They shut down the Ottawa office at the end of June, and now in its latest attempt at saving money, Dell’s asking the employees that are still there if they maybe kinda sorta wouldn’t mind helping themselves to some unpaid time off. Now, uh, I’m just as shakey about … Read the rest
A couple of Quebec comedians decided they’d place a call to Sarah Palin. And in doing so, make her think one of them was France’s president. And she fell for itt. No, sorry, tripped and fell for it. The conversation lasted nearly 10 minutes before she was finally clued … Read the rest
Apparently, there’s a draft intelligence report in the works that theorizes that everyone’s friendly neighbourhood twitter could become the next thing in terrorist coordination. The report’s author admits it’s a little out there, but according to the article, still goes on to say it could happen, and be very … Read the rest
I’ve been up for just over an hour, give or take. So far as I know I have absolutely nothing whatsoever planned for today, though considering this is me we’re talking about, that could change in like 5 minutes. So, content is nill. Pointless links incoming. ***************** Only in America … Read the rest
A lady with a thing against the police has decided, with a little help from her friends, to clog up the 911 system with phoney calls. She now gets to sit in jail. Most people’d call it poetic justice. Me personally? I call it what happens to our society’s stupid. … Read the rest
Jessica’s (samari76) still stuck at the US/Canada border. And for a change, it’s not because she didn’t clear customs. Her goddamn bus won’t start. Fortunately, that’s all it is. Unfortunately? That’s a really, really big problem.
Tried that sleeping thing. It lasted all of about 15 minutes. Okay, productivity time. If I’m up at mumble fucking thirty in the goddamn morning anyway, I might as well be doing something.
Woman arrested for threatening to take a broadband repair tech hostage. Haha. I can see where she’s coming from, but um, tiny bit of overreaction going on, methinks. I mean hell, the girlfriend makes those comments at least once every day or two and you don’t see me running for … Read the rest
So. It’s that day, and nearly that time. I’m pretty much all packed, and just need to do that thing where I run around the house for 30 seconds or so making sure I’m not forgetting something critical to my vacationing. Like, say, my ID. Because that would just be … Read the rest
This is either a very small business, or a very dodgey one. And I almost applied for it, to boot. Just one question for the masses, maybe someone can, um, enlighten me a little bit? What kind of company, particularly looking for any kind of professional employee, wants resumes and … Read the rest