TGIF! Everyone do a quick walk around their property in case the military left some equipment there.
Survival – Personal Edition
One of the favoUrite and fun tactics for companies is saving money. And one of the best ways for them to do it is with layoffs. Good for them, bad for you. If you want to be laid off, just quit. Otherwise, read on!
- Volunteer and do the thankless tasks around the office. Handle and sort the incoming mail, be the printer toner person, clean the refrigerator, etc. Any minor task no one wants to do, take it. Wait, this is very much how I got the responsibility of doing this weekly blog.
- Coordinate social events. No one wants to herd cats, and no one is excited about work events. But this is your lane now. Get the birthday cards and go around to get everyone to sign it. Schedule those picnics, parties, and holiday gatherings. While doing this, you should also be building a database of contacts for these events and suppliers. Store that where and how only you can access it.
- Is there a company newsletter? Write for it and have your name on the byline. Is there a company event with open speaking slots? Take it and babble on for a bit. Seems intimidating but no one really cares what you’re saying.
- If there are public areas that require keys or cards or access codes, volunteer to be the holder of those access pieces. Also make sure you properly secure them under lock and key that only you have access to.
- Keep a small toolkit at your desk and become the handy man around the office. Someone’s desk squeaks? No need to file a request with maintenance, you’ll take care of it right now.
- Wear glasses. This is so stupid and yet, it actually works. Your co-workers will think you’re smarter than you are.
Congrats! You survived the latest rounds of layoffs. Now you’ve got more work and no increased pay! Good job.
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Survival – Species Edition
Time to put the sexy in Friday!
Enjoy the weekend, folks! Alright, now let’s get to the comments!
https://youtu.be/TVeGdafISGs?si=84JX68w7jCspwdVO
Down below I mentioned Ministry dog-walking Jane’s Addiction off the stage at a Lollapalooza show back in the early 90’s. On further reflection I’m pretty sure that a) I’m drunk, and b) Jane’s Addiction didn’t play that tour. I think Perry was still the driving force behind the tour and I know the headliner was Red Hot Chili Peppers, who basically suck to begun with.
Ministry was on right before them and did a cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Supernaut’ that blew the place up. I’m talking mosh pits all over an outdoor amphitheater, sod flying everywhere, just absolute insanity. I took a chunk off the head and back out of the pit, then had to go back in and carry a friend out when he decided to crowd surf in a pit on the steps lawn of an amphitheater, with predictable results. His hip hurts when it rains to this day.
After that RHCP came out and flea played the bass while Kedis yelled about California or something. It was a nice way to calm down from the all-out assault Ministry had launched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GciumdYNYWU
I mean, good fucking luck following that.
I saw that show when it was in LA. Ministry was by far the best band on that stage.
Their CDs/albums/(whatever, I’m old), are at best OK, but seeing them live is a must. Having to follow them at a festival is an absolutely thankless job.
The thing that amazes me is how they changed from a New Wave band with great songs to a metal/industrial band with songs that are perfect for concerts.
I’d say listen to the early stuff on CD/tape and the later stuff live.
This band
https://youtu.be/aab9Th7f2Ko?si=Udxq9Osm6jUVImNM
Is also this band
https://youtu.be/9ygsixNsPSc?si=IgyiYbEKn74CASRQ
The chain-link fence is a nice touch
https://youtu.be/RdR6MN2jKYs?si=-tr0JkKW6RkRDhMG
Owen Wilson vs Owe and Two Wilson
Yankees announcers talking about ‘Ante Up’ as walk-up music.
This is obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bHJSOfi1cI
BAWH GAWD KING THAT’S WCS’ POTHEAD WVU YEARS MUSIC
Just got back from the Grace Potter show. As requested I went up to Ms. Potter and said “Son of Spam says hi.”
Security immediately grabbed me, beat about the head and neck, stapled a restraining order to my buttocks, and tossed me into the river. So that went well.
Also they had two working bathrooms in the place. The line for the women’s room was long enough to satisfy Deanna Favre, while the men’s room was pretty much open as needed. Mrs. Horatio and friend go to the bathroom.
Later, after she’s rejoined me in the crowd, women keep coming up to her, thanking her, offering to buy her drinks, (she does not drink, although I was willing to take the drinks), and I am wondering what the hell she’s done now. It turns out she stood in front of the men’s room and started directing the line, making the men alternate with women and getting the women’s line down to nothing within the first two songs before finally leaving. One girl asked her how she could do that and Mrs. Horatio looked at her and said “I’m a Mom. This is nothing.”
She’s a keeper!
Also, should have warned you…don’t say “hi” because that means I’ve rejected her. If you said “He says what’s up” you probably woulda been blown.
She’s so far out of my league it’s not even funny. She doesn’t drink now. Thank Xenu she did that night we met.
Hmm . . . I wonder if you too are talking about the same person.
Hey those of us who married above our station know what’s up.
Continuous head nod…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj_HnZEsqWw&ab_channel=LynyrdSkynyrdVEVO
The night we met, my wife brought a pitcher over to our table (was with a buddy), and said “Looks like you could use this” and yeah, I was smitten.
My wife’s line was something like “hope you don’t mind if I smoke, because I’m going to anyway”
Steve Martin’s comeback to “Mind if I smoke?” was “No. Mind if I fart?”
Also Steve Martin: “There must be 57 tits up there!”
(fapping)
Sorry dude, but the person who does all the little things but not a real job….they go first.
lol at reading the articles.
My secret is being the guy willing to do meetings and depositions in maximum security prisons. They’ll never get rid of me.
Of course, there is a potentially horrible downside to that approach.
My secret is to always treat my employers like shit. They figure I must know something (I don’t).
There’s absolutely something to this. We get our files audited every year and I’ve made it clear that I’ve never read my audit scores and do not give a fuck about them.
No one is ever quite sure what to do about that.
Well done as usual Mr. Ayo. Here’s a front view of the ladies in picture number 7.
I’m meeting them up at Oktoberfest next weekend.
Alright, let’s try this again:
Submitted for the approval of The Midnight Society….
https://i.postimg.cc/XVw3hjhF/RDT-20230908-134131670782008779073872.webp
https://i.postimg.cc/FRYXn48C/RDT-20230908-1341183661093975225474353.webp
Hot Damn!
The first lady has my attention. Ouch.
My favorites were #3 and #13
For thirteen, the one on the beach or the one with the present?
Girl #3 looks like she’s about to pee on the floor.
Does that cost extra?
-some former guy
yeah, looks like
Girl #9 looks like she’s about to pee in the ocean
She tried but failed. Too afraid of heights to get close enough for her range.
Well she did. Right before she shit on the floor.
Some people can’t handle Taco Bell.
Fortunately, she agreed to clean up the mess instead of losing her photo shoot fee.
She thought it was the music video for Get Schwifty.
I don’t care if all their songs sound the same. tWBS was right about Green Day being awesome.
DUDE!
Green Day up to about, and including, Warning was good.
Green Day is pretty much the definition of ‘meh’
I don’t know about awesome, but I agree that some of their shit is catchy as hell. They aren’t punk though.
WordPress is doing that stupid thing where it won’t let me edit comments. Go ahead and disapprove it, full of broke links
Stupid word press
Some technical problems here
That is fricken awesome!
Woah. Lot of not allowed pics in there too.
Great job!
Stupid reddit changing their site
C
Lol, nice edit. WordPress was saying “you post too fast” every time I tried
Writing a new fw:fw:fw:fw:fw:fw: Jokes from Grandma, here’s what i’ve got so far:
Wife-beater: a t-shirt
Man-beater: crossign route
Woman-beater: a Platinum recording artist 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Man-beater: Lauren Boebert
As it’s Friday of the sexy, here’s the a Nelly Furtato version instead of the Hall and Oats one
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLolag3YSYU&pp=ygUIbWFuZWF0ZXI%3D
Sometimes it’s important to check out what the kids are into, some new music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aME0qvhZ37o
I fucking love this!
Glenn Miller was shot down over the English Channel by the RAF because they thought he was Yamamoto.
Talking Heads were so different for quite some time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTezUIuJHTw&ab_channel=Monalisapower
Buddy and I way back when bought tickets to see Dire Straits live. The opening act was a nobody by the name of Stevie Ray Something or Other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfjXp4KTTY8&ab_channel=stevierayvaughnVEVO
This version is legit in my personal playlist.
Tommy Shannon is overlooked as a bassist.
Battle trying to impress Donks scouts with that Terrell Davis Mile High Salute!
I wish I could +1 this many more times.
I’m sure you’ll find another way to leave your mark* on it.
*DNA
Dunno if DonT ever pays attention to JV, but teh Wolven Sort punter just rocked one for 70+
Future Tits first-round draft selection punter!
We go LIVE to Tits Draft HQ, a Burger King in San Juan, PR….
(artist’s rendering)
A “Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy” reference?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wog-z_Esnw4&ab_channel=ComedyCentralUK
Jane Says live is amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PzoKyv9fvk&ab_channel=KristijanS.
Did you ever see these guys live? Always regretted not doing so. Soundgarden, even deeper regret.
Seen em twice. Very good live. But the more I hear about Perry Farrell being a creep, the less I retroactively enjoyed the shows.
And every story I hear about Chris Cornell seems to be positive. Just a really decent, nice guy. So, you know which got ded.
Didn’t see them live but I think I heard Soundgarden doing Hey Jude in Barrie Ontario way back when. It was fucking glorious.
I saw them once at Lollpalooza. I was not terribly impressed, but if my increasingly shitty memory is correct they had to follow an absolutely insane show from Ministry.
https://dailysnark.com/2023/09/22/rb-joe-mixon-takes-snaps-at-qb-at-cincinnati-bengals-practice-amid-joe-burrow-injury/
This is not a drill, people! This shittrain is threatening to go sideways Monday night.
OH PLEASE GOD HIPPO WANT!!!
Jesus.
I heard this song for the first time in a LONG time today. So many good memories!
https://youtu.be/7ZgtKt8K3ho?si=PLmHyi4tGu9iKtQX
Burning sensation? Brings back memories for me, too. – Mark S., Los Angeles, CA
“Any minor task no one wants to do, take it. Wait, this is very much how I got the responsibility of doing this weekly blog.”
I wouldn’t call it a minor task…
“And that’s why it’s not a task I’d be interested in paying a handler to have sex with!”
-M Gaetz, Budget Expert
Posting the 7 minute version even though the 13 minute might just blow your mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmHzSxaifbU&ab_channel=BBCMusic
Side note: Adam Granduciel has not aged gracefully and I hope it’s because he’s lost in the music.
If by music you mean heroine? PROBABLY!
Luckily, I have no interest in his appearance or health.
Good tunes though.
chicks man
It’s been such a tough week at work and next week promises to be worse. I may just impose upon you fellers live versions of songs that I like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIgIgojL7Ns&ab_channel=SadeVEVO
TRUE HIPPO STORY! I coined my favorite NC State nickname for placement man Niklas Sade. Smooth Operator.
Layoffs?
Damn my Dale Gribble gif didn’t work!
Nope. Two guys that take care of day-to-day issues are off so I have to climb down from my Ivory Tower and fix dumb shit that is simple to do but takes a lot of time.
Who’s been culling the local homeless then??
The first and the last and the smoker OH MY!!
First has a smoldering stare. Good God!
RIGHT? I always, always fall for that.
That cliff shot is magnificent!