h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Have we ever had a 3000 post thread before?

ery tired, I didn't even go see fireworks last night.

Wow! Gw7yn and Ben in one day.

Yesterday was a lot of fun. July 4 is the one day of the year when I can depend on having a good time.

Yellow is such a flattering color too. If we all come back, can we be assured that the Atelier won't implode?

Irv, I was counting in personally.

Apparently, my woke me up today because he wanted the warm spot in the bed.

*Sing to the tune of Weird Al Yankovic's I want a new Duck*

I want a new job,
One that won't make me sick,
One that I can enjoy,
One that won't make my head feel 3 feet thick.

GDZ, you know that's one of the songs that he didn't write the melody for, right? The original, "I want a new drug" is just as appropriate, if not more so.

I knew that. I just know Al's song better.

The original was Huey Lewis btw.

And The News.

*sips *

It is still odd to see you here G, it is a good thing though!

I need a self-writing dissertation!

Hello there Ben. Sorry didn't see you there.

Appropriately I've landed a new job today. Remember I said I was going for an interview at Edges? Well I didn't get that one, but they called me back today for a less formal talk and offered me a different job.

congratulations.

Congrats!

I could look for an infinite number of monkeys and typewriters for you, MR.

And congrats on the job.

*continues sipping * You know, I had almost forgotten how tasty this is...

And I had absolutely forgotten the yellow romper suit of shame.

Oh well.

Your place of work sounds ... well it sounds *malicious* Gwen.

One idea that came lurching at me out of my studies on organisational behaviour (Dilbert was a set text ) was that US organisations appear to expect more from their employees then UK ones: more commitement, more ambition, more acceptance of grease on the greasy pole, more willingness to eat shit. The American researchers seemed surprised by the idea that employees might not identify with the organisation they worked for body and soul. It was very noticable in the UK individuals can and do identify with their skills first and their employer second. I find myself speculating that this might be because we have had professional and trades groupings for hundreds of years (guilds, unions, royal colleges, professional bodies). The idea that employees might have a sense of self seems to shock the US academics for some reason.

Ben

*said with tongue firmly in cheek*

Ben, I do believe that's heretical over on this side of the pond. How dare someone actually think they're worth anything to the organization?! That's...just...wow. How dare an employee think that he or she has anything to contribute to the bastion of capitalism that is the megacorporation? Well, at least until they can backdate stock options!

(here endeth the sarcasm)

You might be right about guilds, etc., although my recollection is that guilds made those at the bottom do the scut work. Hmm. Interesting idea. I just finished Andrew Roach's book on how the rise of guilds went hand and hand with heresy, and I don't know that I buy his supposition that heresy made some people rich because they were part of the 'old boys network' as it were...

Well, how cool is this? *hugs Ben and Gw7en*

I have the new intro ready to go, or at least I did until y'all showed up. I thought that we might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb, and launch 93X on my Monday morning, say around 7 am Mountain Time.

Monday sounds good to me, Lil. Not that I have much to say on the issue.

*flaps away happily as more long-unseen faces arrive*

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