Walt Hitman, newcomer to the blog (and a working woman)

OH HAI! This is literally my first visit to the blog since the day I single-handedly dreamed the whole thing up. So far it looks like you guys are doing a great job. Way to take my idea and really run with it.
JC: your Daily Presstige is a mystery to me. I can't think of a single person who'd want to nominate you for an award of any kind. However, if Ursula has taught me one thing, it's: never underestimate the importance of BODY language.
Ha!

Alright, who's the joker?

Thanks, Mark! Never knew you cared!

Seriously, I didn't think you cared.

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Hey, maybe Ursula is getting me back for months ago. Wait a second-- Ursula?? OH NOES!!!1!

does this count as low culture?

From a press release we got from the Virginia Farm Bureau today:

VT course educates ag students about Latino workforce

BLACKSBURG-During his first two internships in the landscaping industry, Virginia Tech senior Justin Jenkins didn't understand why his Latino co-workers insisted on working in groups, made limited eye contact with their supervisor and gave everyone nicknames.

But after taking Barbara Kraft's "Spanish in the Green Industry" course, Jenkins has a better understanding of his new Latino friends.

"She explained everything I had heard and noticed in the field," Jenkins said. "I just finished my third internship, and I could understand them more and had better communication with them.

"Justin Jenkins didn't understand why his new Latino friends were always leaving their cars on their lawns, and why they liked their food so spicy. But thanks to the Farm Bureau's course, he now can appreciate this exotic, fun new culture!"

I guess it's not so much that the idea is so bad--more like the tone in which they presented it was so....earnest? Like "Ask a Mexican," only completely sincere....Kinda like how my Catholic School took us to go visit "The Jews," Seth! I mean, Sleth...

Just a matter of time, really

Remove "persuade businessman suicide" from this and put in "hope for two supervisors to argue, draw pistols and blow each other away" and this kinda sad/kinda funny story sounds like every other Tuesday night for me.

NYT writes stupid story

My first post! How exciting!

Breaking news: Being friends with benefits can be stressful!

If you're lazy and you don't click on the link, basically it's a NYT story about a new study that looks at the dynamics of "friends with benefits" relationships.

The nut graph: "Yet relationships in which close friends begin having sex come with their own brand of awkwardness, according to the first study to explore the dynamics of such pairs, often called friends with benefits, or F.W.B."

Worst story/study ever! And if anyone understands what the graphic above the story is supposed to illustrate, could they please explain it to me?