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Entries from January 2006

Exposing Cruel and Unusual Workplaces, Since 2005

January 31st, 2006 · No Comments · Embedded In America

While researching his new book Company, Max Barry compiled lots of stories of corporate shenanigans. So, just in case you forgot how worthless you were, here are Tales of Coporate Oppression.

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Odds and Ends

January 30th, 2006 · No Comments · Embedded In America

Having met Alex Robinson at this year’s Chicago Comic Con and being a sucker for indy comic creators, especially those who offer to personalize your purchase with a nifty sketch, it took little prodding to part with a wad of cash for both of his books. However, I’m embarassed to say Tricked and Box Office [...]

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Some of The Events Described Happened As Related, Others Were Expanded and Changed…

January 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Shoot the Messenger

Tomorrow on Oprah:

Oprah confronts the author(s) of the Old and New Testament of the Holy Bible. Is it a memoir or work of fiction? Did God really create the world in 6 days and who was around to keep track? Did two people really populate the earth? Did Moses really wander the desert for 40 [...]

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Hey, what about the people who cancelled Arrested Development?

January 23rd, 2006 · 4 Comments · We're All Okay!

The Fifty Most Loathsome People In America

49. Michelle Malkin

Charges: A curious case of racial Stockholm                syndrome with a palpable lust for violent ideological oppression                and [...]

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Serialized Killers

January 9th, 2006 · No Comments · Shoot the Messenger

“The reality is,” Lindelof says, “that Carlton, myself, J.J. (co-creator J.J. Abrams), the creative brains behind the ‘Lost’ universe, we could all band together and say, ‘We’re ending the show after three seasons because that’s the arc. They get off the island, and we reveal all the things we want to reveal.”And the network would say, ‘No, you won’t.’ They will hire somebody and do ‘Lost,’ with or without you.”

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