It's all about me

[sunnybunny]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
the main role that headhunters fill at this point is knowing who is looking at a particular time in a particular market. if law firms would do a better job of advertising jobs on their websites and keeping job openings lists current, they'd save themselves a lot of money in headhunter fees.

But then the recruitment coordinators would have to do work other than planning summer associate functions.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
the main role that headhunters fill at this point is knowing who is looking at a particular time in a particular market. if law firms would do a better job of advertising jobs on their websites and keeping job openings lists current, they'd save themselves a lot of money in headhunter fees.

That's really my main point. It's entirely inefficient. And I hate market inefficiencies. Kind of like going to stubhub.com (brokers) to get sporting events tickets when you can go to craigslist.com and get them directly through season ticket holders. With perfect or near-perfect flow of information (and we almost have that now), stubhub and headhunters should not exist.

[William Faulkner]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Holy fucking Faulkner sentence!

Yes. She's an excellent pupil.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I hate to be even more boring today, but I have one tiny piece of advice: specialize. I know a lot about 2 or three very boring things (boring to most, not to me). I'm probably the least educated person on this board and I have no idea what law review is. But there are only about 4 people in NYC that can do my job because it's so specialized. So I get paid a lot from top firms.

Of course, there's the chance that the government could wipe out my specialty. Then I'd be fucked. So the other piece of advice is marry well as back-up.

Actually, things have picked up. I'm getting hits. But I definitely agree with you.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
You push yourself, and have some sense of pace, what more do you need to know.

Isn't a bit of folk wisdom that your exertion level should be enough that you can't sing, but not so much that you can't talk without gasping? Perfect pace is between singing and talking?

I reserve the right to burst into song at any moment. That is why I don't exercise.

[str8outavannuys]

"I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok."
-- Shaquille O'Neal

[bill killer]

Depends on what you're trying to do. That holds if you're building an aerobic base, but if you want to improve your ability to work at aerobic threshold (i.e., go hard) [make your own joke here, I'm too lazy], then that's not going to cut it.

The 220-age formula is almost entirely bullshit; its origin was some really small study where that happened to work for most of the study participants, but it has taken on an almost inextinguishable life of its own from there. Annoys me because as a consequence of this myth's prevalence, I have to lie about my age on most cardio machines or else the machine starts freaking out that I'm doing stuff it considers impossible, or at least unhealthy. If you stay in shape, your max won't change much over the years; at least, mine hasn't in the 15 or so years I've been paying attention to this stuff. In any case, be skeptical about what the calorie counter tells you; figure ~100 a mile unless you are either teeny or ginormous.

Gina Kolata (NY Times health/fitness reporter and Spin junkie) wrote a book that had a whole chapter on this, IIRC. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846 -- but buy it through the site! Bonus: hot cover photo of some model's midriff. At least, I assume it's a model and not Kolata herself.) The book is mostly interesting, though I could have done with fewer paeans to Spinning(TM).

No opinion on various HRM models; I have an old, old Polar which I dislike because the programming is almost anti-intuitive (but not enough so that I could just do the opposite of what seems logical and have that work). Triathletes tend to be gear- and data-obsessed, so if you really want a lot of input, you could ask a triathlon mailing list (SF Tri or Golden Gate Triathlon Club - you're in SF, right?). The husband uses a Timex bodylink system that he loves - includes GPS, HRM, and probably more computing power than was involved in the Apollo missions - allows him to graph all kinds of junk; the only feature I think is cool is that it tells you your pace while you're running (i.e., if you want to be maintaining an 8-minute mile, you can look down and see whether you are without having to do the math yourself).

Not much of a singer myself, though I will sometimes mutter tunelessly along with the iPod if I am by myself; not so much at the gym.

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Isn't a bit of folk wisdom that your exertion level should be enough that you can't sing, but not so much that you can't talk without gasping? Perfect pace is between singing and talking?

I reserve the right to burst into song at any moment. That is why I don't exercise.

[Atticus Grinch]

In honor of the latest issue of Betty and Veronica Double Digest (#126), in which Veronica winds up topless {SFW}, retroCRUSH* brings you The 50 Sexiest Cartoon Babes of All Time.

While I quibble with the omission of Kim Possible (possibly on questionable ephebophilia grounds**), I can't quibble with the selection of BNB's avatar as the winner.

I also have a deep personal fondness for The Baroness from "G.I. Joe." That chick was hot. I would gladly have worked for COBRA if she asked me. The good guys were all red-state jarheads, anyway.



*Warning: this website and its links have the most downtime of any site worth reading. Don't be surprised if the site is down when you try.

**Yet they include "Bugs dressed as a woman," some chipmunky things, and a ThunderCat, even though that would be illegal in most states, or should be.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
In honor of the latest issue of Betty and Veronica Double Digest (#126), in which Veronica winds up topless {SFW}, retroCRUSH* brings you The 50 Sexiest Cartoon Babes of All Time.

*Warning: this website and its links have the most downtime of any site worth reading. Don't be surprised if the site is down when you try.

**Yet they include "Bugs dressed as a woman," some chipmunky things, and a ThunderCat, even though that would be illegal in most states, or should be.

Dude, how did Velma make it in there? And spree - there's an obvious nipple on one of the blondes.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
The 50 Sexiest Cartoon Babes of All Time[/url].

While I quibble with the omission of Kim Possible I can't quibble with the selection of BNB's avatar as the winner.

When you bring back the Disney tapes you rented "for the kids" to the Blockbuster, does the clerk pick it up with a Kleenex? Just curious.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
And spree - there's an obvious nipple on one of the blondes.

Oh my god! your latest is you don't recognize Little Annie? All real women who drink too much read Playboy, and not just for the articles.

Have you presented yourself to Less and them yet?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
When you bring back the Disney tapes you rented "for the kids" to the Blockbuster, does the clerk pick it up with a Kleenex? Just curious.

I'm getting lectured by you?

[SlaveNoMore]

Atticus Grinch
I would gladly have worked for COBRA if she asked me. The good guys were all red-state jarheads, anyway.

Are you calling Stalker a sell-out Uncle Tom?

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
"Our philosophy is if you are out there partying and engage in casual sex you might as well 'Take One for the Country'."

I invented this. Truly.

http://www.infirmation.com/bboard/cl...?msg_id=001QUB

http://www.infirmation.com/bboard/cl...?msg_id=001QUL

Blow Me- it's for America

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I'm getting lectured by you?

When an AA pledge gets chastised by his sponsor for falling off the wagon it is not considered proper for the pledge to bring up the sponsor's similar failings. not sure if this same etiquette transfers to "ICA" (inappropriate crushes anon.)