Old Weird Ward

Old Weird Ward

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Sunday, November 02, 2003

 

- - - - - Favorite Quote from Another Blogger - - - - -

I was doing a little searching on Moveable Type (HERE), because Mrs. OWW and I are considering putting up a formal website, with domain names for each of us, and I thought I'd like to move my blog to the website (when and as, and remember "plans"?).

Well, I found this blog with this quote:

"We're so bored we started dressing the dogs in ladies underwear." See the blog HERE.

I almost fell out of my chair!

And you folks think that I have too much time on my hands...

- - - - - Jobs That I Don't Want - - - - -

Popular Science has an article about the worst jobs in science. See the complete article HERE.

Here's the short version of the Jobs That OWW Really Doesn't Want:

1. FLATUS ODOR JUDGE
2. DYSENTERY STOOL-SAMPLE ANALYZER
3. BARNYARD MASTURBATOR
4. BRAZIL MOSQUITO RESEARCHER
5. HOT-ZONE SUPERINTENDENT
6. ISOLATION CHAMBER TESTER
7. FISTULA FEEDER
8. PRISON RAPE RESEARCHER
9. CARCASS CLEANER
10. POSTDOC
11. METRIC SYSTEM ADVOCATE
12. CORPSE-FLOWER GROWER
13. ENDANGERED SPECIES ECOLOGIST
14. ASTRONAUT (This one's from the PS list. I'd take the job in a heartbeat, if they were insane enough to offer it to me!)
15. FISH COUNTER
16. U.S. STEM CELL RESEARCHER
17. PLANETARY PROTECTION OFFICER
18. FUSION RESEARCHER