jr conlin's ink stained banana

Apparently, no one over at Ford got the note that the dot.com thing is over.

Today, amongst moderate hoopla, a number of Friendly Ford dealers are decending to pimp the lastest reasons that there are not enough parking spots on campus. They've got more than just escorts, though, they've brought in all the various high end models for us to test drive.

Not that i'm really arguing with the fact that they've dragged over a bunch of Fords, Range Rovers, Volvos and whatever other companies they absorbed in the 90s, but i really got to wonder how many of these things they honestly expect to sell?

i mean a few years ago, sure, cash in some options and get a new car. Heck, considering that most of the folks who worked here drove cars they'd probably stolen out of some impound lot, i can understand, but now, when we actually have sales and business folks working here? i'm not so sure.

Worst thing is that it ran from 4pm to 6pm, and they were handing out free ice cream.

And i was stuck in meetings and fixing stuff.

DAMMIT! i WANT FREE ICECREAM!

Birth of Cloned Endangered Cattle Praised

Astounding even veterans of the fight against animal extinction, cloning technology has reproduced two endangered wild cattle bulls, each born by dairy cows last week on an Iowa farm.

Sadly, the event was not celebrated by a barbeque. i tell ya, some folks have no sense of humor…

i'm pretty sure that the vast majority of folks out there have run into a situation oddly like this one (except in my case, no one had warned me). Still, it doesn't hurt to ask questions and check references on occasion.

Crappy world, ain't it?