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me: dong

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link

all this talk of java has me looking for a new coffee maker.

also, i love overlong, pointless walks on the beach and i miss having an ocean in wintertime to take those walks on.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link

ocean in wintertime

I read that as "ocean in wartime" and didn't even think that was weird.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link

John, there are lots of different kinds and preparations of meat out there, it's very versatile!

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Our office kitchen has a variety of teas for free but it really DOES matter whether you drink quality tea or crap because the office tea tastes REALLY BAD to me, but tea at home is always just what I wanted. So I submit that it's possible tea-haters aren't drinking the good stuff. Either way, Diet Coke is NASTY.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I feel pukey. Not. Good.

That said, I love a fine cuppa tea, especially Sleepytime with honey.

John, would you say you are more into downers than uppers? Do you ever drink regular Coke?

― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

John, do you prefer dolls or meth?

Note: I don't hate tea in the least. In fact, I quite like it, as the drawer full of various kinds of bagged, loose, herbal, and caffeinated tea in our kitchen and the ownership of my very own proper tea pot demonstrates. I just vastly prefer coffee. Coffee is a magical drink.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Coffee is a magical drink.

OTM.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I just vastly prefer coffee. Coffee is a magical drink.

This is indeed true.

But boy, bad coffee is *really* bad. Bad tea is just kinda flat or tinny tasting, but bad coffee... woo. Ashtrays and assholes.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link

John, would you say you are more into downers than uppers?

No, I miss coffee terribly. I *loved* the mental/creative stimulation it provided.

My antipathy for Diet Coke is mostly the empty metallic taste. Regular Coke is too syrupy. But I can't drink either, so the point is moot.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Also: Give me a break, arbiter of taste.

I take back "hideously provincial," ok?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I like the ceremony of tea. The leaves, the little cups, the teapot. It's different than coffee. Coffee is like a strong, fierce hug or a whack on the butt and tea is like cuddling for an extended period of time. Sometimes if you're at work and you want a pick-me-up, tea is not what you're after. But if you seek comfort, tea is what you need.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link

That said, every morning I want a strong whack on the butt from my coffee.

― Armando Grouse (Armando ), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

We're the coffee generation. The movers and the shakers.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I kind of feel that tea is a drink, whereas coffee is a food. It's got body, somehow. I dunno.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link

No, I miss coffee terribly. I *loved* the mental/creative stimulation it provided.

Also, I prefer the taste of really good coffee to tea. Which is why I drink ROASTAROMA tea every morning.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

i can't drink coffee after 7 pm without being up all night so i've found that i drink a lot of tea at night. especially in winter when i crave a hot beverage on a cold night.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Also good for that: apple cider, hot chocolate.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

True, True. I couldn't fall asleep last night because I had a coffee chiller drink at Filter in the EARLY AFTERNOON.

Due to some health issues, I went without caffeine for two years straight. I lost a lot of weight that way. Also, I developed a taste for Sprite.

― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, hot cider with orange and nutmeg is good. with or without booze.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Now, see, I find coffee to be comforting in the way Amanda describes. I attribute this to being the child of two hardcore coffee drinkers. I associate coffee with home and hearth and hospitality.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I lost a lot of weight that way.
I was a big-time Coke drinker before that and didn't like Diet, so I very rarely had soda, just Sprite at the movies.

― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I strongly prefer cold drinks over hot.

I think Chris "Cuddles" Piuma would have something to say here.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Why is there no DC thread over here? I need to find that Pete Smith character and ask him something about predatory lending.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link

'Cause they're N00BS

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

So, what did you all do for Thanksgiving? I ate with my parents and many of their students, and drank a lot of beer. I also went out to the lake a couple of times, took a few pictures, marveled at the amount of new construction in my town, caught up with some old friends, and even mangaged to hang with some of the people I see all the time down here. All in all, a good time. The drive back was easy, too... no traffic to speak of and lots of hunters with deer carcasses (carci?) strapped to their vehicles in interesting ways.

I'm also slightly embarassed re-reading my drunk post upthread.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, also my car sprung a gas leak and is staying in MI for a month. I drove my mom's car back. I hate my car.

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah, nothing like that after-lunch cup of coffee.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I forgot to go get coffee! Dammit.

Just as well. The Free Terrible Work Coffee is terrible. I'll just wait and get a good cup on the way to class.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

ashtrays and assholes.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I haven't gone back to my local coffee shop since that incident with the cleaning solution in my coffee a few weeks ago, so I'm sticking to free mediocre work coffee. There must be a Better Way.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Cleaning solution? Did you already tell us about this?

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.cliffscott.com/Images2/title_entrox.gif

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:34 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, no java for me either, i'm so groggy i'm starting to feel like i've been poisoned by carbon monoxide.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

i miss coffee (don't drink it anymore), but i can't stand that roastaroma tea. bleah.

amanda otm about tea being all comforting and cozy.

― JuliaA (JuliaA), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, whatever they use to clean the coffee pots hadn't been properly rinsed off or whatever. I didn't really notice until I drank most of my coffee and it was cooling down but I had this overpowering chemical taste in my mouth until the next afternoon, it was gross.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

john, i actually liked diet coca cola zero or whatever it is called before i gave up soda. it tastes like the diet coke in china which tastes better than diet coke here.

― sweet tater, Monday, 27 November 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link

A QUESTION

How should I address this in my cover letter? I have really no experience in Photoshop, GoLive or InDesign, but I have many other skills and such that qualify me for this job.

"Knowledge and experience in website design and maintenance, and graphic design, and database management, as well as Adobe GoLive, InDesign and Photoshop or comparable is strongly recommended."

should i even mention it? say that i'm a quick learner? express a willingness to learn these programs on my own time outside of work?

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link

That half-sugar coke was pretty good, it was nice and fizzy and actually way more thirst-quenching than the full version.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost Well, I hate to seem like a spoiled sport, but do you know anything about Photoshop? GoLive? InDesign? Database management? Graphic design? I mean, that's a whole job right there. What else do they want you to do?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

did half-sugar coke have another sweetener in it?

― JuliaA (JuliaA), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm having a hard time focusing today . . .

― sweet tater, Monday, 27 November 2006 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Kenan, that's one sentence of a lengthy job description and Jesse has database management experience.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

"STRONGLY RECOMMENDED," GODDAMN YOU.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Position Description:
This position is an integral part of xxx’s Publications Department. The Directory Coordinator has several important responsibilities, including but not limited to: managing the day-to-day operations of the Chicago Area HIV Services Directory (both in print and online) and development and maintenance of information resources.

Desired Qualifications:
Applicant should possess at least a high school diploma and Associate’s degree, with strong communications, interpersonal, written and oral skills. Must also have a broad understanding of computers and computer software, including Microsoft Word, Access, Outlook, and Excel. Knowledge and experience in website design and maintenance, and graphic design, and database management, as well as Adobe GoLive, InDesign and Photoshop or comparable is strongly recommended.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link

My strategy: Lie your ass off.

xpost "or comparable" ... know anything that is comparable? Dreamweaver?

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

NO.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Just curious!

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I think that since it's only recommended, but not necessarily required, it might be best to not lie, trump up the experience you do have, and express a keen interest in learning.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Dear Chicago, I need a cut & color BADLY but am close to broke. I love l3anne, but I don't think I can afford her and still have money for christmas pressies. Where can I get a decent head o' highlights for somewhat cheap, aside from trying to do it myself?

Sincerely,
Looking Splotchy

― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link

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