Ironic New Job

After months of job hunting, sending out "cold resumes", shiesty businesses, and a poor summer (strictly monetary), I did some networking and got 3 job opportunities lined up. After some promising interviews I took a job with JobTarget in New London. What is ironic is that they are a software company that develop job boards (job search engines) for businesses and organizations. My official title is Technical Services Coordinator, I am a liaison between the Dev team and the partner services team, as well as the resident QA guy. Presently the developers are prepping me to be the contact person for all Search Engine Optimization (SEO) questions.

JobTarget overall:
-small (under 60 employees)
-very casual atmosphere (t-shirt, jeans, and flip flops)
-great benefits (dental and vision? yup!)
-everyone is on a first name basis (very friendly, young, and approachable CEO)
-reminds me of my favorite job, Salesnet (when I worked in Boston doing QA)
-pays for my parking ($55/month to park in the attached garage, they give me a $60/month parking stipend)
-good salary
-lots of growth opportunities

So all in all, I am enjoying my new job, and hope to make a career out of it.

Charlie Kaufman's new film...

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton and Tilda Swinton.

Looking forward to October 24th.

PURE HASID LUST!

Damn those female cyclists!

Damn them all to HELL!

Lance Armstrong is coming out of retirement.

Lance's Comeback to Cycling in 2009

Happy Pappy!!

The victims, both farmworkers, told deputies they were awakened by a stranger applying "Pappy's Seasoning" to one of them and striking the other with a sausage.
-FresnoBee

Whole story here.

Personally I would love some pappy's seasoning rubbed all over my body while I slumber, but that's just me. Maybe I should look for a job as a farmer out in Fresno, make my dream a reality.

Black Bloc Retaliates at the RNC!

The video shows a police officer brutally dragging a protester through a crowd while threatening them with pepper spray. At 0:16 of the video, with his back turned, an unidentified black bloc protester body checks the officer, momentarily knocking him off balance and allowing the victim to flee into the crowd. The officer, after dousing everyone around him with pepper spray, also flees.

The image of the anonymous protester slamming into the guard is one of the few proud moments for the dissident movement over the last eight years. It should be replayed over and over again to remind us of what taking to the streets really means. In the first world, its hard to find backbone in the dissident movement, but this kid didn’t come to St Paul to wag a sign around and feel self-righteous: this kid came to fight back.

-GNN