“I’m forty-two now, guys,” I announced just moments after sitting down to lunch with two of my all-time favorite coworkers ever. “That’s not the kind of thing a lot of people announce,” Shannon said. “I…
Browsing Category Work
All My Good Ideas Happened a Decade Ago
Yesterday I decided on a whim that I would probably die if I didn’t alphabetize, organize, and thin out my fiction collection. It really was a perfect activity to put February to bed. I don’t…
Living the Immortal Words of the Prophets Paula Abdul & DJ Skat Kat
I went out to lunch with my FFJ yesterday. We met up at Wok in the Park, my favorite place to get Pad Thai. The fact that they were playing that Passion Pit album I…
Celebrating 5 Years of Paying the Mortgage without a Real Job
On this day in 2009 I lost my last corporate, cubicle-based job. When the economic times got rough, the company blogger had to get going. As far as layoffs go it wasn’t too shabby. Shabby…
Four More Years! Today is My Unemploymentaversary
Four years ago today I lost my last “real” job. I was a victim of the Epic Advertising Industry Fail of 2009. When I was laid off I said I would coast through the summer…