There's no sports in your violence

I am frustrated that the news covers these jerks attacking each other. My idea for contract writers: "Throw a punch, throw your contract." If they don't want the violence, financially fine each player a substantial amount, not just a "you can't play today" penalty. I understand that the days are then "unpaid", but limit the violence by harshly punishing the offenders. Adopt the "throw a punch, throw the contract" concept, wherein simply an attack nuls and voids any financial obligation the team and franchise has to that player.

Johnny Quest

Mystery of the Lizard Men parts 1, 2, 3

Provide what?

Provide what?
Originally uploaded by MDH, II.

External and internal satisfaction? Whoa! No one should want that job.

Planet controller

Planet controller
Originally uploaded by MDH, II.

Everybody wants to rule the world. Now you can! This job is now availalbe. -- Look! Net Temps has the job for you.

Clearly a typo; a funny one!

What engines lack

While the many job search engines have novelties, beneficial functions should be: map drawing, geographical salary increase, and exclusions.

When I see jobs in cities and towns that I don't know, I pop up a window and see in on google, etc. This is important because of local cost of living, relocation, accessability. Hammond and Gary jobs might offer tantilzing salaries until you figure the cost of living is substantially higher there and getting safe, affordable housing is near impossible. Comutes in these towns would also be longer. If the employer doesn't help with relocation, there is the cost of finding a place, perhaps knowing no one in the area.

The [insert state, city, zip, area code here] is nice, but being able to draw a shape on a map would be better. Find a job in any of these states, cleverly excising Chicagoland, Detroit proper, etc.; there would be a search!

As the job seeker moves away from a real driving distance, the more money that person is seeking for relocation costs and base salary. If you are established in Chicago and they want to you uproot and go to Martinsville, LA, you'd want some sign-on bonus or greater salary.

Finally, in searching, while you can read through categories, you'd want to exclude a few jobs. There is a jobsearch engine that has hundreds of categories. So ... hunt with that will you? What more engines need are exceptions or exclusions. Suppose you are interseted in sales promotion and marketing, but some of the jobs are missing one or both of these terms, for whatever reason. You may never seek insurance sales, but are interested in other sales positions. Search engines should ALL include exclusions. Selling insurance is for a special breed.

Interesting relationship between hormones & emotions

I dare write that women going through hormonal chaos and the coaster rides of pregnancy and post-menopause must be plain awful!

I have been quite depressed, for good reason, as of late. I have noticed a return of a hormonally-depressed virus (digital/limb warts) that I had as a kid. I remember the key component to the virus' quashing was testosterone. I am a little more upbeat and more energetic. The reason -- a resurgence of testosterone. I am quite sure for a number of ways, the least graphic being virus diminishing and body odor. I know what I smell like when I sweat. I also remember that it has changed throughout the years. My "high school stench" has returned. I guess I'll get angry, not sad.

Cerpicio's shorter drive

Yesterday, after completing a few tasks, I saw Cerpicio on the road, returning from work, to house and home. That's got to be a great feeling! In that, I mean working, home ownership, wife, pets (not listed in particular order).

queen and her servant

The queen and her servant
Originally uploaded by greencheese.

I don't know the flickr person, but my word is this a cute shot!

Narratively conversing

I had an application that was around 20 pages. Part of the process was writing narratives; I thought that ended in college, no siree. They gave writing prompts of, "What if ...". It was a lonnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggg application.

In other news, I didn't get a job in Dayton.

Ho ho Holidays

Happy, happy, happy birthday

Charlie 5, friends and friends celebrate

Happy birthday young man!

God to the rescue

I've been very depressed, though that isn't news. What's new is new: I found accepted that there's a reason I'm around. I've been far too self-absorbed and vulgar. I can't drop everything and suddenly become something that I'm not, but ... I'm in very slightly better spirits. I do not yet have a job. God has a plan, always has.

Happy birthday Charlie

Bells and skates and many friends and family wish you a very happy birthday!
[pictures will be linked here, later]

Thanks Jeff!

In Jeff's unclouded judgment, he helped me put together my resume', making it much better. I don't yet have a job, but I have little of something that I didn't have -- hope. Thanks good buddy!

What I have

Friends, family, existence. I'm lucky then

a small little joy today ... I made my mom laugh

uncherry, perhaps last post

Thanks God for life, Jesus hereafter. I have no liking for much. I can't get happy.

Why crime?

I think I now know why people turn to crime. I think that I have put for a good effort -- 2-4 hours daily reading and submitting to job postings. I don't have a criminal history. I have no violations on my driving license going back 10 years. I have complex and simple jobs. I want a chance, a break, an opportunity. I have good references. I have never been fired and have given 2 weeks notice to all employers, save my job in Wisconsin -- forced leave+.

+ long story, but suffice to write -- no money, left in hotel with only hours to get somewhere, which lead to dissolution of marriage and return migration to FW, IN

Stocked up and sold out

I appear to be stocked up on failures and have failed to order or sold out of successes. I would guess that on average, I post my resume' and submit applications at a rate of over 20 per day (really higher). If I were to calculate that my standards have significantly lowered and that I would calculate this at only for the last two months, I have sent nearly 1000 postings. Out of that, I have received just about nothing. I have sent far more than 2000. If I were suicidal, I would already be dead.

This is not sad, but sickening. I can't get a job at McDonald's, I've tried -- no call back. I have either no experience in an area, a desk job for too long or I have bad breath. What gives. No one I know has submitted so many friggin' applications and resume's with so little response. All I want is a chance -- if I fail at the interview, then so be it, but after all of that ... I should have something.

I applied to Blockbuster where I used to work ... nothing. I applied to Wal-Mart, but they would not accomodate me on a schedule change for my preliminary interview, so no call-back. I have tried industry and manufacturing. I have tried retail, even gas stations. I have tried management, hourly, grunt work. I am more than discouraged. I suppose that I could be even more depressed as it is the season for it, but I think that it's the only thing keeping me going.

I don't drive if I can avoid it and have a nice, growing larger stack of unpaid bills. I have completely exhausted all of my own money (borrowing from my 403b). I can't get a job and for no particular reason.

I have applied from Maine and Alaska to California to Florida. I have not put many limitations of things. I don't have money and would be willing to live out of a motel 6 for a month if I got a job.

If anyone knows of any jobs that aren't posted on careerbuilder, monster, regionalhelpwanted, thingamajobs, indanajobbanks, usjobbanks, allretailjobs, getthejob, coke co, mcGraw-Hill, theLadders, Yahoojobs, CBSindustries, Accounttemps, Nettemp, railroad, Officeteam, Kitty Hawk, or Manpower please let me know. I have tried all of these. I log in to all of these daily. I have sent faxes, email, US post letters.

My only other option is military which won't take me because of an immaterial medical issue, but maybe like me, they have lowered their standards.

I have a BS Ed, which must be Blast Self Expeditedly.

Win Media 11

Hurry up and wait. Let's see: I had my music on Win 10, but apparently Win 11 doesn't know squat of what Win 10 did. It also forces albumn art. I deleted that crap long ago. I save many a Meg and quite frankly, I care not for a small pic of an albumn. Let's examine AC/DC who put some of the same songs on three some CDs. Which one to attribute to the song as you eventually either have several copies of the same song or over-write them. It does play a little greater number of formats, but so far -- not that impressed.

It has taken several hours of Win Media looking for my music and it still hasn't found it all. I have another program that actually does sound leveling (Win Media does not), but to load it into Win Media with "sound leveling" takes longer. That is, shall I say, bull.

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I wanted to write, I wanted a job. I needed the latter.