Pot-smoking principal (3) Jul 16, 2007
Last week, an elementary school principal in Oregon was found smoking pot in a state park.  A big oops for a school administrator, an even bigger oops for a school district that won a supreme court case about requiring its athletes to take drug tests.  But the worst part of the story is that the guy will keep his job.  School Superintendent Kenneth Cox made this bumblingly stupid statement: 
"We'd be shooting ourselves in the foot if we said, 'Well, you made this mistake, and we're going to find someone else for the job.'"
Mr. Cox, that's exactly what you're supposed to do!  The guy messed up, he broke the law, and he needs to lose his job.  To hold a double standard like that is not only ridiculous, it should mean the end of your job as well. 

I'm not usually a fan of cops because they go through red lights and speed all over the place "in the name of protecting our streets", but County Sheriff Tom Bergin is absolutely right: 
"What's he going to tell them:  'It's OK for me to do it, but you can't.' This whole thing is so upsetting."
I'm not hoping for the death sentence for this guy, I'm just hoping for a bit of fairness.  If any other idiot got caught smoking pot, he'd probably pay a fine, maybe spend a night in jail, and be on some sort of probation.  He certainly wouldn't keep his 6-figure job where he's in direct daily contact with children. #entertainment
Friday afternoon Jul 16, 2007
I love when people at work contact me on a Friday afternoon to get a bunch of work done in a short amount of time.  It usually has something to do with traveling the following week or an important meeting on Monday morning.  As a moderately loyal, kinda hardworking employee, I usually do the work and keep the complaints to myself.  But one day, I'm gonna lose it, and among the many harmful and most likely illegal things I'll do, one of them is to announce this to the whole world:  "Poor planning or judgment on your part does not necessitate an emergency on my part." #business