Plain View #13 6/24/05

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I have lost our lists, but I believe it went a little something like this:

-Jesus as Lonejack
-Mare's 80's list
-Baseball, it's time to let it go
-Students making me crazy

Holy crap, what a day. So it turns out I signed a document saying I would not use the internet at my assignment. I have no recollection of doing this and I didn't think it was in effect since my boss showed me some websites yesterday. Then today I get a call from my temp agency saying that my assignment was terminated because I used the internet (not used it too much, just used it period) and I needed to leave the building. Wow. Just wow. But my boss at the temp agency reassured me that it wasn't a big deal, it's my first assignment and sometimes these things happen. Before I can even go meet here to try and get another assignment for next week, I get a call from a lady at Enterprise Rent-a-Car and we have a phone interview for about an hour. End of story: I am going in on Monday to fill out some paperwork and have a sit down and if it all works out she said I could start on Tuesday. Dang. I don't know what else to say but that.

As I mentioned in my previous installment, Alan Moore brought a level of sophistication and intelligence to his writing that was unheard-of in mainstream comics at the time. He is personally responsible for inspiring a new breed of talented comic book writers, the greatest of whom is undoubtedly Neil Gaiman. Gaiman’s first attempts at writing were in traditional prose, but he was initially unsuccessful. His association with, and appreciation for the work of, Alan Moore led him to begin writing comic books.

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Today's theme: Fuck Japan!

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So we just received a memo from the boss reminding us that the dress code for short Fridays here at the university is "business casual."

Uh... I thought that's what we were Monday-Thurdsay. It's not like we wear suits around the office here. Now I'm wondering if the memo means "Dress the same as the rest of the week," or with the word casual included, "You can relax a little bit." Basically I have no idea what the memo means.

Oh well, it doesn't really affect me since I wear skirts every day anyway.

This morning I heard about the Supreme Court's recent eminent domain decision and I was dismayed.

The Virgin Queen said it best:

Our government has just declared that the inalienable right to own property is now subject to the whims of the mob and those who have more money and power than you.

Vox Day says:

This effectively ends all pretense of American property rights, since state and local governments now have the ability to hand over a desired property to anyone with the requisite political influence.

Sandra Day O'Connor said in her dissent:

"Any property may now be taken for the benefit of
another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms."

A very sad, frightening and unfortunate decision, indeed.