Luddites Unite!

I can’t believe there was no Halloween party this year. That just chaps my ass. We aint gettin’ any younger folks and those opportunities for us to fleetingly pretend we aren’t half as old as we think we are are few and far between. Grumph.

Besides, I had this awesome Philip Seymour Hoffman [...]

I have grown increasingly amazed at my ability to forget that my problems and feelings are not unique. I have learned this lesson many times, and forgotten it just as often. I’ll finally share my hard held feelings that have been rolling around inside me like a ball of angry tacks and the [...]

There is a commercial playing right now that perhaps should not be. The first line of the commercial is: “People think life in California is one big vacation.”

I probably have about 3 more New York posts left in me. Want to keep you abreast of that because I know someone out there is wondering when the hell I am going to stop posting on this topic.

In September of 2001 the wife and I went to New York (the State) and had [...]

I accepted a job today. I will be an assistant manager at Sav-A-lot. Can’t say that it was my first choice, or second even. But they offered me a great compensation package, real advancement opportunities, and are at a point in their ‘development’ as a company where people with merchandising AND management [...]

In unrelated news California is on fire, Iran’s President fired his nuclear point-man, and Turkey might invade northern Iraq. Every major news outlet is running this story. A fictional character, in a supporting role no less in a series that is finished is sucking the airspace away from real stories that actually matter. [...]

The wife is up in the New Jersey area working her butt off. On the weekend she does get to go out and about and explore the local settings. This weekend one of the places she went to (which I’m jealous of) is Sleepy Hollow, New York. Yes, the town where the story [...]

I am watching Robin Williams on the ‘Actor’s Studio’. James Lipton, the host asks him one question and Williams goes off for 10 minutes doing shtick unrelated to anything except the strange demons in his head. Williams can’t stop moving, can’t stop talking. I think it would be awesome to put the guy [...]

SO I get these daily job alerts sent to me in my email. Great stuff. But some of the brief job descriptions can be a bit.. anti-climatic. Here is a solid example:

Job Description……………………………………..Company Name

Mid Level Manager…………………………………….Chuck E Cheese

Now, as a manager looking for a job I know I have to have some [...]

11 year olds in some town in Maine now have access to birth control and the parents do not have to be notified. The parents send in a permission slip that allows their daughter access to the medical center, which then gives access to the birth control. Tylenol and birth control; of equal [...]