business, cattle prods and the I.M.F.

Hooray, the ridiculous MI/Fl primaries have been resolved and Obama retains his significant lead. Which was never really in question but it's one less thing for Clinton to scream about. Hopefully this will all be resolved after the 3rd. The party is really specializing in shooting itself this year but maybe they'll finally force the issue with her. I can't imagine that she'll be allowed a future with the DNC if she does drag this out until the convention in August.

How exciting to see you in traction again!

After hearing me bemoan my horrible grammar and punctuation at work today, editor Chris Bodan was kind enough to loan me "The Well-Tempered Sentence." Subtitled "A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed," it illustrates various uses of punctuation with absurd and disturbing examples such as the title of this post.

Other favorites include:

He wanted to eat her peachy, creamy complexion with his souvenir spoon from Yellowstone park.

Dear me, how you have sacrificed your ethereal beauty for a life of greed and smut.

Come, please, and bring your brother's wife.

Visions, on the one hand, devour my brain; hyenas, on the other, feed on yours.

The Land that Summer Forgot

What the fuck people, it's 50 degrees here tonight. Goddamn Seattle and its tiny carbon footprint. I don't mind the rain and gloom but I could stand some consistently warmer weather.

Here is a picture of an octopus.

Where the Magic Happens

It has been requested that I outline a day of work at Privateer Press or as I like to call it "Arbeit Macht Fun!"

Actually, I don't have a super-typical day at work right now but I probably spend at least some time pulling product to fill orders for our distributors, the Press Gang or employee comp purchases. At some point in the day I will likely have to spot build some kits that we have a low shelf stock in to fill an urgent order. I may also pack a number of blisters or boxes for shelfstock and I will almost certainly be packing during the time each month that we process the following month's wave.

I've also been re-scanning a number of kits like the old Winterguard or Acolyte units to improve our mold books (the mold books are basically visual/written instruction manuals that demonstrate how to build every figure we produce). Basically, I function as a facilitator for a number of tasks that are necessary in production/casting/shipping.

Now I will post a picture I found at http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=723 of hilarious russian-mob tombstones.














I like to imagine that is an image of the car that hit them.

WEBLOG POSTING

I already feel like skipping a day of writing here which is unsurprising but not a good sign. So here is a post. I did get another written commendation at work though so I guess things are continuing to go well there. Still waiting to get my test-writing piece though.

I will leave you all with a picture I took in a parking lot near work recently. I feel this sums up Seattle pretty well. Werewolves and such.

MANDATORY SELF DEPRECATING I HATE BLOGS FIRST POST

A number of my friends have suggested I use a blog to stay in touch with them back on the East Coast. Normally, I would laugh and tell them to go die. However, it appears I am trying to get a job doing creative writing at work so this is probably useful enough as a daily creative writing exercise (until I start neglecting to update it after a few days.)

Also, it lets me post retarded pictures. I will now get the "show me your apartment" requests filled. Please note the nuclear blast occurring in any photo of a window, searing gamma radiation is a regular phenomenon in the greater Seattle area:

"BILLY" BOOKCASE THANK YOU IKEA














AMAZING "EXARBY" FUTON ALSO FROM SWEDES













I LOST THE MANUALS BUT
THE CHAIR HAD A DUMB NAME
AND I THINK MAYBE THE DESK
WAS CALLED A "FLARKE"
NOT KIDDING

BLESSED BE IKEA
AND
SWEDEN


















NO MORE SWEDEN THIS IS ALL AMERICAN/CHINESE
MANUFACTURED GOODS PLEASE CLOSET/WEIRD ENTERTAINMENT
STAND CRAFTED BY DRUNK FORMER HOMEOWNERS




FIVE AND A HALF MINUTE HALLWAY WITH SPECIAL CAMEO BY BILLY BOOKCASE











UNFINISHED JACUZZI AND ALSO LITTER BOX AND TOILET














THE SINK AT THE EDGE OF FOREVER













It's getting hard to format this stupid post so I think that's all for now.