a couple of random treats

[ellen_datlow]

The Eerie, Bizarre Sounds of the Saturnian System

or what we've been listening to out there and for something completely different:

Attention shoppers. Here's the 2007 site and news for the deals that can be had at all kinds of stories around the US the day after Thanksgiving, the biggest shopping day of the year, aka Black Friday
Black Friday deals

Comments

[satyrblade.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I no longer work in retail!

[lagilman]

Amen.

(although working in a wine store, the season started before Halloween and didn't really let up until the day after New Year's. Oy.)

[satyrblade.livejournal.com]

I worked in various bookstores from 1999 to 2006. (Yes, I worked every Harry Potter opening night during those years - heady times, for a fantasy writer!) Although the job has a lot to offer a writer who needs a day job, decent pay is not one of the job's better features!

[sclerotic-rings.livejournal.com]

"Hi! I was looking for a book that you had up front about a year ago - or maybe it was two - and I asked Bernie at the front counter if you still had a copy. He said that you were out, so I asked Cicely in the back, and she said you were out, so I asked Bill in the DVD section and he said you were out, so could you get me a copy 'cuz I have to do a report on it by tomorrow?"

I truly fear even the possibility of working in a bookstore. If working in a liquor store turned me into a completely unrepentant straightedge, working in a bookstore these days would probably make me take my eyes out with a grapefruit spoon and burn off the tips of my fingers so I couldn't learn Braille.

[sclerotic-rings.livejournal.com]

Oh, you poor child. Five years ago, I worked as a wine manager for a liquor store, so you get nothing but sympathy from me. (I actually have to thank everyone for the seven months I lasted until I found a better job: I now have less of a tolerance of alcohol than I did before I started.)

[lagilman]

I loved working in the wine store, mainly because as floor staff I got to meet with a lot of wine-makers and importers, and talk to a lot of customers about their tastes and experiences... but there were shifts I kept a running tab of "OMG of the Day."

And I do find that I drink a lot less since working there. I blamed all the tasting dinners I had to do to -- proof that you can burn out even on things you love!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Heh. I can certainly understand that.