"it's about time, it's about death..."

2009-05-14 Thread danny burstein
[courtesy of our friends at alt.obituaries.] OBITUARIES Frank Aletter dies at 83; character actor known for roles in situation comedies After starting his acting career on Broadway, he starred in the 1960s TV series 'Bringing Up Buddy' and 'It's About Time.' By Dennis McLellan 5:17 PM PDT, May

[CONAN] - What the new look will start with...

2009-05-14 Thread Michael King
The new logo for "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" has been unveiled... http://mhking.tumblr.com/post/107941150/the-new-logo-for-the-tonight-show-with-conan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World

Re: The Eagle Flies at Gannett....again

2009-05-14 Thread Rose Ellen Auerbach
> > This seems more down Mr. Ellwanger's alley... > > Mr. Ellwanger is currently an employed Web type (has survived 3 rounds of > layoffs in 15 months) who likes his current job and residence. Awesome. I'll take it, then. Er, assuming they're open to telecommuting. Are they open to telecommuting?

RE: The Eagle Flies at Gannett....again

2009-05-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Kevin G. Barkes wrote: > This seems more down Mr. Ellwanger's alley... Mr. Ellwanger is currently an employed Web type (has survived 3 rounds of layoffs in 15 months) who likes his current job and residence. Does indeed sound like it's up my alley, though. -- Jim Ellwanger

Just heard about Tom...

2009-05-14 Thread Bohrman
As the original creator of World News Now, I have been reading Tom's posts as long as anybody. Tom and a couple of others were the viewers we KNEW were out there... They watched everything we did.. they NOTICED everything we did from cities in the Weather crawl, to slight jokes in the credits,

RE: The Eagle Flies at Gannett....again

2009-05-14 Thread Kevin G. Barkes
This seems more down Mr. Ellwanger's alley... Regards, KGB - Kevin G. Barkes Email: kgbar...@yahoo.com KGB Report: http://www.kgbreport.com Commentwear by KGB: http://www.commentwear.com National Temperature Index: http://nationaltemperatureindex.com DCL Dialogue on line: http://www.dcldia

Re: The Eagle Flies at Gannett....again

2009-05-14 Thread stevenotte
Don't get sized for that blue vest just yet... here's an opportunity for unemployed Web types at my employer: http://www.kalmbach.com/kpc/default.aspx?c=a&id=324 Best of all, it's a shitload more stable than the news media right now. -- Steven Otte steveno...@att.net --~--~-~--~~---

Re: [STILL WORKING...FOR NOW] The Eagle Flies at Gannett....again

2009-05-14 Thread Dennis Brumm
> > Still, I'm preparing for the inevitable career shift to Wal-Mart greeter. > My > sister-in-law just retired as one last year. To paraphrase Animal House, > that makes me a legacy- they have to take me. > > Regards, > > KGB > If it makes you feel any better, the Walmart import model is destined

RE: [STILL WORKING...FOR NOW] The Eagle Flies at Gannett....again

2009-05-14 Thread Kevin G. Barkes
> Well, the trick is dump the veterans, who have the highest > salaries and the most vested in company health plans, and > keep the lower paid and less experienced kids. Indeed. Management's method of containing costs at my company involves loading the payroll data into a spreadsheet, doing a d

Re: [STILL WORKING...FOR NOW] The Eagle Flies at Gannett....again

2009-05-14 Thread Richard de Give
Oh that's starting to sound like The Sentinel. One of my favorites is leaving ... but is getting kicked upstairs (if you consider moving to Montana, that is). Just hoping like hell we get a publisher who's as supportive as the last one. Rich --- On Wed, 5/13/09, Glenda Collins wrote: From: G