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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that believes we've found the solution to the unemployment problem in this here country: humor. Yep, according to this press release we received from some place called Accountemps, “Seventy-nine percent of CFOs said an employee's sense of humor is important for fitting into the company's corporate culture.”
And there's something about how you can show this side of your personality in job interviews. Kinda like this:
BOSS GUY: So, where do you see yourself in five years?
JOB SEEKER: Probably face down in the gutter, wishing I'd never taken this rotten gig in the first place.
OK, that's a little negative, probably. How about silly?
BG: Where do you see yourself blah blah blah?
JS: Oh, probably riding up and down the street on a unicycle while wearing a fez and a mohair loincloth.
Or maybe the smart-ass dude would impress Boss Man:
BG: Where do you blah blah blah?
JS: Is that a toupee on your head or were you just attacked by a marmot?
Send your best one-liners for job interviews to us here at summitup@summitdaily.com.
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OK, we know you're on tenterhooks (whatever those are) to hear some new haiku. Continuing her string of haiku about weird animals is local eighth grader Heather Johnston, who has this about bandicoots for today:
Bandicoots are queer
Atypical, you could say
Outlandish, even.
Indeed they are, Heather. Just in case ya'll are wondering, here's a quick Wiki hit on this critter:
“Bandicoots are a group of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, terrestrial marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia.”
MILLIONS OF SUMMIT UP READERS: Hmmm. When are they active?
SU: They're nocturnal.
MSUR: What do they eat?
SU: Diet: The bandicoot eats insects (like termites), lizards, mice, worms, snails, fruit, seeds, and some plants. Bandicoots need very little water; they get the water they need from their food. They obtain food mostly at dawn and at dusk.
That's it for now. Tune in tomorrow when Heather (metaphorically )tackles the frill-neck lizard. Can't wait!
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In other haiku news, former SDN staffer Jane Stebbins popped in our office Tuesday, borrowed a pencil and a piece of paper from us and wrote a poem right before our very eyes. Talk about hot off the presses! Here it is, another entry in the
I-70 Sucks Haiku Contest:
Highway harmony?
Didn't work so well, eh guys?
To Denver, I sail
Thanks Stebby, for that timely CDOT-themed haiku. We'll offer anyone a free piece of pie at Village Inn (on Wednesdays) if they can write a sweet haiku about trucks that don't move out of the left lane on the way up to the tunnel. Send it to summitup@summitdaily.com.
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And here's another from 10-year-old Anna Vaine, a student at Dillon Valley Elementary. Anna writes: “I have a new haiku for you”:
Morning beauty shines
Mountains bow down to the sun
The sky caught fire.
Nice! Thanks Anna! When we were your age we didn't even know what a haiku was — we expect to see some sonnets out of you by middle school!
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In other news, we hear Colorado Tents & Events Party Rental is celebrating 12 years of business here in ol' Summit County. And since one year of business in Summit County is equal to, um, four in any other place, that means Steve Alie and his crew have been at it for nearly half a century! Congrats!
Fine info about what all they do at www.tentsandevents.com.
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Here's another item from the Breckenridge Music Festival (BMF): The organization is looking for some info on the local audience. They're looking for folks to fill out a quick survey and are offering a great incentive : two chances to win “Dinner and a Concert” — a $100 dinner certificate at the local restaurant of your choice and 2 tickets to the BMF concert of your choice (classical or non classical).
If you want to be part of the incentive drawing, just fill out the survey and provide your contact information at the end of the survey. The deadline is Feb 2. That's tomorrow, so get on it, doggonit! The survey is at www.surveymonkey.com/s/BMF2012.
***
Well folks, we've taken up enough of your time today. Sayonara!
And there's something about how you can show this side of your personality in job interviews. Kinda like this:
BOSS GUY: So, where do you see yourself in five years?
JOB SEEKER: Probably face down in the gutter, wishing I'd never taken this rotten gig in the first place.
OK, that's a little negative, probably. How about silly?
BG: Where do you see yourself blah blah blah?
JS: Oh, probably riding up and down the street on a unicycle while wearing a fez and a mohair loincloth.
Or maybe the smart-ass dude would impress Boss Man:
BG: Where do you blah blah blah?
JS: Is that a toupee on your head or were you just attacked by a marmot?
Send your best one-liners for job interviews to us here at summitup@summitdaily.com.
***
OK, we know you're on tenterhooks (whatever those are) to hear some new haiku. Continuing her string of haiku about weird animals is local eighth grader Heather Johnston, who has this about bandicoots for today:
Bandicoots are queer
Atypical, you could say
Outlandish, even.
Indeed they are, Heather. Just in case ya'll are wondering, here's a quick Wiki hit on this critter:
“Bandicoots are a group of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, terrestrial marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia.”
MILLIONS OF SUMMIT UP READERS: Hmmm. When are they active?
SU: They're nocturnal.
MSUR: What do they eat?
SU: Diet: The bandicoot eats insects (like termites), lizards, mice, worms, snails, fruit, seeds, and some plants. Bandicoots need very little water; they get the water they need from their food. They obtain food mostly at dawn and at dusk.
That's it for now. Tune in tomorrow when Heather (metaphorically )tackles the frill-neck lizard. Can't wait!
***
In other haiku news, former SDN staffer Jane Stebbins popped in our office Tuesday, borrowed a pencil and a piece of paper from us and wrote a poem right before our very eyes. Talk about hot off the presses! Here it is, another entry in the
I-70 Sucks Haiku Contest:
Highway harmony?
Didn't work so well, eh guys?
To Denver, I sail
Thanks Stebby, for that timely CDOT-themed haiku. We'll offer anyone a free piece of pie at Village Inn (on Wednesdays) if they can write a sweet haiku about trucks that don't move out of the left lane on the way up to the tunnel. Send it to summitup@summitdaily.com.
***
And here's another from 10-year-old Anna Vaine, a student at Dillon Valley Elementary. Anna writes: “I have a new haiku for you”:
Morning beauty shines
Mountains bow down to the sun
The sky caught fire.
Nice! Thanks Anna! When we were your age we didn't even know what a haiku was — we expect to see some sonnets out of you by middle school!
***
In other news, we hear Colorado Tents & Events Party Rental is celebrating 12 years of business here in ol' Summit County. And since one year of business in Summit County is equal to, um, four in any other place, that means Steve Alie and his crew have been at it for nearly half a century! Congrats!
Fine info about what all they do at www.tentsandevents.com.
***
Here's another item from the Breckenridge Music Festival (BMF): The organization is looking for some info on the local audience. They're looking for folks to fill out a quick survey and are offering a great incentive : two chances to win “Dinner and a Concert” — a $100 dinner certificate at the local restaurant of your choice and 2 tickets to the BMF concert of your choice (classical or non classical).
If you want to be part of the incentive drawing, just fill out the survey and provide your contact information at the end of the survey. The deadline is Feb 2. That's tomorrow, so get on it, doggonit! The survey is at www.surveymonkey.com/s/BMF2012.
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Well folks, we've taken up enough of your time today. Sayonara!
