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i will be glad when the nba playoffs are over and i can get some sleep. i am cranky and on the down side. it must be from staying up late to watch these games. i mean, what else could it possibly be?
annnamaria is ok. she is just really busy at work and has no time for blogging during the day. then when she gets home, she is wiped out and needs to veg. she told me this in an email that i could have written if someone had emailed me with concern over my lack of presence in the blog world. which no one did. >:-D
speaking of the nba, they just announced here in dallas that jason terry will be suspended one game for "punching" michael finley at the end of the last game. this just proves finley is a wuss. no one else at the game had any idea something had happened. of course, TNT network does not have the video of the incident posted yet. i think this is part of the nba realizing that this series should have been the conference finals not semis and they need 7 games. dorks.
while i am ranting on sports, i am reminded of dusty. she has a post up with a notice that Axl Rose appeared in a concert. sorry dusty, but i don't get the guy. i have always considered him way more sizzle than steak. it is hard to believe that you were "on the bus" deadhead in the park and close to the little feat players and offer kudos to this guy. maybe i shouldn't take his schtick seriously. i used to have the same trouble with David Lee Roth but now i laugh at his time with Van Halen. i just think of them as the 80s version of Beach Boys pop, all sugar, no spice.
i had a discussion with my boss (the guy from st. louis) earlier this week. he came in for a visit and we spent two hours talking. this is the first time that has ever happened. i usually don't have two hours consecutively and i know he had to make the room for it. it seemed like a review/warning when the written evaluation/measuring chart came out. i was assured this was not going anywhere. fortunately i was not asked to sign it. we did have very frank and open discussion. i felt much better after we spoke, that at least my opinions and views were being appreciated somewhat.
annnamaria is ok. she is just really busy at work and has no time for blogging during the day. then when she gets home, she is wiped out and needs to veg. she told me this in an email that i could have written if someone had emailed me with concern over my lack of presence in the blog world. which no one did. >:-D
speaking of the nba, they just announced here in dallas that jason terry will be suspended one game for "punching" michael finley at the end of the last game. this just proves finley is a wuss. no one else at the game had any idea something had happened. of course, TNT network does not have the video of the incident posted yet. i think this is part of the nba realizing that this series should have been the conference finals not semis and they need 7 games. dorks.
while i am ranting on sports, i am reminded of dusty. she has a post up with a notice that Axl Rose appeared in a concert. sorry dusty, but i don't get the guy. i have always considered him way more sizzle than steak. it is hard to believe that you were "on the bus" deadhead in the park and close to the little feat players and offer kudos to this guy. maybe i shouldn't take his schtick seriously. i used to have the same trouble with David Lee Roth but now i laugh at his time with Van Halen. i just think of them as the 80s version of Beach Boys pop, all sugar, no spice.
i had a discussion with my boss (the guy from st. louis) earlier this week. he came in for a visit and we spent two hours talking. this is the first time that has ever happened. i usually don't have two hours consecutively and i know he had to make the room for it. it seemed like a review/warning when the written evaluation/measuring chart came out. i was assured this was not going anywhere. fortunately i was not asked to sign it. we did have very frank and open discussion. i felt much better after we spoke, that at least my opinions and views were being appreciated somewhat.
posted by Kurt at 7:56 PM
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I hope they were, but be careful. I once had an off the books open and frank talk. I refused until my boss' boss proded again and again and again. I finally told it like it was. A few months later I got the writen you have to sign this review. After the talk, they monitored every minute of my days. Arrival time, departre time, lunch time, every email I sent was printed out. That's what they decided to officially nail me on. Sending emails to my girlfriend discussing "proprietary" work information like the name of deals I worked on, which of course I would have discussed when I got home - it wasn't a government job with any secrecy rules or anything. The real message was that they had printed out the countless emails to my girlfriend wherein I told her how much of a bitch my boss was & what an asshole her boss was (the guy who convinced me it was okay to talk). I dug in & eventually they offered me a 6 month pay severence check to voluntarilry leave since Iwas "bad for marale." I had started to write down all the arrival and departure times of all my coworkers and extended lunch breaks so if I got fired I could show it was biased. Anyway, since then I have never ever volunteered a word to anyone up the food chain when they ask for an open discussion. Just watch your back is all I am saying.
Ah yes...the "off the record" conversation; I was a victim of one of those myself. Good luck, Kurt.
I always appreciate your opinions...AND I'm sorry to have not been here to notice your non-presence in the blogworld...you were out here with me, then--not blogging--so we were together!
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