Saturday, July 7, 2007

heh I just found this saved draft from ages ago...musta been drunk

Oh I've been through the internets with a post with no name it feels sad the SB goes with no rain on the internets nobody knows you're real name cuz you might be ousted like ol' valerie plame...la la la lalalala la la la laa.



thats just what I had to put because blogger won't let me add a title to this post

Friday, July 6, 2007

How could I miss that!

I found something even more hilarious on that ad...it actually says this!

The Santa Barbara News-Press is committed to excellence, quality and professional development throught our organization. We are seeking qualified individuals to join our highly talented team.

What team...? HAH!

does that count for everyone?












I was poking around the internets looking for some new digs and found myself looking at the one aspect of the new-press that is free to look at online...the classifieds. For some reason or another I was looking at the job postings when I came across a little add from the news-press looking for people to sell ads from already existing accounts. I thought to myself how fun would it be to get that job and start working with the various customers they already have...like my employer...and just start talking to them like such an a-hole and tell them truly how few people are actually seeing the multi-thousand dollar ads they are placing and see how many I can get to cancel before they find me out and fire me...that would be fun. My very favorite part of the whole thing though is what the ad says at the bottom:

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that supports a drug-free workplace. Offered a position with the Santa Barbara News-Press, candidates are required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening.

I am not sure but wasn't the op-ed arrested for drunk driving because he said that’s what he likes to do when he is stressed and under pressure? I may be wrong.

But I did find this in on Forbes:

This spring, Travis Armstrong was arrested for alleged drunk driving, and a brief appeared on page 3. Armstrong cried foul and accused Roberts of running a vendetta. No such thing, said Roberts: Armstrong was a public figure, a person of standing in the community, and the arrest was news. When Armstrong was sentenced, a story was written, but on orders from the top, it was killed.

and this from the LA City Beat:

When the scabrous editorial page editor, Travis Armstrong, was arrested for drunk driving and the story appeared on page three of the paper, she threw a fit, accusing Roberts and his deputies of waging a personal vendetta against Armstrong in the news pages. A news story on Armstrong’s conviction (four days in the slammer and a $1,600 fine) was killed and, since McCaw and Nipper were off to the Mediterranean on a cruise, Armstrong was named acting publisher in their absence. That was when the resignations began in earnest – also fueled by a ludicrous complaint from.

Hrmm maybe I am just a jerk...but it doesn't look to me like everyone has to pass a drug and alcohol test. Just don't be surprised when everyone who works at the news press has to have the same short hair cut, mao cap, and grey army fatigues. Kinda like this guy from N. Korea.




Thursday, July 5, 2007

ummm when you do that I can't see


I have just come to the conclusion that I am a much better back seat blogger then I am at just driving the damn thing. With a bit of hard work and a lot more time working on getting outside my comfort zone I just may be able to even get this thing started again...its almost as bad as my brothers old Plymouth Volare...which you all would be surprised to find out was the 1976 motor trend car of the year...as both the Plymouth Volare and the dodge aspen. Now: Gentlemen start your engines!