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Sometimes the truth is stranger than the Onion... Our Picks Popular Sections Unclick Man who works from home keeps naming his dog ’employee of the quarter’ David Covucci— Mar 21 at 4:16AM Image via Madison Reed/Twitter Seems fair. If you slept all day, scratched at your office door whenever you needed to take a shit, and ate your lunch off the floor, there’s a pretty good chance you would never be named employee of the month. But over at Accuride, a manufacturing and hardware company, an officemate who does just that has been named “employee of the quarter” for four straight quarters. Meeka, you see, is a dog. Since her owner works from home, she is eligible for the award. And since winning it once, Meeka has yet to relinquish it. Michael Reeg, owner of Meeka and a distribution sales manager with Accuride, spoke with the Dodo after pictures his daughter took of the awards started making the rounds on Twitter. He said that the award really is merit-based, and that Meeka pulls her weight at the office. “There are times that I’ll even talk to her as I work through a problem or map out a customer solution,” Reeg said. “I try out my sales pitches and presentations on her. She’s not easily impressed or swayed. All she hears is ‘blah, blah, blah, Meeka’—but she likes to hear my voice and I love that she pays attention. Having her in my office all day is something that we both look forward to.” Accuride is also onboard with Meeka’s eligibility and winning streak, according to a spokesperson: “Meeka is an outstanding support to Michael and his work. Dogs are the best.” Yes. We should replace all our human coworkers with dogs. ...... Gman

And to that I say both YIKES and never in my bottom. (If it's not TMI, mine is pretty much an exit chute exclusively) Gman

Gosh I hate being overdressed!! http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/r1hygwe7b1gc1zi/File%20Mar%2009%2C%205%2051%2045%20PM.jpeg?dl=0 Gman

Ignore this advice at your own peril-- http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/hwxgd5gdutsy1sb/File%20Mar%2009%2C%204%2046%2053%20AM.jpeg?dl=0 Gman

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Not usually. I'm not saying it might not have been occasionally. But he was more likely to be in California although at one point he traveled frequently. (Not that I paid a lot of attention to his ad;) Ok to be truthful I looked at his ads for years trying to figure out if I wanted to hire him. I thought about it many, many times. But there was always something-his ad came off as him being a smart-ass, and that's not a personality type I like. I wasn't sure if he'd get into a boyfriend/kissing experience. Then I noticed he looked more muscular in some picture than others. Finally when I really thought I might go for it, he started charging extra for bottoming. That along with everything else was a red flag for me. ) Gman

He escorted for years and years. Just as an FYI in August it will be two years since Rentboy was shut down. Gman

You know some of my best friends are straight. But I'd never hire a straight guy intentionally. Unfortunately I hired one unintentionally. It was not a happy experience. Gman

I'll agree with you that it's 'like' a relationship. But in the end it is really more like an extended hiring session. If you mean a 'real' relationship, well in my mind, while money may play a part, it's a very minuscule one. Gman

I've got that covered. In my imagination there's no such thing as an exclusive top* (or for that matter-someone who doesn't kiss). Gman *except for me of course.

He's cute. I would have topped him. Gman

I knew his name was familiar. But I couldn't think who he was until I saw a bit of the video. There was something about him-maybe he stopped escorting for a while and then restarted. What I'm almost sure I remember is that he had two different looks. If my memory isn't failing me, which is not a certainty by any means, at one point he was a bit on the more husky side, but then he also had a period when he was very lean as shown in the video in the link. I can't remember for sure which came first the husky or the lean although I'm leaning toward possibly husky first and then he slimmed down. Gman

So why did the chicken cross the road? SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he's a maverick! BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period. JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road. HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road? GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here. DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun? BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. AL GORE: I invented the chicken.... and the road. JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it. AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems. OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens. ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road. NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks. PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American. MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information. DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told. ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone. GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us. DONALD TRUMP: We should build a wall so the chicken can't cross the road. BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road. ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road. BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken? COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one? Gman

For the scientifically minded amongst us- So Heisenberg, Schrodinger and Ohm are in a car... They get pulled over. Heisenberg is driving and the cop asks him "Do you know how fast you were going?" "No, but I know exactly where I am" Heisenberg replies. The cop says "You were doing 55 in a 35." Heisenberg throws up his hands and shouts "Great! Now I'm lost!" The cop thinks this is suspicious and orders him to pop open the trunk. He checks it out and says "Do you know you have a dead cat back here?" "We do now, asshole!" shouts Schrodinger. The cop moves to arrest them. Ohm resists. Gman

I'm not sure I get this. Is he lying about that and is wide open? Gman

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Ahh-Braeden-he is on my 'Ones That Got Away' List. Gman PS: For clarification that list title means I never met them not that they had to escape from me.

And I think just a few years before that when I started at Texas Tech in 1979 tuition for in-state students was $6 per credit hour with out of state students paying $60 per hour. Now of course that was strictly 'tuition'. There were other fees with the total bill being something like $600 to $800 a semester. Possibly graduate/medical/law school had higher fees. Gman

I realize things have most likely changed over the 30 something years since I was in college. But I was never able to qualify for financial aid because my parents liked having me as a dependent for their federal taxes. So while we weren't rich, my Dad's salary disqualified me from being eligible for aid. Of course 30 years ago, Texas state schools were very (relatively) inexpensive. I don't know how it is now. But back then it was possible that even paying out of state tuition, some students were still able to go to college cheaper in Texas than in their own home state. Gman

I would have topped him. Gman

Some of these recreated photos are worse than others. http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/dlaqsyg3sed2e58/File%20Jan%2019%2C%204%2031%2051%20PM.jpeg?dl=0 You are definitely right. In the pilot, Karen's voice wasn't even that high/cartoonish. If you look at the pilot of All In The Family, Edith's voice wasn't as high and scratchy either. Gman

Maybe it's just me, but I have no idea what the following means - "I resurrected by ex for a time or two, but in hindsight, it was just like digging up an old bone. Somewhat satisfying in the beginning, but too soon afterwards tiresome and tedious. And that happened in an alley..." Gman

I thought I remembered bad things being posted about Scott. I even did a web search to look for possible articles. I didn't find anything. Thank you for reminding me. Seems to me Chance Caldwell didn't have the greatest reputation either-but no reports of violence as with Scott. Gman

I contacted Colby probably around 2009. He was willing to come visit on my dime, but there would not have been any sex involved. As hot as he is, I passed. I wonder what it's like to be him. Gman