Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

=>lunch=>record store

(in the future)

sitting here bored => lunch => sitting here again (in the future)

Nick, those pix were cute.

Nick and Sarah, you guys are so cute!

re: picture in wdyll thread

I AM BORED I NEED A JOB

So I heard Feist's "1,2,3,4" in about three different places yesterday. I think it is the licensed/store-muzak song of the year.

it has been raining constantly today and my accuweather widget says it's sunny & 76. i guess it's less-than-accu.

i'm mostly annoyed b/c i need to exchange some knitting needles and i melt in the rain.

Kels, get a house custom-made like those people who can't ever be in direct sunlight: a canopied back yard, a portico that shields you until you get in the car/to your destination, very deep eaves, covered porches, etc. Special needs, mang.

I guess it shouldn't surprise me that things like that exist, yet I am still a little surprised.

What, the illness itself or the specially built house? It was on that cheesy home rebuilding show a couple of years ago, the adolescent daughter could never go in the sun. Err, maybe it was polymorphic light erruption? That's moderately treatable, though, and it seemed like her condition wasn't.

anyone going to cococoma tonight? i may also hit up simian mobile disco at the bottle after

I bet Kevin is.

RW I meant to tell you about this at Sarah's bday party but I don't think I ever did. Not sure if it's what you're looking for but it's at least somewhat relevant to your skills/interests/whatever, right?

Manuscript Editor I, Medical Journals Group ( E-27)

Reports to: Manager of Editorial Processes

Position Summary:

The Manuscript Editor I, Medical Journals Group edits and prepares scientific manuscripts for rapid electronic and print publication in one of the Press's medical journals. All work is closely monitored by a more senior member of the group. Uses a SGML program to edit manuscripts for style, grammar, clarity, and consistency; proofreads and checks typesetting of articles prepared by other editors in the group. Meets deadlines for individual manuscripts and for journal issues. Interacts with assistant chief manuscript editor, production staff, electronic publishing staff, and, under supervision, with authors.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree required; minimum of two years of experience in editing medical journal articles preferred; minimum of one year of online editing experience preferred; publishing experience in copyediting or proofreading medical materials preferred; minimum of three years experience working with computers required; strong demonstrated language skills required; consummate attention to detail required; strong interpersonal skills required; excellent problem-solving skills required; ability to focus on highly technical material for lengthy periods each day required; ability to adjust priorities to meet deadlines required; ability to work independently and as part of a team required; background in sciences and familiarity with medical terminology preferred. A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position. Strong language skills; consummate attention to detail; strong interpersonal skills; excellent problem-solving skills; ability to focus on highly technical material for lengthy periods each day; ability to adjust priorities to meet deadlines; ability to work independently and as part of a team. Work is largely sedentary; ability to sit at a computer for much of each day.

Argh. Garfield-style nap-attack....

2x

Dr. Wax apparently "forgot" to order the new Les Savy Fav and then questioned the accuracy of my statement that it was released today, so I had to buy it at Barnes & Noble. GOOD JOB INDEPENDENT MUSIC RETAILERS.

Idiots!

I am the King of the divan wins! It was my 2nd choice.

Ok, so that's old news. I'm behind the times.

Jen: contain yourself!
i love the container store

This album is good. It's like Les Savy Fav but 12% poppier.

I'm listening to it now, too.

LSF, get in my shuffle!

"Raging in the Plague Age" is really poppy.

Actually, haha, when I reviewed "The Equestrian" a couple of weeks ago, I said it wasn't pop enough.

I am listening to Rudimentary Peni.

Sadness:

1. "Les Savy Fav does not accept add requests from bands."
2. No Chicago-area tour dates.

John copy or link to review so I can argue with you (note: I am going into a meeting in 10 minutes and probably going home after that).

The main reason I review indie-rock singles on the Jukebox is to balance out Martin Skidmore's reviews, which nine times out of ten are something like: "US indie, with lifeless guitars and not much of a tune. Dreadful. [2]"

Secretarial duties I normally get away with not doing that I have been asked to do today:
"Take this down, will you?"
"I will take a fresh pot of decaf."
"I would like a cab here at 2:45..."
None of those requests were from coworkers.

Nick:

At their best, Les Savy Fav couples off-the-rails punk intensity (as demonstrated by Tim Harrington’s anarchic stage antics) with exuberant, literate tunefulness. Unfortunately, this single, their first after several years of inactivity, has plenty of vitality but not enough melody: after several plays, only the end, which exploits Harrington’s penchant for closing mantras, strikes me as particularly memorable.
[5]

DECAF????

My rebuttal: u crazy

Wow. I told you that I offered a client coffee and he just ASSUMED we had decaf and the assoc. said, "What are we, Communists?"

That's cool. I might warm up to it. Plus, I'm liking some of the other songs on the album.

ugh. that getting people's coffee thing is BULLSHIT.

even moreso, an entire POT of it??!

I only get it for clients on the very infrequent occasions that we have an in-office consultation. I do however generally make the coffee around here.

Well, I knew the coffee (regular) wasn't fresh, AND It was almost noon anyway, so I offered this guy water or soda. That was his response.

ugh. that getting people's coffee thing is BULLSHIT.
At least most businessmen are too hardcore to take anything but regular black coffee, which is the easiest for me.

I drank decaf for like a year.

I realized that the thread title keeps reminding me of Alanis M.'s "Hands Clean", and so I went to search for the album art and found so much other stuff under a GIS for that title. Such as:

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/preservation/training/handling/hands.gif

Once again proving my point that when disembodied body parts appear in advertisements (e.g., a treatment for athlete's foot) or other public displays, they will always be white.

Those are sunburned hands of the man.

In high school and college, whenever I was with my mom at a restaurant and ordered coffee, she'd tell the waitress "DECAF! It needs to be DECAF!" Supposedly I get hyper on the caffeine? ha ha (understatement)

That one's from the library at Oxford University.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/asl/flashcards/gifsAa/S.GIF

http://www.msu.edu/~bsaemail/blkpower.jpg

I totally made a mess of the WDYLL thread (!).

http://www.tnr.com/graphics2004.1/20070702/lede.jpg

i think it would be funny if the black panthers had used a white hand in their logo.