Your Screen Name:: Jul 15, 04, 12:17 p.m.

Explain it. I've often wondered. I get at least once a month, even today that kOna means pussy in Portugesee (sp?) and 'what the kcuf is anok?'

Well. kOna was my first moutain bike. When we rode in packs everyone called each other by their bike cause knowone knew each others first name. It stuck.

I came here and tried kona and k0na but some bastard had it. So k0na_an0k is my nickname and the name of one of my dogs nanok (pronounced na-nook... from the lost boys).

So. Where did your names come and what do they mean?

damn... Jun 5, 07, 9:41 a.m.

company restructuring. 45 of us. gone. it's not even friday yet, to top it off it's raining.

what really kicks me in the pants is that i thought this would be my last job i'd ever have. i was days away from being here for one full year. you gotta be kidding me.

it's things like this that completely ruin my resume.

haha. maybe i deserved this. maybe it's karma, mojo, vibes. whatever.

if anyone knows of anything in the chicagoland and suburbs for a ui, ux designer email me please.

feel free to kick me while i'm down. make this day as absolutely impossible as it can be while i sit here and figure out what the heck i'm going to do, how i'm going ot tell my wife, how i'm going to pay the mortgage, car, ins, blah blah unbelievable.

i deserved this

mrdobolina Apr 11, 07, 4:08 p.m.

I don't care if I get banned for this, but now you're the one who is lying Rick.

Your timetable of events is a flat out lie.

You said...

You said you sent me your resume (which was a lie, you never sent me your resume, I worked at a company where we received it) and the reason you didn't get hired was because of our disagreement on the war in Iraq.

You sent your resume Summer of 2005 as an intern was running the project you applied for.

The Iraq war started March of 2003.

Then you stated "To think that when you were unemployed I was sending you job leads and shit and was generally worried about you."

I was unemployed from August 2003 - January 2004. (Funny thing about saving all of your tax information since 2000, it's good for records)

So in your timetable we started fighting/hating each other March 2003. You somehow felt sorry for me again by August 2003, then a full 2 years later you still think we're mad at each other over a war. Or occupation as you call it.

You're lying.

You're timetable is fucked.

Don't think sending me job leads and feeling sorry for me = posting Monster.com on Newstoday. You're stretching your lie to work for you and only telling half the story.

Your hatred for me has blinded you and you're living the lie about it with your posts.

You say I said some mean and hurtful things to you, but what do you think you've been throwing my way since 03? You can dish it out but can't take it. Instead when I dish it back you try your hardest to call me out for being the bad guy. Again, skewing the facts and only telling half the story to make it work for you.

There is a reason why you're only one in a handful of guys who's always on my case about the 'lies' you say I'm guilty of. You're the only one who believes them. The rest of the handful are your partners in crime Jesse, pavlov and lemmy who are actually the same person, who btw have gone MIA since the IP Address recognition hubub has been thrown around NT for the new site.

You tell me I'm playing the victim in the same thread you're playing the victim pulling lies from your ass to try and make yourself look good. It's not working.

And Jesse, no one remembers what I said to you about the Wizard Robe and Hat and quite frankly it's so fucking rediculous even mentioning it it's beyond me why the hell it bugs you 3-4 years later. If it bothers you so much like I said, email me and at least tell me what I did, because I've asked NT twice now and no one knows.

So Rick, I feel ashamed having to post this but if I emailed it to you you'd probably respond with 'gfy' like you did when I asked you to come to NT and apologize for getting the whole metadata thing wrong, or at the very least tell NT you were wrong. Now you're on my ass about 'manning up' as you put it in one of the 5 hatemails you sent, yet months ago you couldn't 'man up' to being wrong about the metadata.

That's being a Hypocrite with a nasty double standard.

Hope at least a few people read this before it gets pulled, and if I get banned so be it, at least I cleared up your lies.

Oh, and you calling me a liar while lying in the same breath... irony.

Your hate has skewed your history and you have no idea why you hate me anymore, you just know you do.

If I get banned so long NT. Some of you made this place great.

Doug

Farewell - sort of May 23, 06, 9:34 a.m.

Looks as if I can’t play with you guys here any longer. I just got a stern warning about my time spent on Newstoday, even though I find myself posting less and less during the day. I guess Newstoday is only seen as an “instant messenger” and not as a design resource. I’m kind of pissed because she said that I need to focus more on the work, yet, we’re slow as fuck. I spent most of the day yesterday photoshopping a damn birthday card for the boss’ daughter. I even through out the standard “... have I ever missed a deadline, date or been late to a meeting or not fulfilled, or even for that matter exceeded in the completion (on time) of a project?” No use. So this is kind of the straw that broke the camels back for me. We can’t check personal email, I was legitimately sick last Monday and they didn’t pay me for the day off, even though I’m on salary full time, I had to fight them tooth and nail about them paying me for my time off in September for my honeymoon. When I was interviewing they said “of course you can take off, that’s totally fine” then I request the 5 days off.... FIVE... and it’s “of course, we just won’t pay you for it...” Wow. This place is a terrible design sweatshop and it’s ruined the moral of the company.

So, you all might be seeing a lot less of me. Some of you I’m sure won’t mind.

I’d also like to take a shot in the dark and ask if anyone knows of any openings in the suburbs of Chicago? I had an interview at Fry last week which went pretty well, and if anyone knows a person working there it would be nice to get a name drop or something.

I guess as I’ve gotten older I realize, as long as the work is getting done, and it’s high quality work, what the hell does it really matter if a person spends a few minutes here and there on a design board? Really. If I had a dime every time I walked past another persons computer here and I saw CNN, Yahoo, BBC, ESPN, YouTube or Yahoo videos I’d be a rich man. Yet I seem to be the only one getting the talking to.

Anyways, to make a short post long. Take care.

Doug

dobs May 16, 07, 9:33 a.m.

not sure why, but today it just seems like a switch has been turned off inside my head and i felt the need to say sorry for everything.

thinking about it this morning it all seems so trivial.

so i'd like to say sorry and extend my hand as a virtual handshake. i've said hurtful things and i'd like to apologize.

it's somewhat admirable how you've stuck to your guns as you have and although i may not agree with everything you say or how you say it, you have the right to say it. so you can tell me to f off or whatever, but this morning i cleaned out my ignore list, starting fresh, feeling good, making amends, farting like a mule, the whole 9 yards.

this goes for the rest of you lot too. snuggles. you're cool as hell even though you think i'm a d-bag. i probably am. jesse. sorry for whatever the hell it was i said to you. wish i could remember but i can't. you have some great work that i really admire.

ya'll can tell me to f off or think i'm a dick or whatever. that's cool. i probably deserve it.

just wanted to say that.

i QUIT! Jun 13, 06, 1:21 p.m.

... is what i'll be saying tomorrow if my damn CD ever gets her ass back in the office.

just got off the phone with a company 15 minutes from my house (this place is a solid 45 minutes on a good day) and they've extended me a fantastic offer.

i accepted.

dear lord i feel as if i just had this huge weight lifted off my shoulders.

thanks to everyone who for the past few days has given me inspiration, wisdom and words of encouragement. i'm so fucking happy right now i think i'm going to leave an upper decker tonight on the way out.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your 5 favorite Sep 1, 04, 7:08 a.m.

movie scenes.

I don't think this has been done before. I feel as though it says a lot about a person. Mine.

1) The scene from the natural when he hits the last home run and the lights are exploding with the music and you see the reflection on the coaches glasses as a metaphor of him crying.

2) Rowdy Roddy Piper - They live. "I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and right now I'm all out of bubble gum." Then just starts shooting the hell out of everyone.

3) The scene with John Belushi in Animal House. "Over?!? Did somebody say over?!? Was it over when the Germans bombed pearl harbor?!?..." God I love that part.

4) Caddy Shack, Bill Murray when he goes into the story about golfing with "The Dali Lama himself". So funny I want to laugh through the entire bit but I can't because I HAVE to listen to it.

5) Star Wars when the Millenium Falkon appears at the end. Gives me chills every time.

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I'll even give you 5 more.

6) Spiderman II. After Peter Parker makes his return as Spider Man and he's swinging through the city cheering himself. With the music and the moment a tear damn near came to my eye.

7) Commando. The last fight scene with Arnold. "The gun John,... hahaha.... I don't need the gun John (all crazy) then they fight. In the end Arnold throws the pipe through the guy and says "Let off some steam."

8) Warriors. The scene where the guy is like "WAAAAaaariOOOrs... come out and plAAAAaaAAEEAAAyyyYY! Great scene.

9) Van Wilder. Where he drives up in the Golf cart and she's standing there and in the best tone and manner says "are you following me... cause if so... that would be super" and then the look on her face.... AAAH!

10) Zoolander. The gas station scene and just before it. I laugh just thinking about it.

So.... what are yours.

He Hates Me:: Jul 15, 04, 1:50 p.m.

Who on here do you think hates or has a problem with you?

I always but heads with Kuz, and now leah cause she drills (no pun intended) me about gerbils up the koolie, and Dutchboy, cause he's better looking than me.

How bout you? Who you had it out with?

un-fing believable... Jun 7, 06, 10:14 a.m.

Most all of you know my situation here with my current employer, well it just went from bad to worse.

I’ve been bending over backwards for this company the last two weeks as some of the other designers have been taking off due to being sick (legitimately). I’ve been staying late and doing work that I’m really not even supposed to be doing.

So yesterday I have to leave work at 1:30. I had to take my finance’ to a specialist for a private matter... a potentially serious matter at that. I return today and about 10 minutes ago get an email from my old boss with a link to a job board saying, “Isn’t this YOUR job?”

The company I’m working at posted my job on the very same job board that I applied to not long ago. Un-fucking believable. Talk about adding insult to injury. This caught me pretty much be surprise as I’ve actually single-handedly kept their fucking heads out of the water for the past three weeks, and, on Monday had to take over an InDesign job for the Creative Director who posted my job because (and I’m not kidding) the Creative Director didn’t know how to place an image, re-size the image, create a text box or create a column of text in InDesign. Wow. And I’M the one they need to get rid of!?!?!?!

So now I need some good vibes and a little fresh air before I apply to the job posting with pdf samples of all the bullshit work I’ve done for them since being hired on.

I have a potential new job in the works but if it comes through I won’t hear about it until Monday... and on Monday it’s either a “yes” or “no” from them. I’m hoping it’s a yes now because for some fucked up reason they’re trying to replace me.

Little do they know I informed the only 3 people here I trust to keep it a secret and all of them are searching for a new job as I type this.

Can you believe it?

Now I have to sign off again. B.S. Good vibes are needed guys and gals.

M.Moore-BigFatStupidWhiteMan? Jun 24, 04, 2:21 p.m.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/…

Good read. Interesting too. A snipet of the read...

'Stupid' is as stupid does: Hardy and Clarke dissect "Stupid White Men" and "Dude, Where’s My Country?" along with the latter's celluloid ugly stepchild, Fahrenheit 9/11, to delve into the heart of Moore's pathology. A few highlights:

Moore harps on his portrayal of America as a "nation of idiots" (i.e., people who disagree with him) and illiterates.
In reality, the "statistics" he offers indicating widespread illiteracy include two sizeable groups: immigrants who are often fluent in other languages but not English, and the blind and visually impaired.

Moore, who after all graduated from high school, delights in ridiculing his countrymen’s poor grasp of geography. "The dumbest Brit here is smarter than the smartest American," he snickers to an audience in London.
But Moore chooses not to add an important fact: young adults worldwide performed badly on the National Geographic survey he so selectively cites.

He claims that Florida wrongly disenfranchised thousands of pro-Democrat criminals in the 2000 election. "Thirty-one percent of all black men in Florida" are felons, in his paranoid fantasy world. (No wonder this limousine liberal travels in such exclusive circles.)
In reality, the Miami Herald showed that Democrat-run counties violated state law and let the overwhelmingly Democrat felons vote illegally – more than 2,000 votes, most of which went to Gore.

Most importantly, "Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man" refutes Moore's wild attempts to implicate the president in 9/11. Every American should read these chapters. They are too detailed to summarize here, but one example will demonstrate this book's importance.

Moore claims President Bush invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban so he could get an oil pipeline built. You've probably heard others parrot this allegation. A master of propaganda knows that if you repeat a lie often enough, people start to believe it.

In reality, Bush had supported Enron's plan to run pipes under the Caspian Sea and avoid Afghanistan. "Clinton was the one backing the rival Unocal plan to put them through Afghanistan," Hardy and Clarke observe.

Should I Feb 28, 07, 8:14 a.m.

Take down a site if i haven't been paid for it since October?

I signed papers for the site may 2005 and it was supposed to be a 3 month job. A year and a half later it was finished. I was a freelancer working for a girl downtown who used to be a good friend of mine. She started her own company and asked me to do some work.

Each project I've done for her has gone way over budget (my hours) and way over time and with each job it's taken weeks past due to get paid.

I've sent numerous emails with no response.

Being an old friend whom now I'll never work for again, should I take down the site?!?

I'm thinking of putting "PENDING PAYMENT" on the index page to get my point across.

Would you? I'm at the end of my rope.

is it odd? Jun 28, 07, 6:22 a.m.

on monday i'm sitting here doing some work and i hear this dude talking with this extreme indian accent. like apu from the simpsons. i'm like 'damn, that dude is apu' and i turn around and it's a white guy doing the voice for kicks.

yesterday i hear this terrible australian accent coming from behind me. i turn around... the same guy.

today he's doing this HORRIBLE asian accent. 'oh... ah-so... deed you geet de email i sent out round eye'... slowly i turn around... same guy.

wtf. it's really over the top. if i actually gave a fuck i might find this offensive. how does a dude like this keep his job mocking races with these accents?

what a way to start off the day.

abstrakt Dec 28, 04, 12:18 p.m.

great work on your site my friend.

this thread will turn gay in t-minus 3....2....1....

Funniest thing ever. Aug 20, 04, 7:20 a.m.

Good morning all. I'm hopped up on cold medicine and ephedra so I'm a little off today.

What's the funniest thing you've ever seen? I was on the way in to work today and couldn't stop laughing at something I saw a while ago.

I once saw a Circus Clown get beaten to death by a midget with a pillow case filled with hammers. GOD that was funny. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it and it still gets me going today. hahaha a midget with a pillow case filled with hammers.... man.... gotta love that.

What's the funniest thing you ever saw?

blacklist Jun 12, 06, 7:42 a.m.

The I.T. fellow here has informed me that on Tuesday the CD here has two 1.5hr times blocked off for a 'private meeting'. Which = she's interviewing for my job.

Should I throw out the name of this place to give fair warning for any poor bastard who gets conned into working here or is that bad karma?

jevad! May 9, 06, 7:33 a.m.

great meeting up with you. sorry i was only running on about an hour of sleep in 2 days, but hey... it was vegas.

thanks for the coffee. next time out it's my treat. sorry we didn't get to hang out a bit longer.

oh, and just as i feared they lost my luggage. fudge. took me an hour back at midway standing in line filling out the papers. anyways, great meeting up with you.

cheers.
doug

SONOFA... Apr 26, 07, 12:37 p.m.

*&^%$!

A month ago I get this freelance client sent to me by a cousin who did some landscaping work for her.

She wants me to build a site.

I put in a bid based on a few variables, one being she says there will be about 300 photos.

I give her a price and she squawks at it.

I say I can lower the price if we cut down the photos to around 100.

I give her the new proposal and she agrees to the terms yesterday.

I get an email today saying "It looks like we'll have about 308 photos and we won't be able to take any out. Hope this is ok"

F*CK!

I had a bad feeling this project was going to be a pain in the ass.

She made me drop my price by a grand cause it was too much and I find out she paid 150k for her landscaping.

I don't fucking get it.

Should I drop her?

I really can't do this site for that price with that many photos. It will take too much damn time.

F*CK.

$40,000 a yr for life Sep 21, 06, 7:38 a.m.

is what i won last night on a scratch off lotto ticket.

it's a scratch off win for life game. kinda like bingo. e6, b5, b1 and such. you scratch off the coresponding squares from the numbers you get.

i scratched off all 10 numbers and saw that i got 3 houses. 3 houses = $40,000 for life. i read the ticket five times to make sure.

for a few minutes i was in bliss. i had this almost euphoric feeling knowing i wouldn't have to worry about money again. the best i could i tried to remain calm, i never screamed, i never yelled, just sat there for a while thinking this wasn't possible.

i handed the ticket over to michelle and she noticed within seconds that i had scratched off the a1 square instead of the b1 square that i was supposed to. i have no idea how that happened. kinda like when you design your personal portfolio and you spell your own name wrong and don't see it, i looked over this card for almost 10 minutes and never even noticed the mistake.

mother. fuck.

at least i got to feel for a few minutes what it felt like to be a millionaire. and let me tell you... it felt so fucking good.

i'm trying my best not to beat myself up over it today.

:(

i'm going to ask the marketing department if they have a scanner so i can show the ticket.

So Gross! Jul 29, 04, 7:53 a.m.

So two gross things happened to me yesterday.

First on my way home from work some guy in the car behind me was going nuts digging for gold in his nose... for like 2 minutes, then, no friggin shit, he pulls his finger out and... yup... eats it. I almost threw up. I was yelling in my rearview mirror 'NO NO YOU SICK F*CK... DON'T EAT IT NOOOOOOO'

So that was sick. Then the icing in the cake. Late last night I was at a local bar I frequent. I walk into the bathroom and a guy who works there is mopping up the floor. Now the bathroom only has a toilet and two stalls, with a sink so it's pretty small. As I start to wiz this smell overcomes me... shat. The guy starts talking to himself, or me, about how someone shat in the potty, clogged it, and flushed it till it overflowed onto the floor. As I look down I'm standing in a bit of the water... bad enough. So I'm trying to hurry up and finish so I can get the hell out of there. As he's mopping he goes to clean up the stall next to me, as he pulls the mop head back to him the mob brushes wip around and mop right across my left shoe. Yup... a shat filled mop over my shoe. So I walk out and tell my girl we have to go and as we're walking out I explain what happened. No friggin way I was stepping into my car with my shoes covered in that crap so I took off a perfectly good pair of Kenneth Coles and left them ruined in the parking lot. No 'oops' no 'oh man... sorry' nothing. Just mopped right over them like nothing was wrong.

So that was pretty sick. Top that and make me feel better about throwing out a pair of nice shoes.

advice Oct 30, 06, 9:06 a.m.

i just came across an article that linked to a blog that someone had written about a close personal friend of mine.

the whole blog post, which lead to the article is completely false and i know this for a fact.

basically, as some of you know i'm friends with a few players for a mlb team and some jackleg is posting completely false info about a friend of mine and it's getting attention.

what should i do? what can i do?