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- What's your biggest grammatical pet peeve?: irregardless
- Dicks or Vaginas
- OTB or ACT
- What is your sweetest taboo?: gay sex
- What movie can you recite verbatim?: Caddyshack
Nov 19
Justy commented on Notes from the Prayer Warrior.
Hey Hutch, how's that threat you made several years ago to bring down Microsoft for their support of teh gays? How's that going for ya? Yeah, just what I thought.
Nov 9
Justy commented on Stranger T-Shirts.
Thanks, Fnarf! Glad to see his face is as cute as I had imaigned.
Nov 5
Justy commented on What She Said.
It's not cancer that's killing Pastor Hutch, it's all that hate inside of him.
Nov 3
Justy commented on Fierce Advocacy Watch.
Obama has been a major disappointment. Who knew he would turn out to be such a cautious wus trying to "reach across the aisle" to Republicans who will never give him the time of day. You gotta give the Republicans credit for one thing: when they win, they do everything they can to pass the policies they campaigned for, cramming them down the opposition's throat. When the Democrats win, all they do is cower from every wing-nut on the right who says all those "terrible, mean nasty things" about them.
Nov 2
Justy commented on Your Daily Douchebags.
Call immigration next time they show up. I bet many of them don't have their "papers" in order and will run like little sissies.
Oct 23
Justy answered a bunch of weird questions about himself or herself.
Oct 23
Justy updated his or her location.
Oct 23
Justy commented on Who Wants to Be a Journalist?.
@1 is totally correct. Got my journalism degree in '84 (yeah, I'm old), first job was at a daily writing nothing but obits for three months ( to teach you "the basics" but basically it was their form of hazing the newbies). Went on to general and then beat reporting and then copy editor, Sunday editor, etc.
In five years, my shifts ranged from as early as 6am to 2pm to as late as 5pm to 2am (we actually had a morning and evening edition back then). Worked every-other holiday (hey, at least they didn't make us work all of them), and never had a full Sat/Sun off the entire time. I never broke the $20k/yr barrier. I did everything I could to move to a bigger paper, but couldn't get an offer despite winning numerous awards.
Finally I called bull shit on this whole thing. Who wants to be 30 and still sharing a house with two other underpaid guys. Made the move to tech writing/editing and have more than quadrupled my salary, have holidays and weekends off, etc. Yeah, I'm not defending the voiceless or undercovering atrocities in Darfur, but I can at least pay the rent, help my family out with their expenses, and not worry constantly about money. A few do break through, but most don't. That's the reality. I've also learned there are a lot more important things in life than your job.
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In five years, my shifts ranged from as early as 6am to 2pm to as late as 5pm to 2am (we actually had a morning and evening edition back then). Worked every-other holiday (hey, at least they didn't make us work all of them), and never had a full Sat/Sun off the entire time. I never broke the $20k/yr barrier. I did everything I could to move to a bigger paper, but couldn't get an offer despite winning numerous awards.
Finally I called bull shit on this whole thing. Who wants to be 30 and still sharing a house with two other underpaid guys. Made the move to tech writing/editing and have more than quadrupled my salary, have holidays and weekends off, etc. Yeah, I'm not defending the voiceless or undercovering atrocities in Darfur, but I can at least pay the rent, help my family out with their expenses, and not worry constantly about money. A few do break through, but most don't. That's the reality. I've also learned there are a lot more important things in life than your job.
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