Meh.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

2. Kobe's new nickname

An actual excerpt from Ric Bucher's ESPN The Mag cover story about Kobe and Phil (and no, I'm not making this up):



"Granted, there's still a dark side that Bryant embraces. He's known in his inner circle as Mamba, which, he is happy to explain, is a kind of snake that can grow to 13 feet and is one of the world's quickest, and one of the most venomous, serpents. He referred to this summer as the 'blackout,' in which the snake grew a new skin through a seven-days-a-week conditioning program."



Wait, there's more!



Here's Kobe explaining his new nickname: "The mamba can strike with 99 percent accuracy at maximum speed, in rapid succession. That's the kind of basketball precision I want to have. Not being able to train the last two summers, I was in a gunfight with a rusty butter knife. I did my share of killing, but I was just fighting to survive."



All right ...



First of all, I love when any celebrity gives himself a new nickname to change his identity. It's funny when wrestlers change gimmicks and end up with a new nickname, it's funny when Diddy changes nicknames, and it's downright hysterical when an NBA star once accused of sexual assault decides it would be a fantastic idea to embrace the identity of a 13-foot serpent. Second, when they explain the choice of the nickname with a beauty like, "The mamba can strike with 99% accuracy at maximum speed, in rapid succession," and refuse to credit "Kill Bill," it reminds me why I still love writing this column.

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Don't give me this bullshit wannabe-partner-speak. People leave all the fucking time. Everywhere. It absolutely leaves a temporary hole. But people suck up the extra work in the short term and someone else always gets hired.

If you had any balls, you would just talk to the person and say, "I was contacted by one of the firms you're interviewing with. I'm not sure if they've contacted others here as well, but you should know that I know." Then you would ask them what the problems were (in your best NotBob voice) and if you weren't convinced that you could convince them to stay, you would tell them you're going to have to start interviewing candidates because you need to practically and efficiently manage your business and workloads.

But you don't have any balls, so you will continue with this thread until someone tells you it's okay to take your whining to your partner/owner in an effort to prove where your loyalties lie.

TM

eta: Or, in other words, everyone understands the reality that people move on and sometimes there is not a mutual fit between employer/employee or a particular job situation. There should not be a consideration for whether a particular person will be swamped if they leave, or some sort of retribution. That's just part of the process, and next time it may be you. That being said, when it was learned that people were interviewing they would typically get a visit asking if there was anything correctible that could be done to make the person's job experience better.

Nice translation

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
The jury room in the criminal courts building in downtown LA has internet service. $5 for one hour or $12 for the day; I paid the $12 without a second thought.

So, y'all, entertain me.

where do you even start with that post? you know, i hear the jails have free high speed. maybe you wanna go check those out.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by dtb
I thought she developed a goiter and was trying to scam my Halloween costume idea.

Imagine my relief when I read your parenthetical!

i've only seen 1 goiter, and the bearer was pretty old when I was very little (i.e. he's dead). Yet, everyone knows what they are. Anyone see any recently?

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Mr. Man
where do you even start with that post? you know, i hear the jails have free high speed. maybe you wanna go check those out.

How's the food? It's a cinch I'd get more sleep than I do at home. So if the food's good, and if they don't block my gambling sites, well then it's certainly something to think about.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by baltassoc
It has to be handled carefully, but I think a well timed salary bump can do a lot to stem something like that off. Of course, depending on the work environment, nothing may help. But a "hey I want to let you know you are really appreciated, and we were reviewing salaries and think yours need an adjustment to reflect your true value to the firm, here's a raise" can be a huge ego stroke, and increase job satisfaction such that the other potential offers fall by the wayside, even if they are for a little more money (see Hanks' Devil you know post). It's not about the money so much as being appreciated. That being said, the money is still critical. Just saying "you're important" without any real showing of sincerety gets you about 5 minutes of goodwill.

note to RT: if you start acting distant, he'll buy you jewelry even when its not your b-day.

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
How's the food? It's a cinch I'd get more sleep than I do at home. So if the food's good, and if they don't block my gambling sites, well then it's certainly something to think about.

I think that sometimes as well. It's always good to have a fallback career. I'm fairly certain the gambling and drug situation would be fine in jail. The food probably is not so hot in LA County, but that's something to explore I suppose.

Hopefully tonight's ABBApalooza will not create a bigger research file on that topic.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
How's the food? It's a cinch I'd get more sleep than I do at home. So if the food's good, and if they don't block my gambling sites, well then it's certainly something to think about.

Don't know about food, but if you fake being single there's a decent chance you will tag fringey.

[sunnybunny]

I have to go to Pittsburgh this weekend. Are there any hot FB'ers in Pittsburgh?

[SlaveNoMore]

sunnybunny
I have to go to Pittsburgh this weekend. Are there any hot FB'ers in Pittsburgh?

Wasn't Know Won [and HK] from there?

And to hell with Sebby's comment, get a Primanti's sandwich. Hot Coppa.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

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[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Chicken or penis?

I never can tell them apart.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
I was trying to think of posters I miss and came up with:

Smackdaddy
Multo
Prima


Any others?

I miss Cheval, Purse Junkie and Thrashers Fan.

I do not miss NY Doll.

There are others I would not miss, but they won't leave.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I just got this email at work. NotBob, you want to expound?

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Yeah. The position's filled. Sorry.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I miss Cheval, Purse Junkie and Thrashers Fan.

I do not miss NY Doll.

There are others I would not miss, but they won't leave.

I miss The Daintiest Petunia. <sniff>

Actually I don't.