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barely_legal · 10-30-2007, 01:59 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
So it's a busy, stressful time of year at work, and people are reacting accordingly. What can I bring in to perk them up? Almost everyone is female-watching-weight, though they seemed to like the cupcakes a couple weeks ago. Maybe cupcakes with some (cheapass, fall-themed) flowers too? A cake decorated as an enormous stack of benefit enrollment forms?

No Pudge fat-free brownies? They're still incredibly unhealthy but if you tell people they are fat-free, they might not feel so much like they are cheating. And they don't suck that much.

Thanks for all of the book recommendations, everybody. I now have at least three of the books you guys recommended on reserve at the library but I will leave you in suspense regarding which ones ...

Replaced_Texan · 10-30-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal
Thanks. I've heard from a few people that it's an excellent book but for some reason I've never been inspired to read it. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

Did I mention Rennie Airth the last time you asked? I'm sick about the fact that he only has two novels, but I think they're both excellent.

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-30-2007, 02:04 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
So it's a busy, stressful time of year at work, and people are reacting accordingly. What can I bring in to perk them up? Almost everyone is female-watching-weight, though they seemed to like the cupcakes a couple weeks ago. Maybe cupcakes with some (cheapass, fall-themed) flowers too? A cake decorated as an enormous stack of benefit enrollment forms?

Send some my way. I can't stop losing weight. I'm now eating cake at every meal, together with as much bread and carbs as I can stuff into my body. It's fun to eat this much but holy shit, I don't want to look anorexic. And there's nothing wrong with my thyroid so I'm a bit of a medical mystery these days.

(I realize I'm whining about a problem a lot of women would kill to have, but I'm still going to do it)

ltl/fb · 10-30-2007, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Send some my way. I can't stop losing weight. I'm now eating cake at every meal, together with as much bread and carbs as I can stuff into my body. It's fun to eat this much but holy shit, I don't want to look anorexic. And there's nothing wrong with my thyroid so I'm a bit of a medical mystery these days.

(I realize I'm whining about a problem a lot of women would kill to have, but I'm still going to do it)

Are you working out a lot? Have you really been to the dr?

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-30-2007, 02:07 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Are you working out a lot? Have you really been to the dr?

yes, I work out six days a week, for 2 hours or so. I have really been to the dr. Had everything tested. The thing is, I've always worked out this much (or for about the past 2.5 years), but the weight never came off like this. It's like all of a sudden my metabolism woke up.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-30-2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal
Thanks. I've heard from a few people that it's an excellent book but for some reason I've never been inspired to read it. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

so you're taking an snyc recommendation over recs from ncs, bnb, Ty and me?

OK, next time, I won't bother.

Diane_Keaton · 10-30-2007, 02:10 PM

I know you are waiting with baited breath about my shoe selection. I was desperate to quickly buy something to wear instead of my old black clogs so got these, except on mine the "M" and the "Merrell" can't be seen really:

Good slip ons. Now I will be buying nicer looking ones and I fell in love with a pair of black suede clogs that were high-heeled (wedge) and were $200. Some Italian brand. Oh and I want some more sexy boots too.

That is all.

barely_legal · 10-30-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
so you're taking an snyc recommendation over recs from ncs, bnb, Ty and me?

OK, next time, I won't bother.

Are you really being a little bitch or just jerking my chain? I read all of your recommendations and have reserved several books, as I posted above. But I figured some people need positive reinforcement when they post things that aren't stupid and retarded. I didn't realize you were one of those people, but now I know.

Hank Chinaski · 10-30-2007, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
So it's a busy, stressful time of year at work, and people are reacting accordingly. What can I bring in to perk them up? Almost everyone is female-watching-weight, though they seemed to like the cupcakes a couple weeks ago. Maybe cupcakes with some (cheapass, fall-themed) flowers too? A cake decorated as an enormous stack of benefit enrollment forms?

sounds like some bulemia might be healthy for your staffers. download some pages on easy ways to induce vomiting and print them on the cupcake wrappers?

ltl/fb · 10-30-2007, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal
Are you really being a little bitch or just jerking my chain? I read all of your recommendations and have reserved several books, as I posted above. But I figured some people need positive reinforcement when they post things that aren't stupid and retarded. I didn't realize you were one of those people, but now I know.

If he is (as I think) an "any attention is good attention" person, then you just positively reinforced his stupid, retarded post.

Replaced_Texan · 10-30-2007, 02:17 PM

Fucking Clear Channel

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Bruce: Magic Refused Radio Play

Bruce Springsteen should be very happy. He has the No. 1 album, a possible Grammy for Best Album of the Year for "Magic," an album full of singles and a sold-out concert tour.

Alas, there’s a hitch: Radio will not play "Magic." In fact, sources tell me that Clear Channel has sent an edict to its classic rock stations not to play tracks from "Magic." But it’s OK to play old Springsteen tracks such as "Dancing in the Dark," "Born to Run" and "Born in the USA."

Just no new songs by Springsteen, even though it’s likely many radio listeners already own the album and would like to hear it mixed in with the junk offered on radio.

Why? One theory, says a longtime rock insider, "is that the audience knows those songs. Of course, they’ll never know these songs if no one plays them."

"Magic," by the way, has sold more than 500,000 copies since its release on Oct. 2 and likely will hit the million mark. That’s not a small achievement these days, and one that should be embraced by Clear Channel.

But what a situation: The No. 1 album is not being played on any radio stations, according to Radio & Records, which monitors such things. Nothing. The rock songs aren’t on rock radio, and the two standout "mellow" tracks — "Magic" and "Devil’s Arcade" — aren’t even on "lite" stations.

The singles-kinda hits, "Radio Nowhere" and "Living in the Future" — which would have been hits no questions asked in the '70s, '80s and maybe even the '90s, also are absent from Top 40.

What to do? Columbia Records is said to be readying a remixed version of "The Girls in their Summer Clothes," a poppy Beach Boys-type track that has such a catchy hook fans were singing along to it at live shows before they had the album. Bruce insiders are hopeful that with a push from Sony, "Girls" will triumph.

I’m not so sure.

Clear Channel seems to have sent a clear message to other radio outlets that at age 58, Springsteen simply is too old to be played on rock stations. This completely absurd notion is one of many ways Clear Channel has done more to destroy the music business than downloading over the last 10 years. It’s certainly what’s helped create satellite radio, where Springsteen is a staple and even has his own channel on Sirius.

It’s not just Springsteen. There is no sign at major radio stations of new albums by John Fogerty or Annie Lennox, either. The same stations that should be playing Santana’s new singles with Chad Kroeger or Tina Turner are avoiding them, too.

Like Springsteen, these "older" artists have been relegated to something called Triple A format stations — i.e. either college radio or small artsy stations such as WFUV in the Bronx, N.Y., which are immune from the Clear Channel virus of pre-programming and where the number of plays per song is a fraction of what it is on commercial radio.

No wonder commercial radio is dying a slow, agonizing death.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-30-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
yes, I work out six days a week, for 2 hours or so. I have really been to the dr. Had everything tested. The thing is, I've always worked out this much (or for about the past 2.5 years), but the weight never came off like this. It's like all of a sudden my metabolism woke up.

More sex?

patentparanyc · 10-30-2007, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
So it's a busy, stressful time of year at work, and people are reacting accordingly. What can I bring in to perk them up? Almost everyone is female-watching-weight, though they seemed to like the cupcakes a couple weeks ago. Maybe cupcakes with some (cheapass, fall-themed) flowers too? A cake decorated as an enormous stack of benefit enrollment forms?

Are gift cards in small amounts too expensive? Depends on how many people you are buying for, but something like Barnes and Noble g/c in a small amount is always welcome and can actually purchase something of value in that amount.

taxwonk · 10-30-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Fucking Clear Channel No wonder commercial radio is dying a slow, agonizing death.

1. Send Clear Channel a clear message. Let their advertisers know why you're no longer listening.

2. This is another reason why WXRT is the greatest radio station on Earth.

Hank Chinaski · 10-30-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
1. Send Clear Channel a clear message. Let their advertisers know why you're no longer listening.

2. This is another reason why WXRT is the greatest radio station on Earth.

why not just get satellite. sirius will have an entire Springsteen for a few months when a new album comes out. it's not permanent but there are certainly some stations that would play him (I imagine so- there are stations that play everything)