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• 07:39 If Amy Winehouse were American: "They wanted me to go to rehab, I said my insurance won't cover it." #
• 13:55 Photo: My thoughts on Apple’s “freedom from porn” campaign, and on corporate PR in general tumblr.com/xpyblpgmd #
• 14:00 Audio: 30 Day Music Meme Day 09. A song that you can dance to They Might Be Giants - The Famous Polka Dude, I... tumblr.com/xpyblpq30 #
• 14:14 @ziggafoss I think we should blame Betsy Ross for EVERYTHING. #
• 14:14 Why would anyone want a former business executive i
  n government? You don't think business has enough control already? #
• 14:17 @ziggafoss I'll relay your message to Poseidon. #
• 14:19 @oliviamunn twitpic.com/1wx5pi - I thought it was because you fell into Willy Wonka's chocolate river. #
• 14:30 @myvintagevogue Bad outfit, but I DO like her hair. #
• 16:35 Why are there so many open library director positions, and so few library worker jobs? #
• 17:39 @colleenanne I can see that theoretically, but is today's business world really that efficient? #
• 17:44 It was intended as a joke, but @conanobrien brought up a good point. Why DO we need 2 TV shows about making cakes? #
• 17:45 Maybe I'm a Philistine (which wouldn't be all that bad, I suppose), but I'm not sure I really get performance art. #
• 17:47 Hey, the Philistines were skilled iron-workers. Have any outsider artists made that kind of contribution to human culture? #
• 18:58 "If the Democratic Party is not standing up for 11 workers murdered by a multinational corporation, not..." tumblr.com/xpybm780h</ a> #
• 19:28 Video: mangtonio: What disturbs me is how cheerful this guy sounds while spouting his hate speech. tumblr.com/xpybm8yuz #
• 19:30 Brandi Carlisle, why does your name have to be so close to Belinda Carlisle's, when I doubt you're as good as she is? #
• 19:32 Maybe Levi Johnston should get together with Sandra Bullock, since she had such bad luck with the last pathetic redneck. #
• 19:36 @KeithOlbermann How come Alison Stewart won't fill in for you anymore? #
• 19:52 Apparently Splice isn't just a clich
  éd sci-fi/horror film, but a clichéd sci-fi/horror film with a rape scene. Stay classy, Hollywood! #
• 20:04 Take a drink every time the President says, "Make no mistake." #
• 20:09 Video: Trailer for Kid Icarus: Uprising Hey, Medusa apparently doesn’t look like a wall with a giant eye this... tumblr.com/xpybmbbzf #
• 23:33 Alexander the Relatable, Joan of Accounting, and Regional Manager Tut #
• 23:50 I wasted @NowIsStrange's night by reading a 5 as an S. #
• 23:53 @billyhc You're supposed to like "Te
  a with Mussolini." #

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[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Why are there so many open library director positions, and so few library worker jobs

Dude, we're hiring... and we got 120 applications, some of whom are from out of state. Our director called them and said "You do realize we pay only above minimum and don't have benefits?" and they all answered "I don't care, I want the job!" I suspect the many director positions available are all from small libraries that can only afford to hire one person with a degree (or one person AT ALL), and so they want to put that person in charge. Kind of like the time I applied for a children's services position and didn't get it because they decided I should also be the director.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

That might well be the case. The thing is, I get the impression that the director is more a manager than a librarian, and I have no interest in going into management, even if I COULD get hired for it.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the impression I have, too. My director actually WAS in management/sales/finance/all that sort of stuff before. Of course, half (or more) of the time the BOARD doesn't care about the distinction-- oh, you have an advanced degree? Let's put you in charge then! Yep, because education=leadership skills.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the impression I have, too. My director actually WAS in management/sales/finance/all that sort of stuff before. Of course, half (or more) of the time the BOARD doesn't care about the distinction-- oh, you have an advanced degree? Let's put you in charge then! Yep, because education=leadership skills.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

"It was intended as a joke, but @conanobrien brought up a good point. Why DO we need 2 TV shows about making cakes?"

Because one is about a guy who does it as art, and one is a bout a whiny, stereotypical, Italian New Yorker? Seriously, though, you could make the same argument for the oversized family, little people, and logging shows.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

It does seem that, pretty much anytime someone comes up with an idea for a TV show (especially a really bad one), an imitator comes along soon after that. I'm particularly sick of the shows about crappy parents. Come on, there's nationally televised video footage of how badly you raise your kids, and Child Protective Services isn't doing anything?

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

Well, some of the stuff parents do to kids/with kids is immoral but not illegal. I just had a similar discussion with another LJ friend. Sure, spanking is immoral, but as long as you're not mutilating the child or beating them to near death, you're allowed to spank as much as you want. There's a fine line between bad parenting and parental abuse, but it's there. "Super Nanny" seems to pick parents that are bad parents but otherwise fairly normal and sane, but it's the parents on "Wife Swap" that seem to be more abusive and neurotic. I mean, shit like raising your kids as unemployed pirates (the sea kind, not the illegally-downloading kind)? No way is that healthy or legal.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Probably not. And I have to question how the stuff people make their kids do on Toddlers & Tiaras is legal, although it apparently is.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

Oh, Toddlers & Tiaras... Some of the kids are just as bitter and jaded as their parents. And at the age of five!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I'd probably be bitter and jaded as well if my parents forced me into beauty pageants.