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When perusing submissions from other people (ok, yes, a little bored.) I noticed that statement at the bottom of their listings.
Applying my extensive powers of deduction, I conclude that there is a chance that my rejected wit, brilliance, and occasional misses or mistakes are being lost for the ages just like BottomQuark circa 2004. (For some fun naval gazing, check the articles on the front page and compare them to articles 15 years later here.)
This is tragedy!
Combining this with the fact that I don't really have anything of note to say in journal entries (hence the stunning lack thereof up until now), henceforth I will post my submissions rejected by cold-hearted editors as 'journal entries' for your commentary and bemusement as appropriate.
Note that it is possible that some of these were rejected for valid reasons. Also they won't be editored into any form of presentability.
Orange Corn
More nutritious, better tasting, non-GMO ‘orange corn’ launches in US markets
But where is my goddamn 50 lb sack of Golden Rice?
Tucker Carlson: President Trump Doesn't Want to be Reelected
Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggests Donald Trump plans to doom his own reelection chances
Even if he loses, he wins!
Bezos Post paywall is more aggressive than ever, so I switched to this article.
ESO Black Hole Announcement on April 10
My First Job - Burger King
Today, I'm writing a journal entry about my first job - Burger King.
It was an early summer day and I was out looking for a job. I was only 14 years old but was about to turn 15 (the legal minimum working age) in a couple weeks. I had taken the bus up to a large shopping centre with a stack of resumes. I applied at all the fast food places except for McDonalds. Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, Dairy Queen, Cineplex, Blockbuster. They all got my scantly filled resume.
The first callback was from KFC. I showed up for the interview but ultimately didn't get the job (possibly because I wasn't quite 15 yet). Burger King was second and offered me a position. I accepted their generous offer of $4.50cdn/hour. They gave me a shirt and pair of pants that were probably 8" too large around the waist, and I awaited my first shift.
I was nervous for the first shift, but it went well. I watched training videos for most of it, then started working the broiler. It was actually a pretty neat piece of kit. Frozen burgers and buns would go in one side, and cooked patties and nicely toasted buns came out the other. After a couple weeks, my first paycheque arrived - $50. I remember spending most of it by going to a movie. I really liked having my own money to spend though.
I would end up working there all through high school. I would master the broiler, sandwich prep, counter & drive through. Eventually I would pick up the odd night shift where we would work all night and clean the fryers and broiler while goofing around and smoking cigs in the dining room.
After high school, I decided that I was done with school. I went full time at Burger King and switched locations (I can't remember why). I was now working five 8 hour days per week at Burger King. I was lucky that I worked with some pretty great people, but after a couple months, I couldn't take the boredom and constantly smelling like burger. I reconsidered by position on not liking school and applied for a Computer Engineering Technology course at the local trades college.
Burger king was a pretty good first job, really. I worked with some really cool people and we would have quite a bit of fun. The pay was terrible -- of course -- the work was mind numbing, but it taught me a very, very important lesson: I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life.
Burger King gave me the motivation to go back to school and the money to pay for the first semester. I also met some great people there. It was a great shit job.
What was your first job? What was your starting pay?
I know this is *graphic*, but I have to ask.
Was she, or was she not, looking at the monitor? - 3 Mexican whaaa?
Edit:
My deepest apologies. I left out the graphic part. The real question is, Would anybody notice if she was replaced with a guy in a kilt?
Nvidia Hologram Thing Leaked on Train
NVIDIA Project R.O.N Leaked – Google Home Like AI + Hologram Device
Nvidia employee takes a train, nosy nerd lands a scoop.
What will Nvidia call its Alexa?
(for ray tracing, and a GPU that will be released long after the RTX 2000-series came out)
Valve’s long-rumored VR headset is finally real: the Valve Index, coming in May
Valve just surprise revealed its own VR headset called the Valve Index
Relationship Hacking: Part 21 - The spark has faded.
When I started my relationship hacking series, I said that I would post both the good and the bad...
I'm not really sure where to start on this journal entry, so I'll just lay it out here. Over the last while (a couple months, maybe), the romantic spark between my wife and I has practically disappeared. We still love each other a lot, we are kind to each other, we are still best friends... Everything is great except the spark is missing -- or at least quite muted.
I'm not quite sure what the cause is. I think that one major factor is that we are tired. My daughter is difficult at times (she's a 2 year old...) and we are tired. It's like we are working two jobs. I work my normal 9-5 job then I go home for the evening shift which involves making/cleaning dinner, a little play time with my daughter, then bedtime. That's all done sometime after 8:00, and by then we are both exhausted. We don't have the energy left to spend quality time together. We'll either watch TV together or she'll watch TV while I sit at my computer.
Meanwhile, I'm dating two different women and seeing them almost once a week each. Those 1-2 nights a week that I'm out is my only time that I'm not either at work or with my daughter. Most Saturdays I'm looking after my daughter alone, and Sunday is the only day we actually spend together as a family. Most of the time on those Sundays we are too tired to plan anything fun and end up catching up on household chores. My wife has a couple weekdays partially to herself. On Mondays Grandma takes my daughter for a few hours, and on Tuesdays she's in daycare so my wife has pretty much the whole day to herself. I guess I'm trying to justify those 1-2 nights per week when I'm gone -- My wife has two weekdays, I have two weeknights. I dunno...
Anyways, that's where we are at. We actually have a date night planned for Saturday night. That's a pretty special treat. We practically never have time away from our daughter. It's the 3rd time since she was born. We are going to get massages and then go out for a steak dinner. We have the entire night alone. Hopefully we can rekindle some of the spark.
I don't know if this is a result of the open relationship or not. On one hand, having a kid means our energy is focused there. By the time that job is done, we are exhausted. On the other hand, my wife sees me going on regular dates with two different women where she is lucky to get a date with me every 6 months. That's hardly fair.
One thing that I think needs to change is that my wife an I need to have more date nights. We need to find a babysitter. We need to carve out quality time together. I also think that her working almost every Saturday is taking it's toll. To me, it feels like I work 6 days a week, and on the 7th we spend it doing chores. We do need the extra money though.
I also don't know if this is a normal thing for new parents. Even before I had my daughter, the romantic connection between my wife and I would ebb and flow. It doesn't seem unreasonable that with the additional stress of raising a child that the romance suffers a bit. I've heard countless stories of deadbedrooms after children.
When it comes to my dating, I obviously really enjoy it. It's MY time. It's time when I can be my own person. Make my own memories and have my own experiences. It's the only time I have that is not either at work or at home. Is it selfish? Maybe, but it's a source of happiness. It gives me the energy and motivation to give 110% effort when I'm at home. I feel confident and attractive -- something that I have struggled with. I honestly think that if it weren't for the dating that I would be struggling with depression.
So that's where I'm at right now. I'd love to hear about your experience with keeping romance alive with children. Do you have tips? Am I being selfish with my dating (probably... but I feel like it's keeping me sane)?
Bombshell! It's the Beginning of the End!
Well Hell! That ain't cool!
The people that did 9/11* are gonna get nukes! Eh, at least they buy the best...
Like... WTF?!
*No, not that 9/11
