The internet company I was working for laid off the last of its staff on friday. The CEO is still talking to banks for some capital, but it doesn’t look so good. It feels like a badge of honor, to be a dot com casualty. It helps knowing I’ll be able to be out working again next week, otherwise I wouldn’t think it was so cute.

During the last few weeks, without a content person on staff anymore, the member article editing duties were taken over mostly by the site coordinator, but I got to read through some too. Here are four of my favorite nuggets:

• after all, who needs blisters from fresh leather anyway?
• She holds to us like a little baby and loves her daily treat… Perhaps a piece of hotdog or cheese.
• I have a squash growing in my front yard. No one planted it there. How would something like that grow with out us planting it?? Hmmmm
• I like pets.

Start doing product placements in your real life. Randomly turn to people and start pontificating about the merits of plant food. Name names. Argue with people from an omniscient point of view. Laugh when they make logic errors. Ignore the feeelings of others if it makes it easier for you to achieve your goals.