F*ckThatJob--Pure genious. I promise, when I get a chip on my shoulder about something, I will make this blog into something that is more than my daily blitherings about my personal life. I really admire people that add value to Internet content. Tanya b at F*ckthatjob.com has spent her unemployed days rooting out the most demeaning, underpaying, slaveJobs for no money that are out there. I love how many of them are from the visual arts. And we all thought that by using Quark and Photoshop, we'd never be a starving artist. Here's a sample: (And read the comments! Funny, funny, funny.)

Indentured Servitude
Mr. Lincoln can't help us now. This almost seems too bad to be real. You think it's just flame bait?
Well, let us know if you've interviewed for this exciting opportunity and what fabulous benefits they offer.

Reply to: job-9671437@craigslist.org (forwards to an @aol.com address)
Date: 2003-03-22, 11:38PM


Full time graphic/web designer wanted for design studio in lower manhattan. Two to three years experience, plus bachelor's degree.
Must know HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Flash.
Director, Premiere, PHP/SQL, Indesign, and 3D Studio Max a plus.

$6.50/hr to start. Mondays to Saturdays 8am to 6pm.

Send resume and cover letter in body of email, along with a link to your online portfolio (url) for consideration. all attachments will be deleted

WeHaveConquered--Team Salvo took it to the team we kept losing to for 3 tournaments. Unfortunately I wasn't there, so it would appear that maybe I was the problem...naw I don't believe that. This was our first Tournament win, so things are looking up as we head toward Regionals and Nationals.

Bootiful-- Mason learned how to get his booty off the ground for the first time and walk across the room. Now he practices walking every chance he gets. Let the chase begin!

SisVisit-- My sis, Lindsey and her fiance Mike came into town for a quick Spring Break jaunt. There was plenty of eating, including Rosebud on Rush, Gino's East, Jimmy's Grill, and Steak and Shake yummm. Thanks for coming, we had fun!

Let'sGoBowling--The Salvo bowl-a-thon was a success! 6 of us made it to the bowling alley at 4pm on Sunday. Luckily we were there for Glow-in-the-dark disco bowling, so we were grooving to the phunky beat. A good time was had, and my best was a 157. I'm still accepting donations if you are interested.

TopOTheBaby-- Happy St. Paddy's Day. Love, Mason.

GoodButNotGreat-- Saturday was another volleyball tournament. After tearing through pool play with a 6-2 record, and splitting with the eventual tournament champions, Team Salvo lost in a tight quarterfinals match to Team Euchre. And let me just say, we are sick of losing to those punks. We were playing them off the court for the first 10 points, then promptly allowed them to serve us off the court with jump serves. No matter, we atill gained 10 points toward our regional ranking.

MinorFunk-- So my volleyball team had another tournament yesterday. It was a small one - only 5 teams. 3 would get out of pool play and go for the championship. Unfortunately for us, 3 of the highest seeded teams in the region decided to play. We lost our first 2 matches (2 games each) to the top seeds. The sad thing is that we are capable of beating them, because we promptly went out in our next 2 matches and beat a lower seeded team, and then "Bada-Bing" which is ranked much higher than us in the region. Our mantra yesterday seemed to be get up 21-18 on a team, and then choke. We're feeling good though since we were on a 4 game winning streak to finish the tournament. Next weekend is a much bigger tournament so hopefully we've got some momentum.

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Bowl-a-Thon--The 2003 Salvo Volleyball Bowl-a-thon website is now live. I'd like to thank all of those who decide to donate to my cause. I'm hoping to close out this season with a bang!

VIPeRBlog-- The web never ceases to amaze me. I was perusing my comments at Haloscan which I hardly ever do cause no one comments on my drivel, **sniff sniff**, when I found a very curious comment in my archive. He got a hit on "job post to multiple websites." on ziprz.com because my resume says "All 3 applications involved complex data-driven templates and interactions to accomplish productivity tasks like distributing a job posting to multiple websites, scheduling and maintaining recruiting events, and building Powerpoint presentations online."

Well, I sent an email tonight to Ross Grossman to see if he still had a need, and to let him know that my employer -TMP in fact does have a product that does this. I'm eagerly waiting to see if my humble little blog generates millions, ok hundreds of dollars in sales. Then I'm going to write a thesis on 'Blogging from work as an essential revenue generating activity'. Stay tuned.