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| January 23, 1997 |
Circulation 44 |
Vol. 1, No. 9 |
WHAT?: Changes already? ...
how come the header ... footer ... are darker? ... I'm
gettin' ready to usher in new ways to get the Daily Muse
... I want to offer other formats other than MS-Word ...
my apologies Mr. Gates ... but not everyone in the world
uses your package ... I want to be able to send it as
plain text in an e-mail message ... no graphics ... no
fancy formattin' ... I also want to be able to send it
as an HTML formatted page ... like some of the other newsletters
I get ... formatted for the Netscape mail reader ... once
I have those options available I'll let you know ... you
can pick the one you want to receive ... ain't progress
dandy?
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TYRANNY OF THE TIE: It was
a subtle change ... we'd started with a fairly rigid dress
code ... standard ... old-line corporate style ... white
shirts ... ties ... occasionally we'd get a casual day
... a reward for achieving some goal ... but casual would
go a little far ... tank tops ... shorts ... flip-flops
... it was like the recoil of an overstretched rubber
band ... the excesses caused many discussions behind closed
doors ... the code was modified ... when ... if ever we
would get another casual day ... the code would be "business"
standard ... we tried again ... obviously some people
had different ideas of what "business" they
were in ... some were lifeguards ... some were ... well
how can I put this delicately ... I can't ... anyway ...
you get my drift ... management then tried to define "business"
standard ... they began to understand how Moses must have
felt with the Ten Commandments ... "use your own
judgment" jes' ain't gonna cut it ... the definition
got longer 'n longer ... no tennis shoes ... must wear
socks ... no moccasins ... no T-shirts ... skirts must
cover panties ... I mean it was gettin' reeeeediculous!
... finally it seems ... everyone got the idea ... there
were fewer 'n fewer interestin' ... oops ... I mean unsatisfactory
... outfits ... then it happened ... in an effort to jazz
everyone up for a big business push ... we switched to
full-time "business" casual ... everyone had
to go out ... buy new clothes ... some of us had to spend
hours in the closet ... it'd been so simple ... white
shirts go with anything ... rotate the 15 ties ... I could
get dressed in the dark ... now I had to rely on my keen
sense of fashion to figger out what to wear in the mornin'
... gradually we all settled in ... then somethin' happened
... I can't put my finger on it exactly ... it musta been
some new guy ... I won't mention any names ... but he
defied our dress code ... he came in wearin' a white shirt
'n tie ... slowly ... almost like rust ... the people
workin' for 'im started wearin' white shirts ... ties
... I would be the last one to accuse someone of suckin'
up ... but from the outside it kinda had that look ...
but then in meetin's they began to be the majority ...
peer pressure was beginnin' to mount ... some caved sooner
than others ... some claimed it was just so much easier
to get dressed in the mornin' ... before ya knew it ...
everyone's back to white shirts 'n ties ... but the official
code is still casual ... what are we? ... mice or men?
... doff those ties! ... pull out the L.L. Bean catalog!
... rise up brothers! ... burn your ties! ... use your
white shirts for paint rags! ... jes don't come whinin'
to me if you get a nasty look from your boss!
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NEED AN EXCUSE?: A huge gaseous
emission from the Sun's corona ... (know as a "Sun
fart") ... hit the Earth on January 10th ... in the
past they have affected satellite transmissions ... other
electromagnetic stuff ... wasn't that about the time we
lost our e-mail access?
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"If you're not going to run
with the herd then you better be pretty damn strong or
you'll get eaten by the wolves." -- Mikey, Thinkin'
Too Hard
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is published weekdays as a commentary on stuff. Editor,
Michael T. Rusk. Copyright © 1997 by Michael T. Rusk.
Printed in the U.S.A. This publication may be distributed
freely as long as there is no charge. Commentary is loosely
based on actual events and may contain embellishments,
bits of fiction, and editorial liberties (lies) under
the guise of poetic license. All characters portrayed
in my writing are purely fictional and any resemblance
to any person, company or animal is purely unintentional.
If you don't get it, you just don't get it. Don't blame
me for anything I say and don't do anything I say, either.
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