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Monthly Archives: November 2005

But Don’t Take MY Word For It…

08-Nov-05

Since my webstats list the phrase “teletech sucks” as one of my recent Google referrals, I thought I’d see what else comes up on this search. Among the more interesting links was to a LiveJournal community for call center employees who want to vent to sympathetic readers. Check it out for a taste of what [...]

Discerning Tastes

07-Nov-05

Stephen Metcalf’s piece on rock snobbery had me hooked by the first sentence. The last sentence ain’t bad either.

The Unbearable Whiteness of Being

02-Nov-05

As a white male growing up in the Midwestern United States, I can safely say that I have no idea what it’s like to be oppressed. The academic shackles that kept me from breaking free of high school somehow fail to compare to the Jews’ plight in Egypt, and the closest thing to true liberation [...]