WTF - Week 1

I see a lot of odd, stupid shit in my daily life.  Between the idiots I work with and this crazy apparatus made of pipes and cables called the internet, I was thinking that a weekly wtf-type column could be a good way to organize all that nonsense into one spot.

I will try to keep these lists to what has happened a week in the rear but sometimes I find crap that must be posted despite its age or lack of relevance to anything relevant. 
 
As always, any feedback, emails, or suggestions are welcome.

Lets Take A Ride

I'm sorry but when I picture my president, I envision Washington on a mighty steed crossing the Delaware; not Mortis the Safety Tortoise on a hybrid bicycle.

Crazy Ass Throws Cat in Garbage

This sociopath reportedly lives in England where people with the most civilized accents in the world reside.  If the British have taken to suffocating cats, I guarantee you that she is not the first, nor last person to throw a cat in a garbage can. 

Microsoft: How They Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Open Source Software

Apparently Microsoft is now bff with open source software.  I don't really feel like discussing this all that much but I found this extremely ironic considering they used to consider open source as "cancerous" to their business model.  Read more here if you're interested.  Sorry, I guess I really just found my title's pun to be too good not to post.

This Economy Might Have Just Hit its New Low

Last week Above the Law posted a UCLA Law job posting which included the following:

   
Dear Students,

I have received a request from a law alum who is looking for someone to drive him (for the next couple of months) (in his car – a Lexus RX, which is the small SUV) to appointments in the west LA or Santa Monica area. Probably from 1 to 2 hours each trip would be typical and advance scheduling is likely, so there would not be “on call” or anything like that. He lives about 2 miles north of campus and would need the person to come to his house to get his car (and him), via bike, a ride, or even a 2 mile uphill walk or jog (all of which he has done himself). Once scheduled, reliability is important, particularly for doctor appointments.

He is a long time entertainment lawyer and is currently Of Counsel with a firm in Santa Monica. While driving him to appts etc… he is happy to discuss his work and/or answer any questions you may have. This is a good opportunity if you are thinking of getting into entertainment law or even just to learn more about what it is like to be a practicing lawyer.

Suggested pay is $12 per hour.

If you are interested, please contact " "


Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions


All I can say is wow.  Keep in mind, the dean actually sent this out to every student on campus.  Imagine the prestige first year students felt when finding this in their inbox.  Unfortunately this is very common nowadays as students in places like California fight for government jobs that literally pay you nothing a year for 1-2 years just so you can "get experience."

Let's not imagine the worst though and say you did score that $12/hr dream job jogging 4 miles a day in order to chauffeur Mr. Awesome Law Guy around. Tuition at UCLA Law is $40,616 per year.  That is just tuition. No living expenses, no utility costs, no food, nothing. If you went to law school for 3 years, and your tuition remained the same, you would pay $121,848.  If you're really lucky, you attended UCLA Law from another state and paid $50,639 a year for the privilege of driving around a man in a SUV.  Please rape me now. WTF