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Rose

I am here for Friends

About Me

I do corporate training, but it's not what I expected. I thought it would be like training dogs--that I would teach executives to "Sit." "Stay." "Put people before profits."I was particularly looking forward to using the choke chain.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Parliament and the Funkadelics, George Eliot, Roger Weaver.

My Blog

Sloppy Joes

Debate RecapSlinging Joe Dirt to attract Joe Sixpack backfired, so now we have Joe the Plumber. Will it work with Joe Schmo, an Ohio undecided voter? Hasn't seemed to sway Joe College, who, by a wide ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:51:00 GMT

What’s the Difference Between a Duck?

My dad--he's hard to explain. for example, last time I had visited, he had taped a piece of paper over the face of the clock that said "august." I asked him, "dad, why did you do that? Now you can't ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:13:00 GMT

rant number two

and another thing..i love you jeremiah wright. Read this essay and tell me you dont agree with every word of it. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind- rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-s...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:45:00 GMT

Rant

Open letter to everyone who forwards me maudlin stories. KNOCK it off.  I got one this morning ...i wont paste the whole 500 words (complete with pictures of puppies)  but here&rsq...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:53:00 GMT

the Science Corner

Recently I was asked: "Rose, what makes pussies smell like that? I believe (he continued) it is that pussies produce fluids that remain absorbed INSIDE. Otherwise women would be walking around with pu...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:21:00 GMT

nothing inbetween

someone told me about a diet that worked by "three meals and nothing inbetween." Nothing! That scares me. I think of that twilight zone episode where that little girl falls into the fourth dimension a...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:53:00 GMT

Feedback, revisited

Every job I have ever had I always get the same feedback. "We like your work, but . . ." Hold it right there. If my work is fine you have NOTHING to say to me. My work is what you pay me to do. You a...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:04:00 GMT

science and medicine

Philly is proud of its history and that's fine but they take it too far. My husband went for surgery at Philadelphia Hospital. Billed itself as The Country's OLDEST hospital. Did they think that throu...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:57:00 GMT

has the internet killed porn?

  Is porn a fad, like hula hoops, or mood rings? Or is it here to stay, like cookies and jazz? It used to require effort to get porn. People had to face some embarrassment and spend some money to...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:21:00 GMT

I care about fonts

 I once antagonized a whole team of managers by lobbying hard for Gill Sans. (That was early in my corporate career, before I knew to pick my battles.) Meetings were held that went all the w...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:18:00 GMT