I have finally been responding to the people looking for jobs.
I responded to the person who misspelled my name (wonderfully kind person that I am), inviting her for an interview and suggesting that she doublecheck spelling and choose just one title — she apologised, though she misspelled the word misspell in the apology.
One person […]
Since my comments on that earlier thread were approaching novel length, I’ve decided to move my responses to “what helps?” over to its very own thread, with the big caveat that this is my experience, so things that I found helpful are not universally helpful; in general, understanding and making well-meant mistakes is better than […]
So tonight: peanut butter chip & chocolate chip cookies, or Nanaimo squares? The first has the virtues of satisfying a craving and being less sweet, the second the virtues of being easier to make and being more sweet.
Update: made the cookies. I wasn’t in the mood for Nanaimo bars, which is weird, since I’ve had […]
I slept for 12 hours last night.
So the other post was, unclearly, about someone offering jobs. Now: people asking for jobs.
What the hell do I do for the emails that start “Hi”, or “Hi WA”? The ones where they sign a first name only? The ones without CVs?
Do I just ignore it, because they don’t know any better, or do […]
I understand that blogs are written quickly and off-the-cuff and they’re personal reflections of the fact that you don’t know how to spell or, sometimes, write, but seriously, if you’re using your blog to advertise jobs, maybe you should, say, get rid of the spelling and grammar mistakes for a while, or get rid of […]
But my cat likes to hide in boxes.
I’m reading this post on finslippy (via unfogged) about the Pain Penis Size Contest[1] effect, and I’m thinking about it.
Because there is actually a second side to it, the “well, it doesn’t matter, I don’t have it so bad after all” effect. Perspective is good, and it’s probably true that there’s always someone who […]
I admit it: I’m sort of disappointed by the mostly lack of response to my earlier post about self-injury. I’m not surprised; there’s not all that much to say. I would not know what to say. “Gee, I’m glad you’re better now!” “Ewww, blood!” Right.
So instead, I’ll start a little Q&A. Feel free — or […]
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