August 31, 2008 in Reading Response
Tags: barack, bipartisan, buchanan, convention, democratic, effusive, examples, excessive, firebrand, hearts, keith, likes, loves, msnbc, national, obama, olbermann, pat, praise, right, support, transcript, wing
MSNBC gave Pat Buchanan two minutes to react to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. Having just watched all 45 minutes of Obama — including three minutes of cheers and thank yous at the beginning — I agree with Pat Buchanan.
I’d bet that viewers and the audience genuinely wished that [...]
August 30, 2008 in How to Get a Job, The Way It Were
Tags: approach, bag, believe, bureaucracy, circumstances, confidence, definition, ego, have, high, inevitably, inflating, is, lie, make, professional, professionalism, together, tough, two, what
Not too long ago, a fellow newbie coworker took her lunch break on-site at a school. After swallowing down a bit too much Diet Pepsi, she chose to belch. I gave it a five-point-five.
Our supervisor, shaking a single pointer finger, said in her stern supervisor voice:
No. That is not professional.
What a broad word, with so [...]
August 29, 2008 in The Way It Were
Tags: boost, card, employment, gift, good, inbox, jamba, job, juice, management, morale, razzmatazz, tips
It’s funny how much the stupid little things matter.
For four straight days, work sucked. I was worried, tired and at least a little stressed. Am I just new, or am I genuinely developing a reputation as a bit of a screwup? Maybe I should go back to substitute teaching — I know how to do [...]
