Idiot of the Week

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Don't be stupid when you're applying for a job; you won't get hired.

I posted an ad for a live-in personal care assistant from now until September with an option to continue until next summer on several websites, in several newspapers, and a couple of magazines. I used in the word “live-in” in both the job title and the job description itself. I also referenced that... Sign in to see full entry.

We've elected homophobes (like we didn't already know that!)

Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, is a tidy, balding, white-haired, white man in a suit. Right now, he’s on my TV, which is turned to C-SPAN 2. He’s also a bigot in pacifist’s clothing; claiming he’s only against same-sex marriage because he’s in favor of children and families.... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 13, 2004

My student

After a week of not really noteworthy irritations- bus drivers who assume that I’m the ward of some able-bodied person I don’t even know, absent minded landlords, and by the book librarians- I’ve discovered, with hours to spare, a nominee for this week’s addition of “People Who Irritate Me” And the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 2, 2004

Doctors

I apologize for my long absence from the Blogit world. I have been busy lately. This past weekend was our local LGBT Pride event and right before that I became seriously sidelined with severe leg pain. The only bright spot in that whole scenario was that it gave me the latest nominee for the people... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 16, 2004

What Was He Thinking? Mitt Romney and Gay Marriage

This entry was delayed a bit as I searched for a truly egregious person to “win” the title Person Who Irritated Me Most this week. The usual stuff happened. An able-bodied bus driver assumed (based on no data) that a stranger knew where I wanted to go just because I was waiting next to him at the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Since When Does Community Service Equal Servitude?

As I was browsing the internet, looking for course material for community service learning course I teach, I happened upon “The Campaign Against Servitude” website (http://www.aynrand.org/no_servitude/). Figuring it to be an on-line community opposed to sex trafficking, sweatshop labor, or some... Sign in to see full entry.

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