dear advice givers

So, givers of advice, a question.

I'm applying for jobs but have no references. Well, I do have one, my teacher from school, but otherwise my supervisors from previous jobs aren't even allowed to be references. Both places forbid potential employers to talk to specific supervisors, only to someone in the HR departments. And co-workers apparently don't count as references, and my local friends are really more acquaintances who I wouldn't bother with a request like this.

So. What do I do? Just give one reference, or give supervisors as references with a note saying they can't actually talk to said supervisors?

I am actually kind of stunned that these applications want the names of HR people, supervisors, AND references from each job. Probably a credit check, too. It's crazy.

at least you get a brief glimpse of Ted Knight

Someone mentioned this YouTube clip recently on a post that no longer exists, but which sadly was still in my RSS feed. Did you know that if you delete a post it doesn't get deleted from the RSS feed? I didn't know that until now. Anyway, this nameless person who decided to spare his blog readers this pain was so horrified by this clip that I had to see it for myself. Words cannot express how wrong this is. P.S. A little background knowledge of Capote's research on In Cold Blood is necessary for the understanding of the wrongitude.



The "accidental" mispronunciation of "mugger" at about 1:50 made my headache come back.

in lieu of actual content

You tell us, Dick.

From everyone's favorite psychotic expressionistic comic strip, Dick Tracy.