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We can all agree that Shakey Mo Collier is the most miserable bastard on ILX, right?

nah. He just wants all celebrities to die for his amusement. Who doesn't?

I find myself agreeing with Shakey quite often.

You guys must be thinking of Shelly Manne (and his Manne-Hole) or something.

yeah, he's not dumb or boring. That's all I ask of anyone, really... not dumb or boring. "Asshole" is totally negotiable.

I mean fine, you can hate him for being annoying/dicky/self-obsessed but sinister? Come on.

I miss Jennifer Grey's nose too.

I think the meaning is that you can see how that kind of person becomes a future head of state and starts a war for fun and profit. It's just that kind of personality... rich, entitled, and never having to do anything but coast on charm.

I've been thinking recently about how Shakey Mo Collier is the Most Typical ILXor.

how so?

<i>"answ3ring t0morr0w's leg@l questions t0day"</i>

"Will this crime get me banished to the planet Zbayu?"
"If someone overdoses on meal-pills, is the meal-pill-maker liable?"
"If my robot is stopped for speeding, what are its rights?"

BTW re jazz on youtube, there are a zillion good links in the margins of Terry Teachout's blog (scroll all the way down till Ellington et all appear).

Does the guy from Trans Am usually eat pizza while playing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncQsOui1ya0

(if so, PROPS)

Funny, but that seems like revisionism of the worst kind! I just see him as a charming asshole who will eventually work in sales. Whatever. At the time, I thought he was cute. He put a lot of effort into things. That was appealing. Maybe they weren't good things, but he's not a sociopath. Jesus.

ha, you can see my friend Shawn in that video

I dunno, Horseshoe, he's a white liberal male in his 30s who lives in an urban area in the U.S., plays in a band, is very opinionated and argumentative about music and film and politics. I mean, I suppose that probably describes several people, so maybe he's just the loudest.

I found it after watching this video, which is awesome (and also features a really good left-handed drummer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZvH3bT5jH0

oh, I get it, sociologically typical. I don't think his posts are typical, though.

FERRIS BUELLER WILL ENSLAVE US ALL. BOW TO YOUR NEW OVERLORD IN THE GOOFY VEST.

Ferris Bueller was a good North Shore antithesis to Timothy Hutton's character in Ordinary People. I'd like to see the scene where Bueller's parents send him to Judd Hirsch. Then again, Tom Cruise in Risky Business falls halfway between the two.

starts a war for fun and profit

Huh, I'm not sure I can picture Matthew Broderick engaging in any war games.

revisionism of the worst kind!

The worst kind?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/guide.jpg

Give me Red Dawn any day. At least Swayze, Howell, Sheen & Grey (connection!) were out there doing something, fighting the Commies, instead of bitching about getting into college or not having a car.

Huh, I'm not sure I can picture Matthew Broderick engaging in any war games.

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ahaha

^^^ awesome

I had no idea that the hot, contentious topic of the day would be John Hughes movies! Mad mad mad mad mad world.

I would shop at Hot Contentious Topic.

They sell these awesome pro-abortion ring tees.

I mean, that's exactly it -- he wasn't Tom Cruise, for pete's sake.

I don't know why I'm talking about this.

Nutrition drives me fucking crazy.

If Shakey Mo is so typical, then why do I find him to be literally the most aggravating ILXor? He gets on my nerves way more than anyone else.

(me, too Nick!)

Serious question: Do you think it's OK that for me to be on ILX or personal email at work for limited periods during the day? It's just me and 3 attorneys, all of whom are busy, and who I know would not look at my browsing history, and who likely wouldn't care. We have an IT contractor (or something like that--when I need him I email him, and he sends us invoices) so I doubt he would care.

My only other office jobs have either been pre-1996-ish (no internet in office) or in New Orleans where I could do what the fuck I wanted all day and all night.

It seems like most other office folk spend some time on personal stuff.

My predecessor came in today and did some training with me. While we were waiting for a few things to print, he retrieved some personal files he had left on the hard drive, including a script he was writing (presumably at work).

In most offices now I think it's fine, as long as it's SFW and as long as you're caught up with your work.

HHAHAHAHA-- I learned today that I will never be caught up on my work. Well, I might catch up on mine, but I will never catch up on the filing nightmare that my predecessors left for me.

He says to me, "It pays to be pro-active--know when a case is going to get big before it does or else you'll never manage to be on top of it. I was not pro-active, I was really re-active, that's why things are such a mess. Sorry about that."

Sorry, I derailed myself. But yeh, I can't help but feel weird about doing personal stuff on a company machine, even if it's on my own time. Probably not a bad way to be during the first few weeks.

I always hated being on the opening staff of a new business (1 restaurant as server, 1 photo lab as mgr., 1 worker's center in New Orleans as atheist leader) because there's so much unprecedented shit that goes into it, but really, I wonder if it's better or worse than walking into someone else's mess.

Either way you get a surprise practically every day, but in one you get to lay down your own precedents, but on the other hand if it's someone else's hand-me-down issue, at least you can ask for help or at the very least pass the buck.

Not that I'm complaining at all, mind you! I learned a LOT today, and I think things will be fine when the doggie returns from her out-of-town case with the partner.

Are you still at C-22 too?

C-35. Yes. 2 nights a week. Otherwise I might not be so much paying the rent, (or at least migght not get to go to fancy shcmancy wine tastings with you!) Plus I really like waiting tables.

Oops, jeez you must get "C-22" all the time.

Yeh. Also: "I think I'll have the halibut [glances around table] for the hal-ivut-hahahahahah!"

jesse, i tend to take hints from what other people are doing. but i agree with what eazy said, if you're doing your work well and not looking at anything dodgy, you should be fine. it's less safe in huge companies with IT people reading over your shoulder.

i'm so not going to like it whenever i find a temp job.

speaking of which, i think i might write another resume, leaving out my graduate degree, and send it to a different temp agency. my mom thinks people aren't hiring me because i'm overqualified. i'm not sure if this is her being mean or insightful. any thoughts?

Cut it out gross sick people at work: woman with the hacking cough who refuses to cover her mouth and dude constantly snorting the mucus in his nose. I understand not wanting to lose work hours/pay, but we have the option to work from home, so work from home if you are sick. I don't want to get sick.

Oh man, so I need to figure out how to get $1400 for my ARE study materials.

If anyone wants to grab a beer on Sunday, We'll be at The Smoke Daddy (http://www.thesmokedaddy.com/) from 7ish maybe a bit earlier.

I'll have ILX compilations for people. Free for those that are on it and $6 for those that aren't.

Awesome, Smoke Daddy is like two blocks from my house. Now I just need to remember to show up.

I went to dinner at Smoke Daddy last night, really good.

Will someone get me a copy of the comp? I'm on it, but I'm not going to be around on Sunday.

Nutrition drives me fucking crazy.

My insane diet ended before it began. I went to buy a little light fish for baking and some veggies, and walked out with a couple massive hunks of catfish and a boz of Zatarain's southern-style fish fry. Mmmmm. Fried.

Jesse, it's not okay, but you will do it anyway.