Hello everyone! Didja have a great weekend? Same as always with mine -- fairly uneventful, didn't get nearly as much done as I should have, which is to say that I got some things done (frex, a Scary-Crayon review of an educational Batman game, not to mention some food photography that I'll hopefully write up soon -- I've got months of backlogged food articles) but not others. This, of course, is understandable, as it would be absurd for me to expect to be able to accomplish everything that I'd like to do in a single weekend... but then again, my personality does have certain ridiculous aspects to it.

Let's play a game! You read the rest of this post and then, in the comments (in addition to whatever else you'd like to add), you can try to guess what the fuck that is up there. Here's a hint: It smelled even worse than it looks!

Anyway, let's have a bit of linkage.

First up, Omni recently posted about the potential personal and professional dangers of blogging, especially when one uses one's real name. I was originally going to say a lot more about this -- given that I write more/less under my real name and that the site is easily accessible from Scary-Crayon, which is all over my resume and is pretty much my calling card -- but I'll make it short:

I can understand people's apprehensions about these particular dangers, and I can certainly see an employer reading some things I've written here and thinking, "Whoa, this dude's a fucking nutjob! Better not hire him!" But at the same time, I don't think I'd want to work for an employer who would go out of his/her way to peruse one's personal writings and dismiss a person on those grounds. Granted, when I write about work, favorably or unfavorably, I try to keep the naming of places and persons to a minimum (though anyone who wanted to find out could easily find out where I work/ed, since my resume -- which apparently needs to be updated! -- is online), but who isn't critical of his/her work environment? Besides, a caring employer could actually use that information to correct workplace issues. But at any rate, if an employee is or seems like he/she would be good at the job, what he/she writes in his personal space shouldn't be an issue (unless it discloses confidential information or something). Any employer who doesn't understand this doesn't need kickass workers like the Wes!

Wow, that really wasn't very brief, was it? Maybe I should save the second link and my comments about it for later! I think I will.

Once again, that mystery meal -- your guesses here! By the way, it actually didn't taste too bad. I'd totally make it again! 😀 Ja!