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Goodbye, cruel world
Published on 2009-06-03 17:35:00
The blog is closed. My stalker's use of blog posts is making my professional life too difficult. I was going to have to curtail posting when my son arrives anyways; this just moves the decision along quicker and more widespread. Thanks for reading.-- James F. Elliott jamesfelliott.blogspot.com jamesfelliott@gmail.com
Free market means "free to screw the customer"
Published on 2009-06-02 23:26:00
You've got to love the American approach to homo economicus these days: caveat frigging emptor. Instead of a nice, mutually understood premise -- I pay you money, you give me what I'm paying you for -- you get the customer acting on one premise and the business deciding whether or not to honor it. Take, for example, my latest foray into the fun world of corporations killing my intrinsic polyphasic field just a little:My wife wanted to send her mother flowers for Mother's Day. So, she ordered
Yes, Virginia, there are bastards...
Published on 2009-05-24 13:39:00
Sometimes the trolls actually step out from the Internets and make real life difficult. Some craven individual -- my employer chose to honor their request that their letter remain "confidential" -- sent a letter to my executive director with excerpts from 10 or so posts from this blog. "See what kind of person works for you?" is, I am told, the tone of the letter. Unfortunately for this individual, who has apparently never heard of multitasking or the "save draft" function, there are absolute
