bah, bah, and humbug

( dull weekend + knee pain = grumpy JA )

sort of funny (at least to me)

Item 1. A couple of weeks ago I got an email from a recruiting company who were obviously using some kind of automatic keyword matching system and had not reviewed the matches to observe that it was in fact my current job that they were offering me. But you know, it really does sound like a perfect job for me. ( the job description, if you're curious )

Item 2. Today, I was digging through old emails looking for something else and discovered that I had in fact applied at IP in August 04 (when I was unemployed) and never got a call back from them. It was March 05 when one of their recruiters called me, and by then I didn't recall ever having heard of them.

actual conversational exchange

me: hey, how's it going?
neighbor: fine, how are you?
me: oh, fair to middling
neighbor (confused): fair tune medley?
me (slowly with emphasis): fair . to . middling
neighbor (still baffled): oh
me: see ya

note to self: just stick with "fine thanks" from now on

whoosh!

( adventures in real estate, proceeding at a breakneck pace... )