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well, here's a story hot off the wire from the Ambiguously Disgruntled Publishing News Desk:

Insolent Man Removed by Alaska Air Goon Squad

In a scene described as "shocking" and "disturbing" by fellow hopefuls for open Alaska Airlines Ramp Agent postions, a Seattle man, Jake Reeder, was handcuffed and drug away by elite Security task force members for admitting he had smoked a few cigars in the last six months.

The harsh removal was defended by Alaska Airlines Human Resource Propaganda Agents, led by spokeswoman Amy Taut, who stated to reporters "Our severe intolerance to the use of harmful chemicals like Nicotine is designed to protect the health coverage we provide to our 11,000 special children of God. It is unfortunately a 'black or white' issue."

Reeder, described by friends as an "ambiguously disgruntled malcontent" was forcefully removed after attempting to defend his actions as "just being honest." He had shown up for one of Alaska Airlines regular open interview sessions, where applicants are stripped naked and ordered to parade through an Auschwitz-style processing line run by quota-determined ethnically, sexually, and age-diverse lederhosen-clad facilitators, armed with riding crops and tear gas.

According to witnesses, Reeder had reportedly made statements regarding his being "punsihed for honesty" because he had admitted on a sworn addidavit, signed in blood, that although he was not a regular smoker, and didn't have a Nicotine habit, he had admitted to occasional "recreational use" of Nicotine products.

"Frankly, we don't want to know what he was up to," Taut went on to say, "Our policy is clear, and we would rather be lied to by someone with a pack-a-day habit than deal with a known and admitted Nictoine user."

Alaska enforces their strict policy with urinalysis designed to detect levels of cotinine, the sole metabolic product of nicotine, which has an in-vivo half-life of 24 hours. A regular smoker can cleanse his or her system to below-tolerance levels in as short a time as a couple of days. The policy of the Airline is stated clearly in the prospective-employee handbook, in that the company is only interested in prospectees "As pure in body and mind as the freshly fallen snow. ' Virginal' is a word we like to use as our descriptor for the ideal applicant."

According to statements, Reeder's harsh removal from the proceedings was triggered by his objections to the company hiring policy, which is in direct contradiction to the "Ravage Your Lungs" policy which is mandatory for all probationary Alaska Airlines Ramp Agents.

"Yeah, I was more or less forced to smoke on all my breaks," recalls a Ramp Agent for Alaska, who wished to withhold his name. "I was shocked at first, then I just sort of went with it, seeing as how I'd smoked the Lucky in my pack of Camels right before the group interview. I just lied about my Nicotine abuse all day and somehow delayed my wiz quiz until a couple days later."

Another man, according to some sources, was brought in as a new hire to the ramp, and forced to take up smoking. "He got into a lot of trouble with his fiancee, who happened to work at the Ticket Counter, and didn't want him smoking," according to another Alaska ramp employee who wished to remain nameless. "It's funny, because he took up smoking, but only at work, and she was fired just a couple days before her six-month probationary period ended."

Faced with these allegations of Hipocrisy, Alaska Human Resources and Propaganda remained mum. "May God spite your wicked ass, degenerate motherfucker!" Taut stated when questioned, before spinning her head 360 degrees and spitting blood at the reporter.

I am left to wonder, and would sure like to know, how many people under the employ of Alaska Airlines use "nicotine products." I am SURE, given the sanctity of that great corporation, which sits at the left hand of the God, the Holy Ghost, and the Jesus our Lord and Savior of Health Insurance, that NOT ONE of their 11,000 employees so much as THINKS about even TOUCHING the evil that IS "Nicotine Products."

Oh, dear Lord, Alaska Airlines, please save us from ourselves!!!!!

And Amy Taut will gladly tell you that it is all for the best, and only degenerate savages would smoke their tobacco pipes or cigars when partying with their friends.

We bow our heads in Prayer and Tnak the righteousness that IS Alaska Airlines, and may God Bless their special 11,000 chosen completely nicotine-free children.

Hey Kids, it's Middle-Eastern Fun Time!!!!!

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Baseball Stats lesson #2:
The New Economics:

Mariners combined record from the start of 2001 season: 129-49
Texas Rangers combined record from start of 2001 season: 77-100

The Seattle Mariners have won 52 more games over a 178 game span

Amount Alex Rodriguez has made over that span (10 year $252 million contract, prorated at 25.2 million/year, or per 162 games):
$27.7 million

$27.7 million/52 games = $532,479/game

I believe I've made my point

So, I haven't been blogging lately, and oddly enough, it is probably BECAUSE It has been an interesting week... in fact, it has been such an "interesting" week, I really haven't been able to sit down and put into words what has happened.

I'm not really sure, at this point, that I even WANT to. I have found myself edging further towards completely losing my fucking mind, and the cruel bitch that is Life is just laughing her fucking ass off. god is playing a cruel fucking joke on me, and if I had my druthers, I'd smack his self-righteous arrogant sneaky ass to the curb.

Is it time for me to Blog again....?

I have nothing particularly interesting to say right now...