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    Image of evilbeet evilbeet
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    This story is ridiculous and reeks of bitterness. I'm not a big Nikki Finke fan, but COME ON, she's only human. Obviously taking a few days off here and there hasn't stopped her from making a lot of money off her blog, and it doesn't seem to have caused media interest in her to wane, as you just wrote an entire freakin' post about how she's not a robot. Sheesh, lay off.
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    Image of karion karion
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    Jesus, Cook, yours must be made of titanium.

    I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze Nikki Finke.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    I demand a refund! -- oh, wait.

    Doesn't she have MS as well? It's possible to have MS and be relatively asymptomatic, but she might not be that lucky.
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    Image of BaldwinPeriphetes BaldwinPeriphetes
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    Fail to see the point of this.


    Next post up will be a shocking expose of missed deadlines in the webcomic industry, no doubt.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    Maybe she should go get a new head shot taken on one of those days off.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    She's so intense/crazy and all that but I'm not going to begrudge somebody days off at a blog. She's not exactly conducting the war in Afghanistan. TV and movie screens aren't going to go dark if she were to say "I have taken a day off to watch cuckold porn and shitty reruns."
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    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    One screenshot in the crowd caught my eyee:"Fewer Holiday Postings." Nikki Finke is no ordinary rank-and-file employee punching a timeclock - she's a workhorse who post around the clock, 7 days a week. So her new bosses shold probably take that into account. (And probably do - they know what they bought. One thing you don't need to worry about with Nikki Finke is her work ethic.)
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    As a similarly unreliable but nowhere near as well-paid a blogger as Nikki, I am surprised to find myself wanting to defend her on this score - esp. because the very limited exchange I had with her in the past was, on her part, pretty unnecessarily rude.

    I guess I'll limit the defense to saying that surely the obsessiveness with which she attacks some of these stories, turning up real scoops no one else can get, simply predicts there will be times she drops offline for a bit. The mind and body just try balance it out after a while, esp. if there is an issue like diabetes to factor into the mix.

    Odd, I never expected to feel any sympathy for her. I'll probably lose that in irritation the next time I see more than one "Toldja" on her blog's index page.
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    Image of BunnySkull BunnySkull
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    It only got funny once I realized how long the scroll was through all her excuse posts.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    09/22/09

    In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
    I feel her- when the dingo ate my baby I couldn't comment for minutes.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    07/13/09

    In reply to White House Staff Working Very Hard
    Listening to Robert Gibbs whine is my new favorite hobby.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    07/13/09

    In reply to White House Staff Working Very Hard
    Seriously, how can I get some of that Modafinil stuff?
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    07/13/09

    @The Real JR: Work a night shift or have narcolepsy. Sometimes prescribed for MS fatigue, too. It's not habit forming and feels less jittery than caffeine. But it will keep you up for freaking ever if you don't watch when you take it.



    Or so I've heard.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    07/13/09

    @RandomLunatic: Yeah, I've been reading a lot of reviews and experiences on this drug and it sounds like a sort of wonder drug. I'm neither on the night shift nor narcoleptic. But you would think there's a huge market for this stuff out there.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    07/13/09

    In reply to White House Staff Working Very Hard
    Is that a box of some sort of lady-part cleansing agent? I mean, don't they all have names that end in "gil" and come in boxes with suns on them, 'cause I dunno, the sun shines out of all lady-parts, apparently?
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    07/13/09

    @Spirit Fingers: That's a prescription stimulant.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    07/13/09

    @i'm a bottle: Yeah, well, for some of us muted colors, sunshine, and suffixes that end in "gil" say stimulant, (when yeah, I'm sure the clip art catalog had no other way of describing that) and for others it says, "to calm uncomfortable itch in those private moments."


    Thanks for the tip. I'll go now and ingest some rat poison in a Splenda box.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    07/13/09

    @Spirit Fingers: wait, I've been keeping my Special K in there.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    07/13/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Oh, don't! But if you do, the antidote is in the hemorrhoid cream.
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    07/13/09

    @i'm a bottle: Lady parts and stimulant? I AM IN.
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    Image of 1.1.1. 1.1.1.
    07/13/09

    In reply to White House Staff Working Very Hard
    Many of them have worked at corporate law firms and investment banking firms. They should be used to the killer hours. At least it's not billables for the sake of billables. They're trying to fix the country.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/13/09

    In reply to White House Staff Working Very Hard
    Um, nowadays, this story is true of every house, especially if the folks who live there are trying to keep one.
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