Sorry about the title, but it was the only way I could think to phrase it. This is not a criticism, just curiosity.
There’s no way this board has that many full time employees, so… um… what do y’all do when your not wasting your time policing us idiots? How does that work exactly? Is xash sneaking off from some network administrator job to fix link problems on the SDMB? Does TubaDiva run off from the brass section of the philharmonic to smack posters in the head?
I do in-home computer repair. I also am a full-time caregiver.
In my spare time I’m a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a ham radio operator, and play keyboards and sing in a country/classic rock band.
I’m an editor and writer, currently between “real” jobs, so freelancing and doing temp jobs (for the next couple months, copy-editing curricular materials for online HS classes) while I wait for the economy to improve.
And editing teemings, of course, though that is paid at exactly the same rate as my mod duties. No, wait, not as well – I at least got a mug for my mod duties.
I’m a lawyer. I work as General Counsel for a group of mortgage banking companies. I also do freelance writing (paid), write staff reports and help with Teemings.
I’m a biologist, exhibition curator, and writer. I spend most of the day (when I’m not doing field research) writing. I check the board when I want to take a break, or in the evenings.
My profession is, and has always been, in my profile! I’m a full-time writer and editor in public television (print/marketing), a full-time mother to three children, and wife to a fairly self-sufficient husband. Yet, you wouldn’t believe the laundry.
These are some of the most obvious cover stories for superheroes I’ve seen in a good while. I mean, editor and writer doing freelance work until the economy picks up? In-home computer repair? These just scream super hero. They’re the perfect description of a job you can easily run away from in the middle of the day if someone starts trying to take over the world.
It’s either that you are all just billionaires with nothing better to do and have to pretend you’re all just regular shmoes like us, inbetween cigars and sips of brandy of course.
I’m a freelance writer (23 books published), and I own a bookstore and a monthly alternative newspaper. Used to teach computer science, but I’m out of that now. I did a lot of work on closed captioning for the hearing-impaired, but that’s down to consulting and expert witness work these days. Read all about me here if you’re really interested.
Whoa! Our jackboots are supposed to be polished? No wonder they make me sit in the back of the room at the meetings. I thought it was just because of the stinky cigars.
Oh, yeah? Well, I just built a mansion ON my yacht. It’s a big yacht. “Yacht” is a funny word. Type “yacht” a couple of times and it starts looking misspelled. Yacht yacht yacht.
Most days, I sit around on TubaDiva’s yacht, sipping champagne, and chasing away the reporters from “SPY” magazine.
No, seriously, I mostly pace around in the padded cell until they let me out for my limited computer access time. I’m not allowed anything sharper than a rubber ball.
