In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

I love Aubrey Plaza

AVC: April has changed the most since the beginning of the show, and a lot of that feels like it came from her doing more scenes with Andy. How did you guys decide on that pairing?

MS: We wrote the part for Aubrey. Allison Jones, who is one of the people who cast the show, called me and said, “I just met the weirdest girl I’ve ever met in my life. You have to meet her and put her on your show.” Aubrey came over to my office and made me feel really uncomfortable for like an hour, and immediately I wanted to put her in the show.

Michael Schur interview with The A.V. Club

Source: The A.V. Club
parksandrec
gnome-cleric

SO

monsterinrage

apparently i am in the credits for that dvd.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FEEL ABOUT THIS?

whiskeyonsunday

 Didn’t FOB do something similar with FAD? I remember my name being on something, but I can’t quite recall what. It wouldn’t have been something for Panic though.

nonnegative

Yeah, my name was on that, too, because I put my name in for a free something. I didn’t really think that meant I would show up later on a poster, but que sera sera. Panic also did it for some poster thing before, too, and they sent it to me in the mail. It might have been something fanclub related? All I remember is it was big and ugly and I’d already let my fanclub subscription run out, so I threw it out the day I got it. I know, I know, I’ve been making rabid PATD fans cry since 2007.

panicatthedisco falloutboy
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Whiskey on a Sunday: Doesn’t make sense, does it? Homeless in the US go without eating....
nonnegative

“Doesn’t make sense, does it? Homeless in the US go without eating. Elderly in the US go without needed medicines. Mentally ill in the US go without treatment. American troops go without proper equipment. American veterans go without benefits that were promised. Yet we donate billions to other countries before helping our own first. 1% will re-post and 99% won’t. Have the guts to re-post this. I KNOW I’M IN THE 1%”

As seen on facebook. It’s my new goal to not get into political arguments on facebook so I’m going to post this here instead because that’s way better somehow. The point is? This is BULLSHIT. Bullshit. If you believe this is true, you are incredibly ignorant of the US Budget and how valuable foreign aid really is, not only from a moral standpoint but how it is valuable to our own self-interest.

99% won’t repost it because hopefully they’re fucking smart enough to realize what a steaming pile of bullshit this is.

Even on a personal level, it’s ridiculous because people who donate to help other nations are also far more likely to donate to domestic causes. You think because I give some money to Japan or Haiti, that means I don’t donate to anything more local and ongoing? Silly and hardly mutually exclusive. It’s almost like someone pulled the 99% vs. 1% thing out of their ass or something!

politics why doesn't tumblr reblog things properly anymore?

i’m in

“‘Parks and Rec’ co-creator Mike Schur has had a lot of extra time on his hands, and he spent a good chunk of it working on a tie-in project for TV’s best comedy that would only come into existence if NBC renewed it for a fourth season.

Well, the renewal came late last week, and now the project is official: 'Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America,’ a book 'written by’ Leslie Knope but really worked on by Schur and many other members of the 'Parks and Rec’ cast and creative team.

As Schur explained it to me, in the 'Time Capsule’ episode, we see that Leslie has prepared a book on Pawnee’s history, and this is that book - 'but the professsional version. From her POV, with contributions from every character and many minor characters. Got contributions from Fred Armisen (who appeared in season two’s "Sister City”), Ben Schwartz (who plays Jean-Ralphio), (Nick) Offerman, Amy (Poehler), and a bunch of others. Part history, part travel guide, (with) sections on raccoons, Eagleton, Joan Calamezzo, Crazy Ira and the Douche – basically everything that’s ever appeared in the show.’“

Source: hitfix.com
parksandrec
gnome-cleric

what happens every time i check the jon walker tag

monsterinrage

oh look, people hate jon. for things he said a year ago and apologized for? that makes perfect sense.

and then i scroll past and continue gazing at his marvelous beard.

whiskeyonsunday

 haha, I saw that post and was like …seriously? You’re mad at him for that NOW? Where have you been the past year?

nonnegative

but they’ve been to hell and back! for definitions of hell that mean they were in a fairly popular band and are still in that band now and seem pretty laid-back about everything that’s happened. i’m sincere when i say tumblr drama queens are my favorites, especially when they’re getting their news from a year ago.

lol jonwalker
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AVC: The way you said that sounds so depressing. SV: I know. I think I...
whiskeyonsunday

AVC: The way you said that sounds so depressing.

SV: I know. I think I mostly listen to news when I used to listen to music. I like the new Mellencamp. I love Parks And Recreation. It’s so funny. The thing I love most about it is, that main character loves her job and is good at it. I love that her passion for her vocation is a source of humor, but the fact that she is damn good at her job, I find so delightful. She has tons of foibles, obviously, but the fact that she loves her job and is good at it is at the center of the show. And all the other characters on the show.

AV Club interviews Sarah Vowell

nonnegative

Sarah Vowell is pretty great, ngl.

parksandrec
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That's Really Super, Supergirl: Coddled Teachers: 90 paid sick days per year!
lmliberty

Let’s see, you work three-quarters time, get a 3 month paid vacation every year, not to mention holidays off and you do get vacation time. And for good measure, how does 90 paid sick days a year grab you?

When I say we don’t need to spend any more on education, ya think maybe I’m on to something? When I say reform education, is the picture getting a little less fuzzy for you?

These teachers appear to be nothing more than leech’s that have attached themselves to the public trough and are draining it dry. Enough is enough. Even the French are envious.

A public sector “job.” 3 months worth of sick time, three months off in the summer, full vacation and holidays off means they could only work about 5 months or less a year if they so chose, and they have the audacity to complain? Does anybody else get those kind of perks? Anybody who has a real job (private sector, non-union) get anything like that? Even big business CEO’s don’t get that. Unbelievable.

Teachers would no longer receive 90 sick days per year. Instead, they would receive 10 sick days per year that could accumulate up to 90 days. Unused days would not be paid back.

And under Gov. Walker’s plan they can still accrue up to 90 sick days? Screw that. If it were up to me, 10 days, take it or leave it.

Like I said. To those teachers that are whining about Gov. Walker’s plan, if you don’t like it, find another job. That’s how freedom works. Charlie Sykes has the full story.

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robot-heart-politics

  1. This is pertinent right about now.
  2. If you look at Oshkosh school district’s website, you can see the actual information about sick leave. The 90-day figure is essentially short-term disability and is only allowed to be used in the case of serious illnesses of the employee or the employee’s immediately family. Employees have to qualify for it. (Note: Many people’s employers, my own (private industry) included, offer some sort of short-term disability insurance.) Regular sick leave for Oshkosh school district employees accrues at 10 days per year. The maximum number of days which can be accrued is 90 days for less than 20 years of service, 120 for over 20 years. In order to accrue this, though, a person would actually have to go 9-12 years without taking a sick day. In which case, I think they’ve earned their time off. (Note: Many private industry employers offer paid leaves of absence when an employee reaches a certain mile marker in their career. Rewarding long-term employees with periods of paid time off isn’t that strange.) Chances are, when you see an outrageous claim made somewhere, if you can’t find it corroborated anywhere else, it probably is either inaccurate or a flat out lie. Do you research.
  3. All teachers work outside of standard school hours. Otherwise, they would be unable to create lesson plans, grade papers, or fill out the mountains of required paperwork that all school teachers are obliged to complete. Most teachers work well over 40 hours per week. Just because they only have your little darlings from 8-3 doesn’t mean that their day ends when the kids are out of the classroom. Also, most teachers work on a 9-month contract. The $46K they are paid for 9 months of work is stretched out over 12 months as a courtesy to teachers and their families. They do not receive 3 months of pay for free. I can understand how a person who does not personally know any educators—or who has not bothered to question their assumptions about educators—wouldn’t know this. As with most of the things teachers do, the public is generally ignorant. People tend to assume that children would learn reading, writing, math, history, and science all on their own, as if by magic, or that if they themselves were put in charge of educating 20+ human beings on a daily basis, it would be a breeze! These people are almost universally wrong…as arrogant, ignorant humans so often tend to be.
  4. How anyone can compare the benefits of a school teacher, who averages $46K/year with that of CEOs, the average salary for whom (big business or otherwise) is over $700K, and argue that teachers are the ones coming out on top either can’t do math or has an agenda to peddle. Period.

Nothing pisses me off more than assholes on the internet running their mouths on subjects that they know absolutely nothing about. 

porygon2

“These teachers appear to be nothing more than leech’s that have attached themselves to the public trough and are draining it dry.” TOO TRUE that’s why everyone homeschools their children

wait a minute

abstractdreams

IMAGINE MY RAGE FLOW. I sort of want to write everything in CAPS-LOCK!RAGE right now but I won’t because I’m a classy person, of course /sarcasm.

Accurate: everything robot-heart-politics wrote and more. BS like this (OP’s) is what fuels my love and appreciation for teachers (not to say that all of them are superheros in their own right, like most -if not all- of the teachers I’ve had are, but everything has its exceptions.).

A public sector “job.” 3 months worth of sick time, three months off in the summer, full vacation and holidays off means they could only work about 5 months or less a year if they so chose, and they have the audacity to complain? Does anybody else get those kind of perks? Anybody who has a real job (private sector, non-union) get anything like that?

IMAGINE MY RAGE FLOW AGAIN. Is this person serious or is this supposed to be satirical? I’m honestly perplexed that some people believe this and/or think this way.

I want to rant more but it’ll get off topic, so summary = TEACHERS APPRECIATION LIFE. FY OP.

porygon2

ikr i dont even

my parents used to tell me i should become a teacher because of all the perks and time off

like… what? are you being serious right now?

airawyn

Ahahahaha, my parents are teachers, and I was like, no, I’m not going to do that.  I’m not going to work that hard for that little.  My mom and dad love teaching, though, so I guess the reward isn’t all material.

“These teachers appear to be nothing more than leech’s that have attached themselves to the public trough and are draining it dry. “

Woah.

Woah.

Are you serious? I’m pretty sure uneducated politicians are the leeches that have sucked the education system dry of any credibility with all of their bullshit about teacher pay and testing.

And the “real job” comment? I hope to God that is satirical, other wise it’s full of complete bullshit and you are sorely mistaken on the role of educators. 

Does education need reform? Fuck yes it does. But reform that punishes teachers because “they have an easy job?” Fuck that. Spend a week in a classroom. Then tell me it’s fucking easy.

nonnegative

My parents were both teachers when I was little. My dad decided to stop being a teacher so he could settle into the calm, stress-free life of being a corporate attorney, while my mother, who recently retired from education after 38 years, spent every career day of mine growing up saying “YOU DON’T WANT TO BE A TEACHER, DO YOU???” My husband has a masters in education and you know what he did? Taught for a year and then decided information technology was a breezier career path, which it totally has been, as we’re still in touch with nearly everyone in his M.Ed. program and the red tape horror stories are seriously getting worse by the day. My best friend is a high school teacher and I shudder at every bureaucratic story she tells me.

Incidentally, I had unlimited sick days at my entry level office job, straight out of college, and short-term disability was six months. I also earned about 15K above what a teacher’s starting salary in my area is. Double incidentally, I live in the state with the highest teacher salaries anywhere, so that should allow you to draw your own conclusions about how abysmal teacher salaries really are.

Anyone who thinks being a teacher is a cakewalk is a naive little turdburger, and I give everyone everywhere complete permission to write them the fuck off as shit-stirrers who wouldn’t know a fact from their forehead.

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