I just want to give a ” Tip of the Hat ” to Heather B. Armstrong for her site Dooce

While I only happened upon her site thru an article I had read in Business 2.0 about the potential dinero from blogging, I have become a devoted reader and fan.

Heather’s site deals with herself and her family life, which while doesn’t fall under Pulitzer prize written material ( but much closer to that Pulitzer than I shall ever be ) I find her candidness and openness about letting us in to share her family life refreshing, interesting, and also quite humorous at times.

So my hat is tipped to you Heather!

P.S. case in point about the entertainment value of Heather’s site is her emails . Read and enjoy the responses!

I was just in the local Wal-Mart getting a new pair of dress shoes, I get online to pay for said shoes and lo and behold, my eys wander the the news rags  ( you know mags like the inquiror and Star mag, amoung others ) and what do I as the headlines for two of these said rags……..

” Oprah loses 15 lbs on her amazing new diet “, and just two racks away ” Oprah collapses from new diet “, so my ironic conclusion to these articles is the following new headline ” Oprah’s on another f***ing diet that made her collapse, but I really don’t give a shit!

Just thought I should share a little

Several posts ago, I had mentioned that I had a job interview to take at my place of business for a new ( and better ) position in the ” Purchasing Department “.

I had come to work on a Monday, and I noticed this job posting for a position in our Purchasing Department. Needless to say, I was looking for a new position due to my total hatred for what I was presently doing in my company, and would gladly welcome a change.

Needless to say, I approached this interview with alot of trepidation.

First, when I spoke with our Human Resources person and told her I wanted to apply for the position, she almost pulled a ” Regan McNeil “possessed demon 360 degree head-spin.

I guess, she was a little surprised at this blucollar guy thinking he actually had the smarts to do this job, or at least that was my perception at the time.

I was asked if I had a resume, to which I replied  ” no, but it wouldn’t take me long to put one together ” to which she replied fine.

The interview was about two days later. The gentleman in charge of purchasing is just a very  ( in my opinion anyway ) very nice and easy going person. I should probably mention his name. Bob. Yes that’s all I will let out about Bob.

Bob has known me for better than eight years now and had quite frankly felt that I would have been a better fit in the ” Planning ” department of my company, due to my ten years of compounding experience. And while there had been a few openings in that department over the past several years, I was never offered a chance to apply.

I gave Bob my half page resume, while he looked it over with a cursury eye, he informed me that this was not even necessary, that he knew all about me, and that he felt my abilities were never really utilized in the company.

He approached me later the same day and said that he wanted to try me upstairs for a day or two to see what I thought of the job.

As it turns out, I loved the job. I would have liked anything that would allow me to use my brain just a little and a PC.

I got the job, and I start this Monday. This is the first time in several years that I can say, I am actually looking forward to getting up and going to work.

Who would have thought this possible. I certainly did not.

While I have written a half assed post linking to what I thought was a decent post about work and folks being average at their jobs, I thought I would check out his ” You Tube ” musings, and while there is really nothing earth shattering here, one video did raise my ire alot!

The Angry News-It’s Nuke Time, while touching on some of the world’s everyday issues, crosses my line when it mentions Israel and the single comment ” acting out of proportion ” which is a reference to Israel’s continued military efforts to protect what is rightfully their own land!

I just posted my own comment here and I’m waiting for his response to it. I hope he’s ANGRY about it too!

Hi all.

I just got done reading a post from Angry 365 days a Year , and I can tell you that it is amusing reading, but this guy has nothing on me folks! Well, other than hits to his blog . Hopefully that will change,but ahh, I digress here…..

Lets start with a recent post on Angry about Good Boss, Bad Boss. First, in most of my Blucollar ( and in case your wondering about the Blucollar spelling, it is taken from a cartoon I appropriately titled Blucollar several years back ) jobs, there has been only one kind of boss. Friendly, but having to cover their ass, so f–k you very much!

My boss ( at this moment in time, happens to be a close friend ) and while he has made life for me at the job a little easier, not enough to make me hate it any less!

I don’t feel ( at least if your a grunt worker ) that a good boss complimenting you, and or speaking to you in a non – condescending way really makes a difference in the order of the blucollar worker’s life. What really shows me that I’m appreciated is ” CASH “, and a whole lot of it.

While it has been argued adnausium at my job about what will motivate a worker, and most of the people in a supervisory position swear that a person will do the same amount of work whether he is paid $12 or say $16. I have always said, pay me what I am worth, and don’t just give me a song and dance at raise time and just give me a quarter and say that’s the best we can do for you. If that’s your best, keep it because your not doing me any favors!

I’d like to buy some groceries and some gas okay!