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I don't understand this Jensen Jared thing. I guess I missed a fanhood somewhere. Oh well.
Meh, work is not going well. After a disaster last fall with Boss S, I was switched to a new boss, L. And now I'm in conflict with L. And yeah, I guess I caused it. It was nothing major or specific this time -- L and I just have different ways of thinking about "career goals." I wouldn't even call it a "disagreement." I admit it, I went over L's head to try to get it worked out. It's a soft heirarchy, so it's not a big deal.
I'm not meshing well, so I'm going to ask to be moved back to Boss B, who originally hired me. B and I get along very well. But I'm reluctant to ask for yet another switch, because it makes me look like a wayward child who just can't get along. On the other hand, I only joined the L group on the request of the manager, so it's not like I'm being a total diva. The upper boss likes me and would probably let me switch.
Yeah, I know, I should be evaluated on the quality of work and not on who likes whom, but THEY are the ones who threw out the meritocracy, not me. When in Rome...
Speech therapy is going OK too.
The Olympic coverage is not so bad this year. They have severely cut down the up-close and personal stories. I guess they discovered that those stories are all the same. Andrea Kramer is not doing so badly with the sideline reporting either. She's trying to ask specific questions (how did you pull ahead in that 4th turn when Ryan was beating you by 1/2 length), rather than the intolerable "Tell me how you're feeling RIGHT NOW." However, I do wish they could stop bringing athletes into the studio for interviews. bad bad.
I went to the Ohio State Fair. I love going each year. I saw all the cattle and chickens and ducks and pigs (yuck) and milked a cow. I saw the Natural Resources exhibit where they have state wildlife like otters and bald eagles, a mid 1800's cabin, and a stocked creek for the kids to fish. Something I really like is the spot where they exhibit RV's and campers. The Small House crowd should take cues from RV desingers. Not a single inch of wasted space. And I admit it, I got cotton candy at the fair; it's a weakness of mine.
At the Fair, I also found the Ohio Democrats booth. I wanted to get an Obama pin or sticker. I was surprised to find that they were plumb RUN OUT of bumper stickers, stickers, magnets, pins, and even literature. They had the dregs of pamphlets of local Dems only. They had ONE Obama display sign on the table which they let me take. Keep in mind, this was 4 pm on the first Saturday of the Fair. There were another 8 days of the fair to go, and they were out of goodies already? That's a nice omen.
The Obama campaign people are brilliant. They are running positive political advertising nationallly during the Olympics, while running negative specific ads LOCALLY. For example, Obama is running a negative ad about Yucca Mountain. BUt they are only running it in Nevada and I think parts of Arizona, the only place where the people would understand the ad. I believe there is another targeted ad planned for southern Ohio, where the closing of a DHL center is threatening many many jobs.
This is BRILLIANT for Obama. If you show a local substance filled ad, it shows your policy wonk cred, but not enough to gain national attention as a "technocrat." You get the benefit of negative ads, but not enough to attract the attention of the national pundits in Washington, and you escape of the "negative" label. And, if you run a local ad on a local issue instead of blanket statements about "families" yada yada, the people in that market feel special -- "Wow, Obama knows about Yucca; he cares about little ol' ME."
It's an example of the "50-state strategy," where Democrats are trying to get away from the battleground theory that lost 3 elections, and are reaching out to ALL Democrats. Okay, maybe Obama will lose Colorado, but maybe they can gain a state senator or so. This is why Repubs are so afraid. The People are tired of being spectators. They running out of the stands and onto the field, upsetting the Natural Order Of Things. Oh horrors, how will they rake in the cash NOW?!?
Meh, work is not going well. After a disaster last fall with Boss S, I was switched to a new boss, L. And now I'm in conflict with L. And yeah, I guess I caused it. It was nothing major or specific this time -- L and I just have different ways of thinking about "career goals." I wouldn't even call it a "disagreement." I admit it, I went over L's head to try to get it worked out. It's a soft heirarchy, so it's not a big deal.
I'm not meshing well, so I'm going to ask to be moved back to Boss B, who originally hired me. B and I get along very well. But I'm reluctant to ask for yet another switch, because it makes me look like a wayward child who just can't get along. On the other hand, I only joined the L group on the request of the manager, so it's not like I'm being a total diva. The upper boss likes me and would probably let me switch.
Yeah, I know, I should be evaluated on the quality of work and not on who likes whom, but THEY are the ones who threw out the meritocracy, not me. When in Rome...
Speech therapy is going OK too.
The Olympic coverage is not so bad this year. They have severely cut down the up-close and personal stories. I guess they discovered that those stories are all the same. Andrea Kramer is not doing so badly with the sideline reporting either. She's trying to ask specific questions (how did you pull ahead in that 4th turn when Ryan was beating you by 1/2 length), rather than the intolerable "Tell me how you're feeling RIGHT NOW." However, I do wish they could stop bringing athletes into the studio for interviews. bad bad.
I went to the Ohio State Fair. I love going each year. I saw all the cattle and chickens and ducks and pigs (yuck) and milked a cow. I saw the Natural Resources exhibit where they have state wildlife like otters and bald eagles, a mid 1800's cabin, and a stocked creek for the kids to fish. Something I really like is the spot where they exhibit RV's and campers. The Small House crowd should take cues from RV desingers. Not a single inch of wasted space. And I admit it, I got cotton candy at the fair; it's a weakness of mine.
At the Fair, I also found the Ohio Democrats booth. I wanted to get an Obama pin or sticker. I was surprised to find that they were plumb RUN OUT of bumper stickers, stickers, magnets, pins, and even literature. They had the dregs of pamphlets of local Dems only. They had ONE Obama display sign on the table which they let me take. Keep in mind, this was 4 pm on the first Saturday of the Fair. There were another 8 days of the fair to go, and they were out of goodies already? That's a nice omen.
The Obama campaign people are brilliant. They are running positive political advertising nationallly during the Olympics, while running negative specific ads LOCALLY. For example, Obama is running a negative ad about Yucca Mountain. BUt they are only running it in Nevada and I think parts of Arizona, the only place where the people would understand the ad. I believe there is another targeted ad planned for southern Ohio, where the closing of a DHL center is threatening many many jobs.
This is BRILLIANT for Obama. If you show a local substance filled ad, it shows your policy wonk cred, but not enough to gain national attention as a "technocrat." You get the benefit of negative ads, but not enough to attract the attention of the national pundits in Washington, and you escape of the "negative" label. And, if you run a local ad on a local issue instead of blanket statements about "families" yada yada, the people in that market feel special -- "Wow, Obama knows about Yucca; he cares about little ol' ME."
It's an example of the "50-state strategy," where Democrats are trying to get away from the battleground theory that lost 3 elections, and are reaching out to ALL Democrats. Okay, maybe Obama will lose Colorado, but maybe they can gain a state senator or so. This is why Repubs are so afraid. The People are tired of being spectators. They running out of the stands and onto the field, upsetting the Natural Order Of Things. Oh horrors, how will they rake in the cash NOW?!?