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Dear herr Tombot,

If I took a job that is kind of shitty work (database management + data entry) and not related to my interests/training at all vs. my current job that has some relation to my interests but is in an unbearable work environment (writing and research) would I be happier???

my hours are long here and they would be shorter. I would also, presumably, not be cheated out of my vacation time any more.

well deej if you're asking the question it seems clear that the current job's relationship with your area(s) of interest is not enough to make you feel like showing up, so I would say go for the other opportunity. Being cheated out of your paid time off is a really awful shit thing to have happen to you so you definitely should be shopping the resume already.

I'll tell you one thing I've never even considered that I could really go out there and get a job that had "some relation to my interests" and have that be like some cool kind of thing. I hate to be mr. who-moved-my-cheese about it but seriously what you LIKE to do and what you SHOULD be doing are rarely the same thing

not in a "you can't write at all you should def consider just being a db mgr" sense but in a "for your own sake forget whatever career counselors have ever told you about doing what you love" sense

Have you read The Jasons by Ann Finkbeiner? I think you would maybe enjoy.

there are no good pictures of william atherton from real genius.

on the internet, I should specify.

http://i8.tinypic.com/6wpnv5f.jpg?

southeast jerome y/n?

dude, the redskins are terrible.

also heave ho I said good pictures. like a decent-size still frame of william atherton as dr. jerry hathaway with minimal dithering and compression artifacts.

should joe gibbs be removed from the hall of fame

xp "dithering"

to explain my response to mookieproof a little better, it's hard to enjoy Mr. Portis' character interviews when he's always getting hurt and his team is always losing games that they shouldn't be losing because their coaching staff is some kind of nursing home nightmare.

joe gibbs should not be removed from the hall of fame.

it's still kind of weird to be removed from 24/7 skins. less weird to be removed from wilbon's annual hockey column.

that said, for sheer assholish trainwreckness, not even the Danny can compete with the knicks.

you should beat the shit out of tony kornheiser, btw

we all should

Kornheiser is a guy who just kind of seems like he hates sports but knows he couldn't pull an Olbermann.

Dear Tombot, why are you always so :-( ?

hey tombot, shall we dance to yelle's a cause des garcons?????

It is a cute song.

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa116/pmx666/NOBONESSS.jpg

Dear Tombot, why are you always so :-( ?

Well, lately, it would be because 2007 is shaping up to be quantitatively and qualitatively the worst year of my life on record. The wife and I split up, one of my best friends and his wife split up, and all my favorite bars are shutting up shop, not to mention it looks like it's going to be the fucking Patriots & Cowboys in the Super Bowl. PUKE. Also I haven't been sleeping well but that just seems petty in the face of everything else.

hey tombot, shall we dance to yelle's a cause des garcons?????

absolutely! it would be my pleasure.

:( Thinking of u bro

so she got the kids and you got ILX?

(sorry)

seriously though, hearing about that makes me really sad + scares me to death. hope you feel better soon. the holidays are the worst when you're feeling down.

so she got the kids and you got ILX?

We split the kids, I got the class clown who can't read and she got the moody goth.

there's a lazy ILE zing in ther somewhere

Tombot, did you read Charlie Wilson's War? When I sat thru the Sorkinized Tom Hanks adap last night, I imagined you screaming at the screen.

xpost, so many.

I did not read Charlie Wilson's War, no. I can't actually remember what movie I last saw that pissed me off enough that I was cursing out loud in the theater. It may have been a while. But with regards to the book, I have been actively avoiding paying money to read stuff about the intelligence community's activities since about 2002, for probably the same reasons I was unable to get any enjoyment out of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut while I was on active duty.

e.g. it would just add to my daily frustration, and fuck that.

well, I read it from the liberry. My fave part is that the CIA point man for Afghanistan was using black magic to curse his ex-boss. (He's Phil Seymour Hoffman in the film, the only good performance)

i wonder how mr "greatest generation"'s political views factor into the movie

I am also typically resentful of stories told with an air of smug hindsight, which I presume this has in spades

well, the book and film both end with rueful acknowledgments of, um, what the Afghans did with all that techno-weaponry we left behind -- more by dancing around it in the film -- but it's 100% at odds with what the film otherwise celebrates.

is Ned Beatty not even any good?

He's in two rather undemanding scenes.

(the film covers ten years in 97 minutes, about half of them devoted to Wilson's drink/drugs/broads lifestyle -- it's clearly been edited w/ a chainsaw)

dear tombot what is your favorite track on
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1 DJ Assault Goin' Back To Kali
2 Cybotron Cosmic Raindance
3 DJ Assault Terrortec
4 Unknown Artist Enforcer 8
5 Unknown Artist I'm A Hoe
6 Unknown Artist Bass Bass!!!
7 Unknown Artist Happy And You Know It
8 Unknown Artist J.P. Live
9 DJ Assault Technofreak
10 Unknown Artist Hypnomania
11 Unknown Artist Elevator Up
12 Waxmaster* Big Booty Bitch
13 Unknown Artist Fire It Up
14 DJ Assault Wussup, Wussup
15 Unknown Artist Zodiac
16 Unknown Artist Raw Dog
17 Unknown Artist U Remind Me
18 Unknown Artist Moments In Club
19 Unknown Artist Freak
20 DJ Assault Disco Guitar (Remix)
21 Unknown Artist Hoodrat
22 Unknown Artist Suck It
23 Unknown Artist Dnop
24 Unknown Artist Teenie Weenie
25 95 South Heiny Heiny
26 Unknown Artist Doppler Effect
27 Unknown Artist Let Me Bang (Remix)
28 DJ Assault Crank Dis Mutha
29 Unknown Artist Outro (Remix)
30 Unknown Artist Seared
31 Splack Pack Scrub Da Ground
32 Unknown Artist 2 Much Booty
33 Unknown Artist Freak Dem Hoez
34 Unknown Artist Let Dem Hoez Fight
35 2 Live Crew, The Hoochie Mama
36 DJ Assault Now Whusup, Whusup
37 Unknown Artist Wake Up
38 Erik Travis Bounce That Booty
39 Alpha Team Speed (Hardcore)
40 Unknown Artist Madd Blunted
41 Steve Poindexter Work That Motha Fucker (Remix)
42 Unknown Artist Taxicab
43 Jaydee Plastic Dreams
44 Unknown Artist Mr. Drumbeat
45 Unknown Artist Blad Headed Bitch
46 DJ Milton Hit It From The Back
47 DJ Deeon Shake What Your Mama Gave Ya
48 Unknown Artist My Truck
49 Unknown Artist Cleptomaniac
50 DJ Funk #1* I'm So Hi
51 Mr. De' Pussy By The Pound
52 DJ Assault Funky Bitch
53 Unknown Artist Ride Da Dick
54 A Number Of Names Shari Vari

no love the pussy, no credibility

I don't know the answer to that. My favorite ghetto tech track is Aaron-Carl's "No No" from Comin' From The D volume 2.

I bought a DJ Assault album once and felt like a mark listening to it.
I actually think I'm more of a Detroit Grand Pubahs guy.

you need soap and water

you don't got no cash, cash, cash
you don't get no ass, ass, ass

im not really riding for dj assault but u can't deny a 1996 mix with cybotron, soundmaster t, 2 live crew, plastic dreams & the ghettotech version of 'moments of love'

1 DJ Assault Goin' Back To Kali
2 Cybotron Cosmic Raindance
3 DJ Assault Terrortec
4 Unknown Artist Enforcer 8
5 Unknown Artist I'm A Hoe
6 Unknown Artist Bass Bass!!!
7 Unknown Artist Happy And You Know It
8 Unknown Artist J.P. Live
9 DJ Assault Technofreak
10 Unknown Artist Hypnomania
11 Unknown Artist Elevator Up
12 Waxmaster* Big Booty Bitch
13 Unknown Artist Fire It Up
14 DJ Assault Wussup, Wussup
15 Unknown Artist Zodiac
16 Unknown Artist Raw Dog
17 Unknown Artist U Remind Me
18 Unknown Artist Moments In Club
19 Unknown Artist Freak
20 DJ Assault Disco Guitar (Remix)
21 Unknown Artist Hoodrat
22 Unknown Artist Suck It
23 Unknown Artist Dnop
24 Unknown Artist Teenie Weenie
25 95 South Heiny Heiny
26 Unknown Artist Doppler Effect
27 Unknown Artist Let Me Bang (Remix)
28 DJ Assault Crank Dis Mutha
29 Unknown Artist Outro (Remix)
30 Unknown Artist Seared
31 Splack Pack Scrub Da Ground
32 Unknown Artist 2 Much Booty
33 Unknown Artist Freak Dem Hoez
34 Unknown Artist Let Dem Hoez Fight
35 2 Live Crew, The Hoochie Mama
36 DJ Assault Now Whusup, Whusup
37 Unknown Artist Wake Up
38 Erik Travis Bounce That Booty
39 Alpha Team Speed (Hardcore)
40 Unknown Artist Madd Blunted
41 Steve Poindexter Work That Motha Fucker (Remix)
42 Unknown Artist Taxicab
43 Jaydee Plastic Dreams
44 Unknown Artist Mr. Drumbeat
45 Unknown Artist Blad Headed Bitch
46 DJ Milton Hit It From The Back
47 DJ Deeon Shake What Your Mama Gave Ya
48 Unknown Artist My Truck
49 Unknown Artist Cleptomaniac
50 DJ Funk #1* I'm So Hi
51 Mr. De' Pussy By The Pound
52 DJ Assault Funky Bitch
53 Unknown Artist Ride Da Dick
54 A Number Of Names Shari Vari

hahaha

i meant 'moments in love'

Dear Tombot

How do I make enough money on the internet, so that I don't need a day job?

$300 per month would be ok

Legally?

someone start a porn site at momentsoflove.com.

maybe that would solve heave ho's problem too?

preferably