In search of a void…
My good friend (and soon to be famous filmmaker) Lonnie Martin recently updated his blog with an explanation of the dreaded “void” that haunts his life upon the completion of a major project.
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Jobs
This job ad in Craigslist just came across my desk, electronically speaking. Since the ad will vanish eventually, the text is below.
When the cat’s away
All of the managers are out today, so I’ve carefully put together a list of things to do: 1) Update GS (which I’ve been lazy about doing for awhile) 2) Watch three episodes of MacGyver (I’ll finish season three today!) …
Travel Bug
I hate this travel bug. Every morning I get off at Union Station in downtown DC and I wonder why I’m going to work. Why not just take off and go? Of course, all the departing trains are going to …
Just when I thought I was out…
The girl in the office next to mine has a new boyfriend. This doesn’t really matter, except that her cell phone plays the Godfather theme every time he calls – which is all the time. And we share an air …
Outtake Articles: Weddings II: Pray For Rain
Okay, following this one, here’s another one I wrote. This from late March. 12:30 right now — and currently at what I would call a Problem Wedding. And, unlike the wedding in the article below, there are no mojitos to …
Outtake Articles: Weddings I
Okay, so I’ve got this weekend job I go on about, where a big old fancy house rents itself out to weddings and special events. I’m the super secret monitor/groundskeeper/toilet plungerer, and have been doing the job since 1993 (having …
Catered Mornings
Okay, here’s the sign that I’m working too much. Saturday, eight in the morning, starting my ten hour (or more) shift. I woke up exhausted, and am in here without combing my hair or anything of that sort. Just sort …
MacGyver’s in trouble
When I bitch about my job, I know that it’s all my fault. I’m the one who decided to get a liberal arts degree, then not continue my schooling. I’m the one who lacks the typical career ladder ambition that …
Terror Alert: Wage Slave Kills for Muskrat Love
Cold and rainy Monday. I haven’t even clocked in yet, and I’ve still heard the inevitable. Not a bad day to work! Glad to be inside! Warm and dry in here!