Boomer’s in the workplace…

…suck!

I don’t have the same issues with Boomers in the work place (knock on faux-wood laminate) that this dude does but I know of plenty of Xers that do. And it sucks!

Boomers have a way of making things suck! And it’s hard to imagine them not sucking up everything in their path until the last one is dead and buried. I’ll bet by that time cemetery space will be limited because the Boomer have used up so much of it.

Anyhoo… I love a good rant and this on here is exceptional. Give em hell, pal.

Credit where credit is due: JenX67 hipped me to this article.

It’s time to set the record straight…

…on Hostess Ding Dongs.

Because there seems be a lot of misinformation floating around out there. And since no one else seems to want to correct it I guess it falls to me to do so. But worry not — for I am up to the burden.

Of course, I understand why people don’t want to touch the Ding Dong with a ten-foot Twinkie. It’s contentious stuff. A real hot button issue. Politically slice-n-dicey, as it were (wasn’t it?). Not to mention chocolate covered and cream-filled. So, you know…

But me — I don’t shy away from such controversy. No sir. I meet it head on, and take a big old chomp out of it. In fact, I can actually stuff a hole Ding Dong in my mouth at once. Hm, perhaps that is why I was often mistaken as gay in my younger days. And here I thought it was because I was thin, fastidious about my hair (it was the 80s) and wore thin-wire-framed glasses. You just never know, do you?

Anyhoo…so here’s the real deal (with Bill McNeil — I loved News Radio and Phil  Hartman…ah, good times):

Ding Dongs was the original name for the chocolate covered, cream-filled, hockey puck-shaped Hostess confection, first introduce in 1967 ( the year I was born). There are those who seem to be under the impression that they were originally dubbed King Dons. This is not the case. In certain markets Dings Dongs were called King Dons to go with the character created for the sugary treat — King Ding Dong. I believe one of these markets was Michigan, at least where I lived in the southeast part of the state, just outside of Detroit, because I do recall them being called King Don’s, and for a long time I was under the impression that the original name for Ding Dongs was King Dons. But then I was educated in The ways of Hostess and now it is my duty to enlighten others.

But don’t bereive me. Prease, observe this comercerial.

And by commercial I mean the wikipedia page for Ding Dongs.

Because of course wikipedia is the definitive source for information, by which I mean the most easy to use and access, plus it’s free.

reBlog from jenx67.com: jenX67 | are you there God? it’s me, generation x

I found this fascinating quote today:

Writer Armin Brott would like the input of Gen X and Gen Y dads as he is making revisions to his books The Expectant Father and The New Father: A Dad’s Guide to the First Year. If you’re interested in helping him, email him at armin[at]askmrdad[dot]com, or visit his Web site, http://www.mrdad.com/.jenx67.com, jenX67 | are you there God? it’s me, generation x, Jan 1961

You should read the whole article.

How Publishing Really Works

Is my new Featured Blog. Woo hoo!

A random check on twitter brought me a tweet about self-publishing and all the BS therein. And t his article had a link to a blog entitled How Publishing Really Works, which was created by a woman who had a friend that got suckered by a vanity publisher and never tried to write anything again. Yikes! Of course, that’s a bummer, but if you’re that fragile I’d guess the expected rejections that would come with try to get your book published by a regular publisher would likely kick your ass too. Stil, I agree with the general premise of the article which is that vanity publishing (not to be confused with independant publishing, although vanity publishers seek to do precisely that) is bullshit on a stick.

Of course, like a lot of unpublished writers, I’ve flirted with the idea of self-publishing but something about it always puts me off. So I was glad to come across the this article and the blog linked within as a kind of reminder not to fall into that trap. Because vanity publishing is about ego and not about writing. I want my stuff to be about writing, even if no one really reads it.

I’d rather do as J.D. Salanger is reportedly rumored to do with his writing — he seals completed works in a box, read only by  himself, and that’s that — than to taint my whole writing life with the stigma of vanity publishing.

Although, I would consider pubing online to a different, and thus far an acceptable acquiescence (am I using the word right?). We shall see, though.

Anyway, I’m more than pleased to feature a blog that is dedicated to taking these jerks to task, and that gives solid info about what publishing is really like.