KaskadskyjKozak

Mr. Gorbachev...

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat? If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.

all tourists on the wall must wear an MLU

Mountain House

like those Russians in Stolby...

Arbeit macht Frei

There's always more work to do, and if upper management short-shrift on staff, always way too much work for existing personnel. Par for the course, but you don't have to play along. It's like that in many technical jobs - less so these days, because there's only so much a person can take of that.

older than what?

Spray is all about speculation!

Great story!

I find ways to get in that "face time" and get other crap done. I'm subversive and sneaky. :-)

They should be required by law to wear an MLU!

Does that 50 hours a week include spray time? I bet you're good for 35... maybe 40 of actual work Actually, most people who whine about 60, 80, and 100 hour weeks in IT aren't really working all that time. It's all about efficiency and meeting expectations. If I can do more than the next guy in half the time - that's to my benefit. And it's not hard with so many idiots in the industry.

the scenario arch describes is quite true for many salaried folks - esp. in high-tech, but I doubt it applies to a majority of Americans who do work regular 9-5 jobs, and are suffering from the same problems of obesity - if not in higher proportions.

In the same time period, we are working more hours than we used to (even though automation of everything was supposed to free up our time) and more and more of our jobs are sedentary. I know as I get older and my career progresses, I am spending more and more time in a seat. And my job is more stressful, so I am at work more. Traffic is worse, so I can spend up to two and a half hours on the road a day (although it isn't usually that bad-more like an hour and a half). I have less energy to work out and less time to cook healthy. I can understand what is happening to people--especially people who don't have healthy habits before their lives get to the point of craziness where they have no personal time/energy. And the work/life balance thing that companies sell us is bullshit. They don't care about anyone's life until they are so sick they can't come into the office. In 12 years in IT I have worked one weekend (half a Saturday), and never more than 50 hours in a week. You gotta stand your ground.

pictures!

The number one way to improve our health care system: better diet and more exercise The stats reflected on that map are pathetic, and this has happened in just 20 years! Sad.

don't loan your car. :-(

"I just made a stinky. Wait 'til he gets a whiff of my Texas butt!"

linky

he looks proud of himself for being able to drive a friggin' golf cart

you guys can to better than this... the expression on Dubya's face demands some kind of funny caption. It eludes me, however.

No, got weathered off a climb.

lick sack you clownpuncher