MetaFilter posts tagged with firings

Eric Bauman goes 404

Ogre Lawless — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:08:49 -0800

Your moment of schadenfreude: This past Friday Eric Bauman, creator of the contro versial Ebaum's World, got the boot along with the rest of his staff. Commence the shedding of crocodile tears.

Like The L Word, Stay Away From Ohio Kids

the wind — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:58:06 -0800

Watching "The L Word" might cost an Ohio cop her job. A police officer assigned to a school in Camden, Ohio may lose her job because a few students saw that she had a screen saver which included promotional photos for a TV show that featured (gasp) lesbians. Remind me again why anyone with brains bothers to live in rural Ohio any longer?

I kill people in my songs so I don't have to kill them in real life. -Nick Cave

keef — Thu, 20 May 2004 08:43:57 -0800

NASA Fired Will Carpenter for writing a short story. "Some kind of harrassment," they said, and since Texas is an at-will employment state, there's not much he can do about it. Is this story a valid means of self-expression or a harrassing glimpse into jilted anger? I've stumbled across more and more news stories about people being fired for writing, and students expelled for writing "dark poetry" in the classroom. How much do you have to keep secret from your classmates and co-workers?

trioperative — Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:31:58 -0800

Howard Stern says Opie & Anthony got what they deserved.

bjgeiger — Sat, 22 Sep 2001 11:02:16 -0800

CEOs Slash Jobs, but Not Their Pay Too many cheifs and not enough indians. An article I found interesting.