welcome to hades. how may i direct your call?

i've said more than once that if i'm going to hell, i'd be the receptionist taking reservations and whatnot.

i am now in hell and will be here at least for the next 2 weeks. my fbc boss (go check the urbantherapy archives if you know not of what i refer to) is reaching new levels of fbc-ness this week, and i'm not entirely convinced of my ability to refrain from throwing a chair in their general direction. good thing they're not actually in the office right now.

so how's your hump day going?

Bad Bloggers?

It's a few months old, but I just came across this excerpt from a Forbes article today by way of an e-zine that one of my co-workers forwards to us all. So, as long-time bloggers, what do you think of a) this author's comments and b) the growing presence of for-profit/corporate blogs?

Attack of the Blogs
By Daniel Lyons Nov 14 '05

Web logs are the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective. Their potent allies in this pursuit include Google and Yahoo ...
Blogs started a few years ago as a simple way for people to keep online diaries. Suddenly they are the ultimate vehicle for brand-bashing, personal attacks, political extremism and smear campaigns...

Are you old school?

Roll old school.

Which brings to mind, what kid stuff do you wish they brought back? I'm sorry, Big Wheels ARE awesome, though....
*warning: some ads on the site can be NSFW*

Federal law, shmederal shmaw

In light of a just-filed lawsuit, I essentially wrote that age discrimination might not be such a horrible thing when it comes to hiring a high school basketball coach.

Stardust has the over/under on vitriol-spewing, curse-laden voice mails on my phone on Friday at eight hundred and fifty-four. Any takers?

D'oh! I mean, Woo-Hoo! No, actually, I don't know ow I feel about this...

"Simpsons" movie confrimed for July, 2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4867252.stm

An item of great importance

For the past few weeks, I've been contributing to the annual April Fool's prank at TeeVee.org, and I thought y'all might get a kick out of it.