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Tired of wet backs

sfaJack

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During these long, hot Texas summers, what better way to beat the heat than to buy a vehicle with air conditioned seats?

 

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There isn't one single goddamn radio station in this town that is carrying the MLB playoffs. I mean, seriously--what the FUCK is up with that? We have FOUR sports radio stations in this town (including an ESPN radio affiliate) and not one of them can pick up even the shitty Westwood One network calls of the games? Christ. I knew I should have taken the rest of this afternoon off.

 

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So I just got this invitation through the mail here at work from something called the "Houston Energy & Finance Forum." I've never heard of it, but apparently they know who I am ( :ph34r: ) because I've been invited to attend some luncheon/seminar they're hosting next Wednesday at the Hyatt downtown. The topic? Building a career and a life, which apparently means they're going to speak about integrating my professional, personal, and spiritual life into one big harmonious pile of crap. I'm not sure I want to know who thought this up or what the purpose is.

 

What I would like to know is how they got my name because, after discussing this with a co-worker and asking a few individuals around the floor, it looks like I might be the only one invited to this thing. Nobody else seems to know anything about it. There hasn't even been some lame company-wide e-mail sent out informing us of this prestigious event.

 

Oh, wait, what's this? Does it say here that the CEO of my company is part of the host committee? The same CEO that I've never met and whom probably wouldn't know who I was if I walked up and punched him in the face right now? Or...wait. Does he actually know who I am and is fully expecting me to attend this thing? Have I been put on some sort of "rising star" list around here (just as one co-worker/partial supervisor has been saying for months) that requires me to go to things like this? Should I ignore it completely? Should I call them to say I'm not coming? Should I go and indulge in a free lunch?

 

I have no clue. And I have no idea what to do.

 

 

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Swift Terror

Swift Terror 0

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I heard about that and I think they fired the guy who came up with the ad. It's amazing people insist on getting upset over nothing. Kinda like the Navy building that looks like a swastika from the sky and since a couple people are offended, they have to spend $600,000 to fix it.

alfdogg

alfdogg 0

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I bet this topic has gotten a lot of hits.

sfaJack

sfaJack 0

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I think the only things I learned in the one journalism course I took back in the day were to try and squeeze the 5 W's into your first paragraph and the importance of an enticing headline.

kkktookmybabyaway

kkktookmybabyaway 0

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Unless it's an anecdotal lede. Then you can b.s. all you want for a few hundred words before anyone figures out what you're talking about.

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