I mostly work from home. I don't miss Office politics or commuting. Having said that this afternoon, I have to drive across town to a client's office.
- Ian May
Today would have been a perfect day to work from home. Scratch that, most days are the perfect day to work from home. Reiterating mjc: LUCKY.
- Jared Smith
LOL! I didn't notice until JUST NOW that this post is from November. Never mind geekiest thread of the day - make that geekiest thread of the year.
- Jandy
Now is one of those times I really wish that comments had timestamps. In seconds since the epoch on a thread this geeky.
- Marty
Ah, I remember this post when it was new and fresh. Of course, the subsequent implementation of hashtags causes bumpage and accidental double-layered geekery. I think this redefines Win.
- Sir Slippy of Slippington
I wouldn't be so quick to jump to conclusion though. I move when the person stinks (b.o. or too much cologne) or if I'm going to talk to someone and don't want that person already sitting there to hear. Maybe they spared you having to overhear them talking about "female problems".
- Anika Malone
'Tis possible, Anika. Here's hoping that's what it was. Bet my MBP being out scared them a bit too. Shouldn't have, but you know...
- Jared Smith
Hot on the heels of the first Social Media Club Charleston event, which was a smashing success (footage still to follow; progress slowed by a problem with my primary computer) comes our next meeting, a networking event at the downtown Taco Boy location (another appropriate location given that tacos are emerging as the next memefood [...]
- Jared Smith
Jason Bradford details the tough road back from Twitter suspension and ways he thinks it could be made easier -- great read in light of today's bloodbath.
- Jared Smith
from Bookmarklet
Someone call 1-800-AUTOPSY - I think there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll. There's no way Sarah Palin could take out a moose from a helicopter without professional help.
- Bill Sodeman
I've got all the newspapers from when he broke 3,000 hits, and I'm still kicking myself for not making the Cooperstown trip when he was inducted.
- Jared Smith
Sports Legends Challenge, Presented by Absolute Poker, is Engaging in a Despicable Online "Marketing Campaign" Relying on Lies and Spam & Patrick O'Keefe - http://www.patrickokeefe.com/2009...
Patrick O'Keefe documents a month's worth of marketers taking spam to whole new heights, including harassment over Twitter and sneaky tricks on Patrick's message board.
- Jared Smith
I wouldn't go THAT far, but I'm enjoying it. I think the content area is a little wider in this theme. But white space is good. That said, I'm underwhelmed by the current theme options.
- Scott of Two Countries
That's a little too much whiteness for me right now but it is very nice and clean. I'm going with pretty purple flowers because, well, I'm girly like that. :)
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Thinking about getting a cat to prepare me for retirement as an old lonely cat dude or something. With each passing day I'm more and more convinced that I will die alone.
Every time I get on friendly terms with a woman and things are going well, there is really a boyfriend in play that I'm not aware of until much later. EVERY TIME.
- Jared Smith
I used to feel the same way and worry about it. Now I feel the same way and live with out and have fun with it. I'm not a cat person, but the thought has crossed my mind. Realizing that not having a partner doesn't make me the person I am. My actions and words make me who I am. And actually, that's helped me become less materialistic and save money too.
- Mike VanLare (slayerboy)
Looking very serious/authoritative.... that is until I picture you saying, "Can we get this guy a new t-shirt over here?" Then I lawlz.
- Paul Reynolds
Jeff Goldblum dead in NZ too? [Happy to report that this is indeed a false rumor. Jeff is alive and well and I look forward to him hacking alien ships with a trojan horse long into the future]
Cool. Sorry guys, I did not mean to spread this rumor. Jeff is a favourite actor of mine and this would be really sad if it was true. Should I delete this thread?
- Johnny Worthington
Wikipedia reverted and then locked out his page after someone went it and edited it to show he died today.
- tinypants (Amanda H)
I say leave the thread (you were justly cautious with the question mark), but maybe edit the title if you like.
- Stephen Mack
I understand how you feel Johnny, but I'd leave it as 'evidence' of social media activity - that's the recovering academic in me speaking! Like Stephen, I'd amend the title.
- Kate Foy
I'd leave the thread up. You're widely followed, it might prevent more threads from popping up.
- DGentry
Politicians grapple with the most human elements of society: our reproductive rights, our marriage rights, our health care rights. But somehow it’s almost impossible to think of them as human. They wield tremendous power over our lives, and that can be frustrating, especially when they make judgments about who we love and who we lust after, what we can and can’t do with our own bodies. Many smother us with their own concepts of morality, and so we feel vindicated when they themselves cannot live up to their own standards. The hypocrisy is enraging. But so is our own.
- Nation Hahn
from Bookmarklet
I believe the personal lives of politicians? None of our business. If this was a taxpayer trip? Then hang him.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
As an SC citizen: I don't care who he stuck his peepee in, that's between him and his wife. I DO care that he was MIA for almost a week and left no official governing power in the state while he was out of the country.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Reading the emails - it strikes me as to how human, raw, and embarrassing those are. Being a public figure leaves you open to so much. Oh - and Tina - I totally agree on him going MIA being a big problem.
- Nation Hahn
Love makes people do incredibly stupid, destructive things.
- Chris Baskind
+10 Tina. That's my beef here. I can't up and leave my job for five days with no notice or word on my whereabouts and it's nowhere near as important.
- Jared Smith
Yes, telling his peeps that he was hiking in the mountains, while he was winging it to South America is kind of a deal breaker. His fidelity notwithstanding, he's human, and a man and like Chris said, love (or rather the idea of it, perhaps) makes people do incredibly stupid things.
- Derrick
However, going AWOL without formally handing over the office to Bauer. lying about where he is and generally putting his sordid personal life above the operation of his state government is.
- Dave Slusher
I would agree that going AWOL is the more serious offense, in terms of his responsibilities as governor.
- John
Also, it gives us a good credibility marker. Everyone who toed the "he had a hard session and deserves to unwind" personal party line is in that boat, putting the man above the office. We do way too f-ing much of that for my taste. This dude works for me and he just walked off the floor without getting someone to cover.
- Dave Slusher
If I did the same thing I'd be fired. The abandonment is the real story and needs to be thoroughly investigated.
- Jared Smith
Isn't this like the third time they've done this? (Misidentified a party as the opposite while they were announcing something nasty..) I remember seeing clips on the Daily Show the last time around.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Why do they do that ALL THE TIME???
- Anika Malone
Well, I guess when people look at the footage in the future, there is a chance for a huge misinterpretation
- Rahsheen ™
I think they have an intern whose only job is to guess what party someone is from and then go look it up to see if they're right.
- Jordan Hofker
LOL @Jordan. I wonder if they get a treat if they're correct.
- Anika Malone
Look through newshounds.us's archives over the years. FOX does this all the time.
- Jared Smith
Can we rename the "Republican" party to the "Sexually Repressed Dirty Old Man" party?
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift