{"id":11194,"date":"2012-09-08T07:58:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=11194"},"modified":"2012-09-08T07:58:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:58:09","slug":"dark-satanic-cubicles-and-other-rants-against-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/08\/dark-satanic-cubicles-and-other-rants-against-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"“Dark Satanic Cubicles” and other rants against jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reader just waiting put me on the Memory Lane Express. A link to Sean Gabb’s retrospective on the late, great Loompanics<\/a> led him to take his copy of Loomps’ 2005 catalog off the shelf, where he discovered an old article of mine: “Dark Satanic Cubicles.”<\/p>\n

I didn’t remember it. Only vaguely recalled the title. But it sounded brilliant. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Took quite a bit of hunting to find. Had to go through some interesting byways<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But here it is: imperfectly archived on the old Loompanics site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

just waiting also sent me .jpg copies (thank you), from which come the stark Nick Bougas artwork up there at the top.<\/p>\n

The article gets off to a good start. Did you know that the old faux<\/i> folk song “Sixteen Tons” got its original writer\/performer branded a “commie sympathizer”? Just for writing a fable that didn’t speak highly of laboring for a boss? Oh well.<\/p>\n

I had fun re-reading it and hope you do, too. <\/p>\n

Then the Memory Express rolled on and led me to similar writings from the same time:<\/p>\n

“The Joys of Idleness”<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardyville: “How to Avoid Work, Part 1”<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardyville: “How to Avoid Work, Part II”<\/a><\/p>\n

These were all on the same theme as one of my better, but less successful, books<\/a>. Boy, I was thinking about work a lot, back then.<\/p>\n

Now I’m just too darned busy working to think about it. But still and always … not laboring for “the man.” Nope. Just freelancing so I … get to crack the whip over my own back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reader just waiting put me on the Memory Lane Express. A link to Sean Gabb’s retrospective on the late, great Loompanics led him to take his copy of Loomps’ 2005 catalog off the shelf, where he discovered an old article of mine: “Dark Satanic Cubicles.” I didn’t remember it. Only vaguely recalled the title. But it sounded brilliant. \ud83d\ude42 Took quite a bit of hunting to find. Had to go through some interesting byways. But here it is: imperfectly archived on the old Loompanics site. just waiting also sent me .jpg copies (thank you), from which come the stark Nick…<\/p>\n

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