WM and I like to peruse garage sales Saturday mornings. We mostly look for old books, old Disney stuff, and chickens.
WM’s mother collects chickens. Rather, she hates chickens and because of that he buys her the ugliest ones he can find. They are all over her house. On one of our jaunts, we found the above beauty, and he snatched it up for $3.00. It was meant to be sent off to Michigan.
It’s been 2 months now, and it’s still sitting on top of our printer, pointed toward whoever deserves to be stared at by a Judgmental Chicken of DOOM. (Right now, it’s WM. Don’t ask.) With each passing day, the hope that JCoD will soon leave my humble abode fades even more.
And still…it just stares…judgmentally.
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So remember when I swore off reading that blog that does nothing but scare me about layoffs? It was right. Gannett’s laying off 600 employees companywide. And the Courier-Post will be laying off 35 of its workforce early next week. We got the memo today, and now we wait until next week to see who’ll be shown the door. Will it be me? Conventional wisdom says no, because online is growing and online employees are valuable. But in the grand scheme of things, we’re no more valuable than anyone else there. The C-P has been a part of how I identify myself for so long now - I’d miss it.
Obviously, I could go on for pages about this. Won’t do any good.
Ironically, this morning I added headlines from my C-P World of Warcraft blog to my sidebar.
Posted at: 10:40 pm in General, Play, Work
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August 15th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Good luck Kim.
August 15th, 2008 at 10:51 am
That job situation is scary. I’ve been there many times and for all intents and purposes, still am with my current employer up for sale. It sucks no matter what so best of luck to you and stay positive. You’ll be alright.
We plan on going garage sale-ing this weekend with kid in tow. Last weekend at a garage sale I bought Ann a Branson, MO coffee mug with her name on it. She was very excited and I’m sure she’ll use it every day!
*crickets*
Okay, fine, I’d rather have the JCoD.
August 16th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Think positive! You will be fine.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:29 am
I feel for you. My paper, too, is going through layoffs, and though I’m safe for now, I’m saddened because it’s not the same place. It’s tough to be in a dying industry–even if your department is shielded. And the worst is when you tie up so much of who you are in that institution. I guess that’s something to be said for not doing that.