Sportswriter, Roswell Daily Record

maybe i should take Songbird off my list of references for this gig.

 

Heck, you seem like a good guy. I'll be your reference.

 

You could put me down, but I doubt they'd remember me.

 

i think i could kick ass with the two of you on my reference list.

you guys up for a call from martinsburgville?

 

Sure, we'll make Roswell rue the day they didn't hire you.

 

Tomas, I think the semi-fascist prep-school coaches on this beat will love you looonnng time. Somewhere in Southeast New Mexico, a would-be Patton of the Gridiron has nipple erections straining achingly against his polyester coach's shirt and he doesn't know why.

Just as you'll love the Record's antique computers and the opportunity for women's-room sexual romps. But bring your own keyboard, just for hygienic reasons.

 

god, if i only were single and out of a job.

 

I bet two phone calls could make that happen.

 

Huh. That's about a dollar more than they offered me when I interviewed for it.

 

I've never interviewed at Roswell, but did a phone interview with Artesia once.

Pay was about $9.50 an hour, IIRC.

Guy wanted me to accept over the phone, sight unseen. I was unemployed at the time, so I did agree to fly down there.

I ended up being down there about a week, mainly because I had to spend a couple days halfway between Albuerqurque (sp?) and Artesia due to El Nino snow drifts creating whiteout over the roads.

 

I dug through some old e-mails and found an FAQ list they sent me. I got this in 2005, so some of the names may have changed, but the info is probably still fairly accurate.

 

Dude, I had to sit in that taint-ed chair, and use that taint-ed keyboard right after he left. I think I scrubbed that keyboard for an hour.