Erectile Dysfunction, My Playlist, A Milestone

Friday, 29 October 2010

Three things:

First, I heard this story on the radio this morning: This woman was kicked out of her congregation for appearing in an erectile dysfunction commercial. She won’t say which religion she belongs to, but she uses the term “disfellowshipped” and “congregation,” so I’m gonna take the wild guess that she is (was) a Jehovah’s Witness. I guess starring in an E.D. commercial must be a sin, since it violates that one scripture at…um…wait…where is it? Huh. I just had it here. Hmm. Can’t seem to find it. The commercial is hilarious by the way – make sure you watch it.

Second, I received a call from KQRS this morning. That’s a radio station here in my metro area. They have this page on their site where you can enter your own playlist, and if they choose it, they’ll play your songs and send you a prize package. So, if you feel like tuning in to 92.5 FM on Sunday at noon, you’ll get to hear a few songs that they always play, but that I picked. They’ll probably say my name. Then you can think to yourself: “Hey, I didn’t know James likes this song. Man, he’s such a loser.”

Third, as of today (technically, this weekend, but weekends don’t count), I’ve been employed at my current job for six years, seven months, and 12 days. You might think that’s a pretty lame milestone, but it happens to be one day longer than my tenure at Lenscrafters. I was employed there (from start date, to my day of work), for six years, seven months, and 11 days. So, as of today, my current employer is also my longest employer.

Of course, I’ve already put in more time at my current job than at Lenscrafters, since I was a part-time employee for the first three years and the sixth. I also took off three weeks to go work in New York back in 1994, but I also took off three weeks from my current job when Owen was born and, most recently, six weeks. Also, this already was the longest time I’d been working at one location, since I worked at Lenscrafters Mall of America location for four years, three months before transferring to their Burnsville spot (and then there was the week I worked in Madison, Wisconsin). Still, I think this is a notable milestone.

Congratulations to me.