of both sides of their mouth."
July 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Seems pretty cut and dried to me. They sell their system as "Full Self Driving" but if you read the owner's manual it explicitly says (in the fine print) that FSD is NOT autonomous, and should not be treated as such. Something, something "talking out of both sides of their mouth."
I hadn't read Vonnegut in about 40 years, and so I got out my dog-eared copy of this book last year (when the tech company I worked for was being shut down and we had no work to do) and started reading.
I had forgotten how funny it was. I was laughing out loud in a nearly empty office.
I had forgotten how funny it was. I was laughing out loud in a nearly empty office.
June 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I hadn't read Vonnegut in about 40 years, and so I got out my dog-eared copy of this book last year (when the tech company I worked for was being shut down and we had no work to do) and started reading.
I had forgotten how funny it was. I was laughing out loud in a nearly empty office.
I had forgotten how funny it was. I was laughing out loud in a nearly empty office.
Classic song. Seminal album. The band? Not great people. to put it mildly, and not terribly good musicians either. But then...that was kinda the gig, wasn't it?
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Classic song. Seminal album. The band? Not great people. to put it mildly, and not terribly good musicians either. But then...that was kinda the gig, wasn't it?
FYI, if you want to hear what is - IMO - the perfect record as far as production, performance, and arrangement is concerned - listen to "If I Had Wings" from his debut country album. Make sure to wear headphones or listen on high quality speakers.
May 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
FYI, if you want to hear what is - IMO - the perfect record as far as production, performance, and arrangement is concerned - listen to "If I Had Wings" from his debut country album. Make sure to wear headphones or listen on high quality speakers.
Aging cable TV action star from the 90s says what? Kevin's acting career is as dead as his character in "God's Not Dead." Also, notice that he uses a photo from the 90s, when in truth he's aging like milk from the 90s.
March 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Aging cable TV action star from the 90s says what? Kevin's acting career is as dead as his character in "God's Not Dead." Also, notice that he uses a photo from the 90s, when in truth he's aging like milk from the 90s.
Denny Crane...
March 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Denny Crane...
So we're doing the Dust Bowl, the 1929 Market Crash, and the Great Depression all over again, huh? Oh wait...we're also bringing back polio. So much winning! /s
March 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So we're doing the Dust Bowl, the 1929 Market Crash, and the Great Depression all over again, huh? Oh wait...we're also bringing back polio. So much winning! /s
b) "they're going to do all of this anyway no matter how we vote, so we must stand against this."
A government shutdown would at least gum up the system to the point where they couldn't continue mass firings because the staff wouldn't be there to process the paperwork.
A government shutdown would at least gum up the system to the point where they couldn't continue mass firings because the staff wouldn't be there to process the paperwork.
March 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
b) "they're going to do all of this anyway no matter how we vote, so we must stand against this."
A government shutdown would at least gum up the system to the point where they couldn't continue mass firings because the staff wouldn't be there to process the paperwork.
A government shutdown would at least gum up the system to the point where they couldn't continue mass firings because the staff wouldn't be there to process the paperwork.
If you have to go to a bookstore and try to patiently explain your decision while people who don't want a signed copy of your book are yelling at you, then maybe...just maybe...you're in the wrong.
March 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If you have to go to a bookstore and try to patiently explain your decision while people who don't want a signed copy of your book are yelling at you, then maybe...just maybe...you're in the wrong.
PSA: "FSD" is NOT "full self-driving." Even the owners manual tells you that it is NOT autonomous and should not be treated as such. But Tesla's marketing is powerful, and people think "oh, I have a self-driving car!" If you want to see a self-driving car in action, take a Waymo. They're cool.
February 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
PSA: "FSD" is NOT "full self-driving." Even the owners manual tells you that it is NOT autonomous and should not be treated as such. But Tesla's marketing is powerful, and people think "oh, I have a self-driving car!" If you want to see a self-driving car in action, take a Waymo. They're cool.
"DOGE." Imagine if SBF and his friends had even worse parents, and trillions (rather than mere billions) to steal.
This is where we are no.
This is where we are no.
February 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"DOGE." Imagine if SBF and his friends had even worse parents, and trillions (rather than mere billions) to steal.
This is where we are no.
This is where we are no.
I would counter that FDR would have seen things from a "non-super rich" perspective regardless of his disability. He was wealthy, but also understood that with (cliche') great power comes great responsibility. He was already a public servant before he got polio.
February 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I would counter that FDR would have seen things from a "non-super rich" perspective regardless of his disability. He was wealthy, but also understood that with (cliche') great power comes great responsibility. He was already a public servant before he got polio.
I'm saying that if you put your faith in a billionaire who puts protecting his business and money above all else, you might be disappointed when the guano hits the air conditioner. He seems like a nice guy, but...
February 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I'm saying that if you put your faith in a billionaire who puts protecting his business and money above all else, you might be disappointed when the guano hits the air conditioner. He seems like a nice guy, but...