Administrative work, 'admin', is hot like it's going out of style, daddy-o.
An old leader in my community used to say that we do not want to end up being perceived as "administrative warriors." My old boss used to call the crud that builds up on your desk "administrivia," trivial details for the pogues in the rear with the gear. Not sexy, not cool. But hell, even the Transformers had an admin officer. Jazz! (Jazz music was really cool in the '80s and the namesake character spoke Jive and used funk as a weapon.) He was the coolest one, and ended up compiling everyones' timesheets and directing operations. That stuff doesn't just complete itself!
If you don't stay on top of that mess, it'll drag you down, Slick. In the assumption of responsibility for so much of our own data now, and the disappearance of a lot of yeomen, we must tell ourselves that we love this stuff. I'm an admin powerhouse. I'm an admin assassin. I'm no longer the bastion of motivation; I'm its foundry.
I'm trying to figure out the forms for college tuition, taxes, prioritizing them by urgence/importance, consulting organization manuals like Ron Gross' LPP, finding out what to complete first in order to enable me to complete other things, make schedules, make ticklers, set goals, keeping a log of positive advice, combining tasks, complete self-directed learning, establish goals, reap benefits, save the world, feel good. Why do I make running my life so complicated? The INFJ system of organization is a bit out of control, incomprehensible to others, and ultimately has made me wind up with a lot of procrastination. K.I.S.S. does not apply when you have scraps of paper with ideas and to serve as memory joggers instead of writing things down orderly. So I'm digging in and blasting my way out.
It's true that Walker's proposals would strike hard at the power of the public employee unions. They would no longer have the right to bargain for fringe benefits, which are threatening to bankrupt the state government, and they would no longer be able to count on government withholding dues money and passing it along to them.
But what are the contributions that public employee unions make to our states and our citizens? Their incentives are to increase the cost of government and reduce down toward zero the accountability of public employees -- both contrary to the interests of taxpaying citizens.
An argument can be made that higher pay, generous benefits and lavish pensions will attract better people to public employment. But where are the studies that show that citizens of states with strong public employee unions get better services than citizens in states without? What citizens of states with strong public employee unions do get are higher taxes and enormous pension burdens that threaten to squeeze out funds for ongoing services, as even Democratic governors like Andrew Cuomo of New York and Jerry Brown of California have figured out. That's why one of the great 20th century presidents was against unions for public employees who have civil service protections. No, not Ronald Reagan. It was Franklin Roosevelt who said, "Action looking toward the paralysis of government by those who have sworn to support it is unthinkable and intolerable."
We have a war here between the government bureaucrat and the rest of us, and that's what this is. I don't care what the job is. Teacher, whatever the union employee is, the bureaucrat, that's the new war. That's the new class struggle. That's the new class warfare, not rich versus poor. It's the government bureaucrat versus the rest of us. The government bureaucrat happens to be unionized, and that's where we are. That's not gonna go away any time soon. You have Democrats going around, "We need to make it bloody in the streets here," and I'm sure they full-well intend to. ~Rush Limbaugh
No real choice at all - the only options being to either accept or refuse the offer that is given to you.
Origin
There is a story that Poopers' choice' comes from a naval officer, Lieutenant Poopers, a.k.a. Cuddlebear, a.k.a. Cuddlekins, who hired out snuggles and bedwarming in exchange for treats, yet however gave her customer the impression that she would not snuggle if the stateroom door was to be closed. Thus, there was hesitation in the acceptance of the treat in lieu of following proper protocol (that the stateroom door would thus be sealed) yet it was most assuredly stated to Lieutenant Poopers at the threshold of the stateroom. Lieutenant Poopers would take the treat, time and time again, however she would protest most vehemently and jump on her confidant's stomach until the door was reopened, snuggle or no. This has all the credentials of a 'folk etymology' myth but, in this case, the derivation is correct.
The mistaken uses of the phrase, in place of the correct 'Poopers choice', originate from a confusion between the celebrated philosopher Cuddlebear and the obscure Echo, to whom the phrase refers.
Lieutenant Poopers (2001-present) ran a thriving master-at-arms business in Cambridge, England, around the turn of the 21st Century. Poopers rented out an estate roving security watch, mainly to Cambridge University students, but refused to hire it out other than in the order she chose. The choice her customers were given was 'treat or none'; quite literally, Poopers' choice.
Lieutenant Poopers - the officer from which 'Poopers' Choice' was coined
Other notable cultural usage
At suppertime, Poopers will insist standing on ceremony, requesting a musical procession hearkening back the parading of the beef, or various chanteys celebrating cuisine, both practices of which are outdated with the exception of the formal dinner. In other words, there is really no 'choice' in the matter. This evening meal routine may become banal, yet, Lieutenant Poopers will galavant from the parlor into the galley upon the sounding of the chorus, keeping the tradition robust and vibrant.
This is the latest suppertime chantey in progress (Sung to 'I'm So Lonesome')
Precis: A teen in high school refuses a match against a female wrestler, a principled stand. Some find this curious, even distasteful. However, the political correctness movement frequently contravenes common sense. Order and harmony are quintessential foundations in our society. As with the last Dark Age, we think we've reached the horizon of knowledge, but this time we use it as an excuse to fiddle with relativism to an endless degree.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa high school wrestler who was one of the favorites to win his weight class defaulted on his first-round state tournament match rather than face one of the first girls to ever qualify for the event.
Joel Northrup, a home-schooled sophomore who was 35-4 wrestling for Linn-Mar High this season, said in a statement that he doesn't feel it would be right for him to wrestle Cedar Falls freshman Cassy Herkelman. Herkelman, who was 20-13 entering the tournament, and fellow 112-pounder Ottumwa sophomore Megan Black, who was 25-13, made history by being the first girls to qualify for the state tournament. Black was pinned quickly in her opening round match.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy and Megan and their accomplishments. However, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times," wrote Northrup. "As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa."
There were several thousand fans on hand Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena, but many were watching other matches when the referee raised Herkelman's hand to signal her win. There was a smattering of cheers and boos from the crowd before Herkelman was whisked into the bowels of the arena.
The boy exhibited integrity and decency. Wrestling involves the kind of contact which the human body cannot differentiate when it is conducted by a gender which may create have a sexual attraction. In some ways, a male would involuntarily be at a disadvantage on several levels. A stable male psyche strives to protect females and/or children. Not "subdue" them physically. The girls have been granted a gratuitous and frivolous equality. Though I would not deny them their rights, I would question the intelligence of the morons who mandated it. Maybe it is time to examine what wrestling truly is - outdated in a society theoretically beyond its primal origins
jimmy7050
02/18/2011 2:15 AM This young man is a gentleman and I respect him for it. In this day and age of mindless scumbags his age with their pants hanging down to their knees and sideways caps, the dull, vacant stupid looks on their faces.......who would think nothing of assaulting women for "disrespekting" them.
Damn animals. Good for the kid !!!
Boob tube, idiot box and Matlock box. Broke my ties with standard, 72-channel cable t.v., and living much happier. Savin' some BUCKS! Problem is, I waste a lot of time on the 'net now. But then, "Time enjoyed is time well-spent."
How many times have you complained to yourself that there's only garbage on? (Jersey Shore, s-e-x this and that, baby daddy DNA testing, etc. etc. ad nauseum.) Another thing: Why our t.v.s so often the centerpieces of our living rooms? Consider why the focal point is the television. It doesn't have to be, and nothing is wrong if it is. Information and entertainment are easily consumed in this format. But there are alternatives. Why not the fireplace? Would life be simpler in that way? Is a simpler life what Americans want?
Western culture and hyperadvertising in about 100 years, as interpreted in 'Idiocracy'
I have limited basic cable, and internet. Total bill: about 40 bucks. Much nicer than paying $120. I have about 23 channels, more than enough - nothing's on anyway! I guess I like AMC and local news the most. My channel, the cagey channel would be, "Cagey: all documentaries, all the time." I'd interview Don DeLillo about his book White Noise.
You can do it! Cut it!
P.S. THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU ABOUT LIMITED BASIC. I didn't even know that was an option until asking over 3 times how to lower my bill! I'd take up the conversation every few months or so when I got sick of one of the pay channels and wanted to swap HBO for Showtime, etc. They go around regurgitating directly into the public consciousness "bundle this" and "bundle that." Nonsense!
And whenever I see that annoying Cox guy with the atrocious ten years out-of-date puke green v-neck and blazing white undershirt, I want to throw the tube out the window!!
Of all cable paragons (good and bad), don't get me started on UHF. That was the best broadcasting satire of all time. OF ALL TIME.
O.k.: What's the deal here? We were just talking about going all Jeremiah Johnson and abandoning our cushioned perches. People love western culture. T.v. and cinema, along with the symbology thereof, is one of our biggest exports, simultaneously rejected and loved. Counterfeited extensively, and part of how we identify ourselves ("I like the following shows."), the problem is that it peaked in the '80s. That's right, we've been living in a new dark age for 20 years. If I were a big-shot t.v. producer like Weird Al, and couldn't have my own documentary channel, but could do my own programming, then I'd have a lineup like this:
I tried to put some lighter fare in the daytime like Alf, Heat of the Night and Price is Right in there in case people want to veg out, step out to the grocery store, do some ironing, etc., same kinda thing for bedtime. Still - there's never anything on!
