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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 33-year-old dad, percussionist, sysadmin, Web developer, IT consultant and jack-of-all-trades geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the service manager at Weston Technologies. He has LinkedIn and Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him. He will not be posting on Twitter.
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Oregon hospital looking for Klingon speakersI just heard this on the local radio station, and I can't believe our tax dollars are being spent on this. From the story: "The fictional language of the popular TV and movie science fiction series is one of about 55 languages needed by the office that treats mental health patients in metropolitan Multnomah County. ... If a patient speaks only Klingon, the county is obligated to respond with a Klingon interpreter. So officials have decided to include it with about 55 languages, some of which, such as Russian and Vietnamese, are widely spoken, and some, such as Dari and Tongan, are seldom spoken." If a patient only speaks Klingon, are they worth saving? At least you can use Google in Klingon. 3 Commentsnot as stupid as you are said on 05/16/03 @ 08:16 PM:tax dollars are not being spent on this. The story as you have heard it has devolved into right-wing palaver details here: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/5/11/7032/18347 and here: http://snopes.com/humor/iftrue/klingon.asp enjoy Jake Ortman said on 05/16/03 @ 11:12 PM: Stupid, no. Uninformed and have less free time on my hand than you obviously do, definitely. Regardless, I didn't have a copy of the Oregonian from that day so I didn't have a chance to dig it up, but what you say on your site is true (and I've met Steve Woodward personally, so I believe it) than the AP butthead who wrote the thing needs to be smacked around. The only reason I believed the AP story is because spending money on this is something that the State of Oregon would do -- and you should know that as well as I do. But that's another debate for another time. Jake Ortman said on 05/16/03 @ 11:24 PM: OK, I'm a dork, I'm responding thinking you actually wrote that K5 post, and not just citing it. If you are Seth, then great, otherwise ignore me :) Post a comment |
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