Let's do this.
Feline of the Week: Meow, The Morbidly Obese Sante Fe Cat
At 39 pounds she stands, which is the human equivalent of 600 pounds, and causing more mixed emotions upon it's appearance than a puppy in a Nazi costume with a cigarette in its mouth.
Movie Premiere of the Week (Internationally): "The Avengers"
Damn non-American citizens, getting to see the most critically-acclaimed and most anticipated superhero films since "The Dark Knight" a week before us good folks at the U.S of A. What kind of a world is this anyway that would allow such INJUSTICE?
Video of the Week: "Ethan W (a six year old with autism) Plays Piano Man"
I played the piano for several years, and yet I never played with such soul and enjoyment as he did. Outstanding.
Guest Appearance of the Week: President Obama on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"
Whatever. Everyone knows that all the cool Presidents go on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
/stubborn fan
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: Newt Gingrich Suspends Presidential Campaign
A sad week for moon colony enthusiasts everywhere.
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Woman Dies of Starvation Due to Sunlight-Only Diet
Still better than the Palm Beach diet.
Person of the Week: Deborah Stevens
Being fired from your job just sucks in general, but I don't that anyone can tell a firing story of the same realm as the one that Ms. Stevens, the Long Island native, allegedly claims to have. A few days ago, Stevens filed a suit against her former employee, the Atlantic Automotive Group. Stevens claims that her being fired from the car dealerships business was done so unfairly. The reason? Because it was done thanks in large part to her boss, named Jaqueline Brucia...the same woman who Stevens donated a kidney to last summer. Here's more of the story courtesy of the CBS News' website:
"Stevens returned to work four weeks later - even before Brucia. Three days after coming back Stevens says she didn't feel well. "No sooner when I got through the door at my house, the phone rang and it was her, saying - 'What are you doing? Why are you home,'" Stevens said. "And I'm like, 'Jackie, I don't feel well.' And she said, 'Well you can't just can't come and go as you please. People are going to think you're getting special treatment.'"
Stevens said she had complications from the surgery, like nerve damage in her leg. But she said, the yelling didn't stop.
"And she told me, it sounds like a personal problem and she wasn't interested," Stevens said. "And I said, well it's a personal problem because it's surgery. I've never had a kidney removed. And she said, 'Oh, are you throwing this up in my face?'"
After she hired a lawyer to deal with the situation involving her boss, Stevens was then re-located to a different locations nearly 50 miles away, before she was eventually fired for not "performing up to standards...making mistakes." The Atlantic Automotive Company has since went on the defense, saying that Stevens is using the story unfairly and that the firing had nothing to do with that. Brucia, meanwhile, has only come out to make a statement showing her appreciation for the kidney (as she should). Now, this may just be part of a whole larger story, but from the looks of it, it does appear that the actions of Brucia and the dealership business were done in a rather inconsiderate fashion, as seen from the bad publicity that it's been getting. Besides, the lady donated A DAMN KIDNEY to her boss. You'd figure that would give her some temporary immunity, and I'm sure that none of the other employees would've minded it (unless they're cold, heartless sociopaths).
And that's the way it was! Enjoy what little of the weekend you have left, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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