1. Buy one box of Mueller's lasagna noodles.
2. Follow directions on back of box.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Goes to show you never can tell
When I was in graduate school, I worked as a graduate assistant in the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs at Tufts University. As a department within the Division of Student Affairs - we worked closely with the Student Activities Office.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that 2 administrators in the Student Activities Office (the director and the budget coordinator) had been indicted for embezzleing a million dollars from the university. No wonder I was being paid $3 an hour.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that 2 administrators in the Student Activities Office (the director and the budget coordinator) had been indicted for embezzleing a million dollars from the university. No wonder I was being paid $3 an hour.
Monday, March 23, 2009
My other pet peeve
. . . is when television news programs or documentaries put subtitles under people who are SPEAKING ENGLISH just because they have an accent of some sort.
If they were completely unintelligable, then fine - but if I can close my eyes and still understand every word that the person is saying - then it's a safe bet that the rest of the television-watching public has the same well-honed accent interpretation skills that I do.
If they were completely unintelligable, then fine - but if I can close my eyes and still understand every word that the person is saying - then it's a safe bet that the rest of the television-watching public has the same well-honed accent interpretation skills that I do.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sound Effects that Should be Banned from the Radio
Because they make me anxious while I'm driving . . .
1. Police Sirens
2. Sirens of any kind
3. Honking car horns
4. Cell phone rings (I suppose this only applies to those of us with new cell phones who cannot readily distinguish our own ring from the generic ring on the radio ad)
1. Police Sirens
2. Sirens of any kind
3. Honking car horns
4. Cell phone rings (I suppose this only applies to those of us with new cell phones who cannot readily distinguish our own ring from the generic ring on the radio ad)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Marketing and PR 101
KFC was recently in the news for an unfortunate incident involving three teenaged employees who put on bathing suits and took a bath in the industrial restaurant sink. Personally, I can think of few places I would deem more disgusting than a KFC sink basin, but I suppose different strokes for different folks.
KFC's PR people must have freaked. The restaurant chain already suffered from a somewhat-less-than-fantastic reputation - and now they had this nightmare on their hands. The last thing anyone wants to think about when they order their bucket of fried chicken is the last employee who bathed in the sink.
I imagine that the PR folks brainstormed several ideas that would restore their pre-slutty-teens-in-the-sink image. I don't pretend to be an expert in marketing - but I did work at a marketing firm for 11 whole months - and I have to say that in my semi-professional opinion - this was NOT the way to go:
Liver Meal? Seriously?
I took this picture outside the KFC that's about 2 miles from our house. Can someone who doesn't live in Greenville tell me if this is a NATIONAL promotion or something unique to our area?
KFC's PR people must have freaked. The restaurant chain already suffered from a somewhat-less-than-fantastic reputation - and now they had this nightmare on their hands. The last thing anyone wants to think about when they order their bucket of fried chicken is the last employee who bathed in the sink.
I imagine that the PR folks brainstormed several ideas that would restore their pre-slutty-teens-in-the-sink image. I don't pretend to be an expert in marketing - but I did work at a marketing firm for 11 whole months - and I have to say that in my semi-professional opinion - this was NOT the way to go:
Liver Meal? Seriously?I took this picture outside the KFC that's about 2 miles from our house. Can someone who doesn't live in Greenville tell me if this is a NATIONAL promotion or something unique to our area?
Sunday, March 15, 2009
National Council of Bubbies and Nanas
Today I went to a NCJW (National Council of Jewish Women) meeting. I'm not 100% sure why - I think I see how close the Jewish community is in Atlanta and was hoping to find some measure of that here in the Ville.
Larry David could not have written this skit any funnier than it actually unfolded. I walked into the synagogue and was greeted by the oldest women on the face of the earth.
Not like "oh, these people are my mom's generation."
Not like "oh, that one reminds me of my Grandma Susie or Grammy".
More like, "I hope everyone in this room survives through the meeting."
I got to hear about bursitis and arthritis and phlebitis and every other physical ailment you can imagine. I found out why that lawyer is a schmuck that shouldn't be trusted and how the ultrasound said it was fraternal grandsons, but really, all you could see was the tushies.
The guest speaker (the only other woman in the room within 3 decades of my own age) was from a local battered women's shelter and was talking about what we can do to help. She reported that South Carolina is the 2nd ranked state for the number of domestic abuse-deaths in the country, to which the woman sitting to my right commented (under her breath, but loud enough for the whole room to hear), "redneck schlubs." Nice nana, real nice.
Larry David could not have written this skit any funnier than it actually unfolded. I walked into the synagogue and was greeted by the oldest women on the face of the earth.
Not like "oh, these people are my mom's generation."
Not like "oh, that one reminds me of my Grandma Susie or Grammy".
More like, "I hope everyone in this room survives through the meeting."
I got to hear about bursitis and arthritis and phlebitis and every other physical ailment you can imagine. I found out why that lawyer is a schmuck that shouldn't be trusted and how the ultrasound said it was fraternal grandsons, but really, all you could see was the tushies.
The guest speaker (the only other woman in the room within 3 decades of my own age) was from a local battered women's shelter and was talking about what we can do to help. She reported that South Carolina is the 2nd ranked state for the number of domestic abuse-deaths in the country, to which the woman sitting to my right commented (under her breath, but loud enough for the whole room to hear), "redneck schlubs." Nice nana, real nice.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Great Find
In my eternal quest to regain the body that I hated when I was 25 - I have been going to the gym in the morning before work (misery - another rant for another day). In order to spice up cardio (which I loathe) I have been following the Couch to 5K running plan. The problem is - you have to spend the entire time watching the clock so that you run/walk the correct intervals.
If only there was an mp3 that I could download that would do the work for me (while simultaneously providing me with music to keep my mind from focusing on how much I despise working out.) Ask and you shall receive. I can't say that I listen to Hip Hop music on a regular basis - but it's music that I know (for the most part) and I'm looking forward to the distraction.
Since everyone that I know either (a) runs an obnoxious number of miles every day (b) bikes 50-100 miles on a Saturday morning or (c) is naturally so thin that exercise might actually be detrimental to their physical health . . . I doubt that this will be of any use to you -but if you know someone looking for a similar program, please - share with them.
If only there was an mp3 that I could download that would do the work for me (while simultaneously providing me with music to keep my mind from focusing on how much I despise working out.) Ask and you shall receive. I can't say that I listen to Hip Hop music on a regular basis - but it's music that I know (for the most part) and I'm looking forward to the distraction.
Since everyone that I know either (a) runs an obnoxious number of miles every day (b) bikes 50-100 miles on a Saturday morning or (c) is naturally so thin that exercise might actually be detrimental to their physical health . . . I doubt that this will be of any use to you -but if you know someone looking for a similar program, please - share with them.
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