Not at All Bald, but Very Effective

This particular business card presentation came up at the job yesterday, after a couple of us got back from a quick tour at a local printer. I love this guy...

Some Might Call It "Working"

On the occasions that I've found myself seeking employment, my college-educated, bourgeois* self gravitates to white-collar jobs that require writing in some form. Copywriting is close enough for my job needs, and I almost always settle for that.

In their job listings, these positions usually call for a willingness to work under deadlines, the ability to multitask, and all of those other qualifiers included in most job descriptions.

So yeah, I'm fairly used to multitasking.

In the past day or so, TPM has drawn some attention to what may be the newest attack (from the right) on President Barack Obama: He's doing too much at once!

Well, hell, people. It's called a job. He's the "leader of the free world." I'm assuming that there are a lot of daily tasks - short and long-term ones - that make up a typical day. I would hope that he can do some of them. Maybe even a lot of them. I mean, if multitasking is part of my job description, it sure as shit is part of the President's.

How little were we expecting from President Bush that the complaint about Obama is that he's trying too hard?



[* I just want to give some props to the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, which includes this fine "word note" from Zadie Smith (and is also featured on the back cover jacket, where I read it first) with regard to bourgeois:

When using this word it is essential to remember that it is completely bourgeois to say of something or someone "How bourgeois." If you do not mind this inference, then the word is at your disposal.

Thank you, Zadie Smith. I do not mind the inference. Not one bit.]

You're Totally Playing the Race Card on Me

At my job, we've started to accuse each other of playing the race card. It's a totally fun thing to do. Other cards you might try playing at your jobs:

- the gender card
- the sexual orientation card
- the global warming card
- the bald card (a personal favorite)
- the [illness-or-disability-of-choice] card
- the Manny's-now-a-Dodger card
- the lawyer card

I don't know where the hell this deck of cards came from, or what any of these cards actually mean, but it sure makes for a great game of canasta!