I called Nordis this afternoon to find out when they needed me to come in. (On Friday, He said to call monday to set up more particulars… when I asked when he wanted me to start, he mentioned that monday would be good, because of how shorthanded they are.)

I call monday, to arrange for Wednesday, maybe Thursday. He’s in meetings, so I leave two messages at opposite ends of the workday, including my work and home phone numbers. He never calls back.

I call today, and He’s in a meeting, and on speakephone, I tell him “Hey, it’s scott… just checking on what time you need me to come in.” He replies that he’s in a meeting, and that he’ll call me back. Ok. I call him back at 4 to let him know that I’m heading out, but would like to know when he’d like me to come in tomorrow to start work.

He says that they managed to keep Tuan, and that I probably won’t be needed. Um, What? I say.I told him that I’d already given my parting time to Kev. He says that we hadn’t settled on a starting time. I was so stunned, I neglected to mention to him that he wanted me on monday. He claims that he’s going into a meeting with Ronnie and that he will let me know the final decision later. I’m not holding my breath.

Fuck. Even if I *do* get the job now, I’m soured on the whole unprofessional level that it’s been handled. If I *don’t* get the job, I’ve blown a whole week of potential job searches into the toilet.

I’m skipping my beriatric appointment for tonight, because I just can’t afford to skip any hours. I’ll be back at FMM tomorrow.

Killer Japanese Seizure Robots. Warning, cheesy midi, and possibly actually seizure inducing.

Last day at my old job… I’m going to miss some of the folks there. Others, I’ll be glad to see fade into the mists of history. I plan on keeping in contact with a few… Sappho, Kev and Island Boy. I imagine I won’t see much of Pablo after I leave, though he’s a nice guy. I’m planning on getting together with Kev to celebrate my birthday and of vocation location this weekend.. Maybe Saturday?

Lore raises a question that I’m keen to know the answer to. Given that Salon has over 47 thousand subscribers–according to a Miami Herald article on its financial problems–is that circulation a success or a failure? Is it a refutation of the conventional wisdom that “people won’t pay for Web content” or support for it?

That’s a better circulation than my home town’s newspaper. More people subscribe to Salon than bought Batman #587. More people subscribe to Salon than buy a given issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Granted, these aren’t the sort of publications that make People magazine envious, but they’re all viable publications. So is Salon’s continued downward spiral due to not charging enough for subscriptions, or due to overspending?

I certainly don’t know how to make legitimate money off the Web. But at the same time, I can’t help but wonder if sites that are going down the drain ostensibly because of the resolute unwillingness of surfers to pay for content are suffering at least in part from acting like bigger publications than they are. I know I’ll never subscribe to a news or information source when I can find similar (or identical) content for free.

Sex position guide, using bendy-Barbie look-alikes. Probably not safe for work. I like how they mosaic’ed out the faces. #2/7 / 8/ 10 / 12/ 28/ 22/ 37/ please!