Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Needle in a haystack.

Eureka!
I've managed to find what literally millions of people have been unable to get their hands on for quite awhile: a job. A real full-time job. A job with a privately owned broadcasting company that offers health insurance and has never laid anyone off.

Many of you are asking "so what? Lots of jobs with privately owned companies provide health insurance, right?" If you're one of them you're not a broadcaster. A medium sized corporate-owned Radio/TV broadcast group has just eliminated health insurance for all employees. Clear Channel (the country's largest radio group) is poised to RIF as much as 20% of its' workforce after another huge layoff last year. Even powerhouse WBZ has eliminated its live overnight host and now closes the newsroom at 8pm after two rounds of layoffs in '08.

Thankful? You can't imagine. Thrilled? Damn tootin'.

And now for something completely different: Is it just me, or does anyone else think that pluralizing things with a Z is just stupid?
Example: Oreo Stackerz.

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