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this has got to be the best line in a job ad I have seen so far (being totatly facecous)

blah blah blah blah blah... job pays $9.00/hour DOE,The benefit offered on this job is the paycheck.

 

 

 

 

 

asshole

Posted by Bertt @ 7:37 pm EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments

just a thought

I was thinking today, we have an old theater that now sits empty, well, two of them actually. One had 7 theaters in it, and the other had 4. The thought I had was turning one of them into a business for hosting lan parties. You could use projection TVs and the existing screens. Players would be able to sit in comfort and play on a huge screen... possibly projecting more than one tv on each screen and also hooking up all of the theaters in a network. The theater with 7 would possibly be large enough for, what... 28 machines playing putting 4 on each screen.  More could be added because there would be ample space for smaller screens... maybe charging more to play on the big screens.

I don't know if lan businesses are really doing very good business right now, and the town I live in only has 100k people living in it, so I don't know how much business I could muster, just a thought. ideas? am I crazy?

Posted by Bertt @ 1:09 pm EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments

Of principles, morals, beliefs and attitudes

I have a dilemma. Some of you may know, I have been out of work for 6 months now. I have applied to well over 50 positions locally, and a few in other cities with no luck. A couple weeks ago, an opportunity presented itself. It is a position that has become available locally that I am, well I wouldn't say uniquely qualified for, but I am qualified.... very qualified. There is a very good chance that I can get this position. Problem is, do I want it.

Yes, I want a job, but when I was laid off, I kinda hoped to start a new career. I have worked in my current field (video production and post production) for about 24 years now including college, and have become kinda burned out. The other problem, for me, is the employer. Can I work for this employer? Part of me feels that if I do, I may be selling out, to a certain extent. The employer isn't bad in the sense of illegality or anything like that, quite the opposite actually.

I guess to make any sense at all to any reader, I have to say it. It is at a church. I have concerns with churches. Not any specific church or denomination, but organized religion in general. I don't go to church, haven't since I was confirmed when I was young. This isn't to say that I am a non-believer or anything like that, I have just chosen to believe in my own way, on my own terms. I don't want to get into any big thoelogy discussions or arguments, let's just say, I have my reasons.

So, will going to work for a church somehow be selling out? I don't believe that I have to join the church if I work there, but I worry that there may be some pressure. In the job description it says, " ...is expected to... be interested in learning about the department as well as the ministry of (name of church),..." 

I don't want to be a part of, or belong to any church, period. But I need a freakin' job. I can't, or won't, phone it in either. Either I go there and do the work and not go to services, or I don't want to work there. I can't fake it. I am perfectly capable of doing the work, and doing it well without worshiping with them. I have talked to the guy in charge, and they have my resume and demo. I don't know quite what to do if they make me any offers. Do I bring their expectations up? Probably shouldn't if I want the job, I am sure it would be a deal breaker with them. We'll wait and see, I need to think on it some more.

Posted by Bertt @ 3:09 pm EDT | Permalink | 10 Comments

one of my favorite artists...

I find this absolutely freakin' amazing. This piece was created by one of  the foremost digital photo-realist artists out there, Bert Monroy. Check it out.

again, this is a digitally created picture, not a photograph!

 

Some specks of the piece from the website, http://www.bertmonroy.com/fineart/text/fineart_damen.htmwww.bertmonroy.com

image size - 40 x 120 inches

flattened file is 1.7 Gigabytes!

took 11 months / nearly 2000 hours to create

over 15,000 layers - over 500 alpha channels - over 250,000 paths

Posted by Bertt @ 1:00 pm EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

a new low

This is just fucking wrong, it has to be a typo....

job announcement:

Loss Prevention Manager

Wage: $7.00 hourly

Detect and resolve internal and external theft incidents and report internal theft incidents to Loss Prevention District Manager for instruction. Report serious incidents to store in order to resolve and reduce the number of incidents. Tour store daily, identifying deficiencies that cause shrink and implement corrective action. Maintain and complete accurate loss prevention records and submit in a timely manner. Supervising and training Loss Prevention Associates. Operating knowledge of register operations. Provide excellent customer service. Bachelors Degree is preferred and 2-5 years of experience is required. Benefits will be discussed by employer.

 

I have seen a lot of "security" jobs posted, and it just baffles the shit out of me how people are willing to pay their security team barely more than minimum fucking wage, and yet want them to protect their shit. Case in point, I interviewed with a local alarm company for the position of "alarm monitor". You sit at a computer and when an alarm goes off, you call the police (in simple terms). pay? $9/hour. What the fuck? What would stop someone that was making $18,720.00/year, which I believe is poverty level in the US, from taking a 10-20 thousand dollar bribe to not call the cops when an alarm went off? It's ridiculus. All they want is an alarm to call the police, and PAYING A HUMAN IS CHEAPER THAN A SOPHISTICATED ALARM SYSTEM. 

Posted by Bertt @ 4:55 pm EDT | Permalink | 5 Comments