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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Career builder description: DO NOT WANT
Physical Requirements:
Walking, fingering, talking, hearing, repetitive motion. Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds. Must have visual acuity. May be exposed to fumes, dust or odors.
Daddy, I don't want this job.
Manager Photo Simulated.
Walking, fingering, talking, hearing, repetitive motion. Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds. Must have visual acuity. May be exposed to fumes, dust or odors.
Daddy, I don't want this job.
Manager Photo Simulated.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Shame on you Jonjay and Rich, sucking on Seacrest balls
On Monday we learned about a curious new venture from Premiere Radio Networks that offers radio shows "voice talent to take/make your on-air calls"—in other words, fake talk-radio callers.
And then we heard from a few folks in the business, and it turns out this is a thing! All of wacky morning drive-time radio, apparently, is populated by voice actors pretending to be jilted lovers—or in at least one instance, an aviation expert talking about a local plane crash. Ryan Seacrest is a major practitioner, and Dick Clark as a major supplier. We talked to some fake radio callers, and here are their stories.
"Any time you hear something surreal on a morning radio show, it's bullshit," one veteran independent radio producer told me. "The great prank phone calls—they're all fake. If it's top 40, and if it has a morning show, then it uses actors."
I really did like the segment until every one of them was so over the top.
That's it, Lady La on 101.5 it is in the morning.
And then we heard from a few folks in the business, and it turns out this is a thing! All of wacky morning drive-time radio, apparently, is populated by voice actors pretending to be jilted lovers—or in at least one instance, an aviation expert talking about a local plane crash. Ryan Seacrest is a major practitioner, and Dick Clark as a major supplier. We talked to some fake radio callers, and here are their stories.
"Any time you hear something surreal on a morning radio show, it's bullshit," one veteran independent radio producer told me. "The great prank phone calls—they're all fake. If it's top 40, and if it has a morning show, then it uses actors."
I really did like the segment until every one of them was so over the top.
That's it, Lady La on 101.5 it is in the morning.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Educating women works
More proof:
Empower Women to Realize the African Dream
http://allafrica.com/stories/201103080561.html
In Africa, the feminization of poverty still remains acute. One in 20 girls born today in Angola, Mozambique, Liberia and Sierra Leone will die in childbirth. An African woman is 25 times more likely to die during labour than a European woman. Girls still face genital mutilation in 28 African countries. More than 800,000 Africans, most of them female, are victims of human trafficking. Three young women are infected with HIV/AIDS for every young man in Africa.
The African woman, however, is also Africa’s face of hope, strength and opportunity. The rate of female entrepreneurship is higher in Africa than in any other region of the world. An African country – Rwanda – boosts the highest female representation in parliament. The primary enrollment rate has climbed from 84 girls for every 100 boys in 1991 to 91 in 2009.
Empower Women to Realize the African Dream
http://allafrica.com/stories/201103080561.html
In Africa, the feminization of poverty still remains acute. One in 20 girls born today in Angola, Mozambique, Liberia and Sierra Leone will die in childbirth. An African woman is 25 times more likely to die during labour than a European woman. Girls still face genital mutilation in 28 African countries. More than 800,000 Africans, most of them female, are victims of human trafficking. Three young women are infected with HIV/AIDS for every young man in Africa.
The African woman, however, is also Africa’s face of hope, strength and opportunity. The rate of female entrepreneurship is higher in Africa than in any other region of the world. An African country – Rwanda – boosts the highest female representation in parliament. The primary enrollment rate has climbed from 84 girls for every 100 boys in 1991 to 91 in 2009.
- First, more African girls must go to and stay in school long enough to be armed with the skills essential for success.
- Second, protecting women’s rights is essential for enhancing their access to economic mobility.
- Third, women must gain access to productive resources.
- Fourth, with African women currently absorbed by businesses concentrated in the less productive areas of the informal sector, breaking free will require access to credit – not just microfinance but to higher credit amounts at low interest rates with longer maturity terms.
Monday, March 7, 2011
I love you Neil!
Neil Patrick Harris tweeted about his excitement after the announcement was made:
HIMYM picked up for 2 more years! Yahoo! With so much job security, I should buy something extravagant. Like a pony. Or some gold teeth!
HIMYM picked up for 2 more years! Yahoo! With so much job security, I should buy something extravagant. Like a pony. Or some gold teeth!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Fucking ATF does it again
On Dec. 14, 2010, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was gunned down. Dodson got the bad news from a colleague.
According to Dodson, "They said, 'Did you hear about the border patrol agent?' And I said, 'Yeah.' And they said 'Well it was one of the Fast and Furious guns.' There's not really much you can say after that."
Two assault rifles ATF had let go nearly a year before were found at Terry's murder.
ATF was partly to blame for the escalating violence in Mexico and on the border.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/03/eveningnews/main20039031.shtml
Did we learn nothing? Shouldn't start the fire if ya aren't prepared to burn.
According to Dodson, "They said, 'Did you hear about the border patrol agent?' And I said, 'Yeah.' And they said 'Well it was one of the Fast and Furious guns.' There's not really much you can say after that."
Two assault rifles ATF had let go nearly a year before were found at Terry's murder.
ATF was partly to blame for the escalating violence in Mexico and on the border.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/03/eveningnews/main20039031.shtml
Did we learn nothing? Shouldn't start the fire if ya aren't prepared to burn.
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