Really Minneapolis? This is the best that you could do?

Vita.mn: Hotness 2010

If you have the time, check out the video, if you don’t just click next at the bottom to check out the pics and bios. While the men are ok (apparently hotness equal skinny for men these days), the women are very poorly represented. I realize that hotness can go beyond physical appearance, but these people were voted as finalists based on their looks, and I’m not sure the vita.mn judging staff spent a whole lot of time meeting with these people beforehand.

What’s worse is that the Twin Cities could do better. I’m guessing these are the people who distilled out of “who reads vita.mn, or has a friend who does, and was confident enough (or vain) to enter themselves into a hotness contest”.

In that case, I think vita.mn has some ugly readership.

I don’t even drink coffee, but I’m thinking there will be riots in cubeland shortly:

Some changes to coffee and tea service in Refreshment Centers
Do you enjoy a fresh cup of coffee or tea from your Refreshment Center? If so, you will soon see changes to the selection and service that will help reduce waste and administrative expense by nearly $40,000 each year, while promoting environmentally-friendly behavior at the same time. Facilities will be changing the brand of coffee served to a lower-cost high-quality coffee [ed: we had Caribou Coffee] and will no longer offer the flavored coffee of the month or Bigelow specialty teas, with the exception of the green tea selection. Coffee will still be fresh ground, and coffee and tea will continue to be free for employees and guests.

Did you know that in 2009 we used approximately 330,000 disposable cups? That’s nearly 6,300 cups each week! To support our “reduce, recycle, reuse” efforts, disposable plastic and foam cups will no longer be provided as of Jan. 15, 2010, or sooner if we run out. Please use a reusable coffee cup or water bottle for your beverages. Disposable cups will still be offered in the Hospitality Center and Conference Center for guest.

Thank you for your support of this important waste-reduction strategy to support the financial strength of our business and our ability to provide superior service.

People who make U-Turns on green arrow (left turn) lights.

Honestly, I have no idea if this is illegal or not,¹ but it should be. Reason: people slow down to start the U, which accordions the traffic behind as people react to the change in speed. It’s annoying, and if you’re one of the last cars through it could cause you to miss the light. Which is double annoying. So don’t do it. Make your left turn, and double back some other way. Jackhole.

As an hourly wage slave (albeit, granted, a fairly well compensated one), I am forced into what I consider to be the most unsavory deal in modern working life – the Paid Leave Time bucket. For those of you who don’t know what that is, I’ll explain it later when I really complain about it. What’s got my goat in a bundle¹ today is an email I received recently on the subject of purchasing additional PLT days.

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That isn’t a question. And if it were, here’ the answer: ‘Lottery winner’ causes riot at Ohio coat store
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