I joined dKos and now Booman to join the political debate. I have driven my friends and family nuts with my inane rants about politics, education, healthcare and how I am going to fix my career to actually do something about it. I needed (and they needed) me to find a new audience. I thought a forum would be just the place to focus these energies, and maybe force me to write some coherent essays along the way. (I’m more of a math guy and I definitely need the practice…)
{ok, I’m losing interest in this diary already, so if you don’t make the jump with me, I’ll understand… Abbott makes the leap…}
So here I am. I have sat down and tried to write a number of diaries on all of these wonderful subjects and what happens? Well, I get sidetracked. I find Goodbye Cruel World diaries to mock, poorly thought comments to deride, and, oh look the Tivo taped a baseball game from 1988 and I couldn’t not watch that, could I? (Was that a double negative? Yep, my writing needs work…) Basically, I have become a serial commenter with a high propensity for sarcasm and bad jokes. Not really what I envisioned when I sign up.
What I need from you, fellow Boopeople, is some inspiration. I have attached a poll listing some of the topics I have started and not finished diaries on. Please take a moment to vote on which topic you would be most amused by and I’ll make it my mission to crank it out. It’ll be like an assignment – hopefully putting some pressure on me to finally add something valuable to the discussion other than “I hear Catnip loves Jeb Bush…” not that I’ll stop doing that either… I need the pressure. I need the inspiration. Help me get over the hump!
I’ll take just about anything you feel inspired to write about, Abbott, but while you’re thinking, what’s your favorite thing to eat for lunch? I’m hungry and can’t think of anything exciting to eat.
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hmm… there are 2 types of people in this world. Bringers of lunch and Buyers of lunch. As a Buyer (too lazy to make lunch), this topic is right up my alley.
I have been on a vietnamese food kick lately. The rice noodles are light and clean, and I don’t feel all heavy later… the rest of my rotation includes burritos, sushi, thai, chinese and deli sandwiches.
Today I think I am leaning toward a sandwich since I can walk to that place and sit outside for a while. Turkey on dutch crunch… mmm…
I am also a Buyer Of Lunch. And after reading all those great suggestions, I’m now starving for every single one of them. LOL!
Those who finish what they start – and so on. 😉
myself in the pants as we speak… tugging bootstraps… lighting small fires in the vicinity of my posterior… assembling all my literary cliches in one word doc. for easy access… don’t worry – it’ll all get done.
I’d love to hear about your experiences as an MBA. I was going to make a snarky remark about MBAs, but then I realized that perhaps, just for today, the world needs one fewer snarky remark. Or maybe not.
What does MBA stand for?
I think I have an MBA, because I’m a Major Butthole Activist. But I have a feeling you’re talking about the kind of MBA who graduates into 6-figure jobs.
with a focus in non-profit management… so no 6 figures for me.
Sorry. I knew what MBA stands for–I was just being a jerk. Here it was reported that the average Cornell MBA walks into a $116,000 job. That was five years ago.
But all snarkiness aside. Would love to hear about how you’re using your job to make the world a better place.
I know… as I’ve learned in the past few months, sometimes it’s hard to convey sarcasm over the internets. =)
Anything is fine, but why don’t you write about what you’ve been reading AND/OR experiencing in terms of public school, and how that impacts choosing a high school in SF.
I know we feel the impact of No Child Left Behind every day at our local schools.
I won’t mention what my poor old eyes first thought the title of this diary was…
I would be very interested to hear about most all of your topics, but the first three the most, I think. Mentoring is a great topic, and maybe not so much your MBA but what you are hoping to do with it. And education… sigh, we need a lot of concentration on that. Both improving it and protecting those involved in educating our children from the tendency of others (primarily, but not only, on the right) to denigrate their work.
I thought of diuretics, myself, although Diarrhetic is really funny!
LOL, exactly!
I used my Beavis and Butthead giggle when I wrote the title =)
Kinda thought so ;). Still, I was ready to dig out my old hillwomen/old wives tales recipes… if some of those don’t get rid of anything one is full of, nothing will.
OK. I voted for the mentoring one, but so far the MBA title seems to be ahead. Whatever. I look forward to reading them both.
First one due on or before Tues April 5. Worth 10 points toward your final grade, but 3 points off if late.