Hank and I observed our 20 year anniversary last year. We had grand visions of celebrating the occasion with a fancy trip to Europe, smoking croissants, and visiting whatever Europe's version of ...
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What's a good word to describe me? Jokey? Wise-assy? Nonsenselicious? Those are probably in the ballpark. Words not in the ballpark? Reverent. Inspirational. Sentimental. So, when my friend, ...
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When I embarked upon my job search, I contemplated what was most important to me in a job. I distilled it down into three must-haves for my future job: 1) A sane commute. No more hour-plus comm...
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Today was unemploymently amazing. First I set up a meeting with some dude who undoubtedly reached me by doing a search on LinkedIn for anyone who had "consultant" in their profile, and then spa...
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I had two mega interviews this week, one with BoringCo, and one with EvilCo. The five hours BoringCo interview was fine. One might even describe it as boring. The only surprising part was at lu...
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Although I'm dreading the formal interviews I have coming up next week (6 hours EvilCo interview and a 5 hour MarketingBlahblahAnalyticsCo interview) in general the process of looking for jobs ha...
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Holy cow, I am not good at interviewing. Literally every single interview or phone screen I've had so far has had some sort of awkward Mike Moment (tm). Did actually I tell marketing company X ...
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I've been unemployed for 8 (glorious) weeks now. Although I've earned a few bucks from some part-time consulting, it's time to start looking for a big boy job. Me big boy! I really really hate ...
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After dinner last night we all grabbed some dessert and retreated to our screens/chores. The part of the day where we interact with humans had seemingly come to an end. I had my chocolate, Daisy ...
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When I transitioned to becoming a manager from being a do-something-actually-useful-er, one of the minuses was that many of the people I had been eating lunch with and hanging out with, now repor...
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I grabbed the leftover chili out of the fridge and slid it into the microwave. I set it for 90 seconds and let 'er rip. The microwave made the god-awful noise it always makes, indicating that it'...
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First, sorry. Second, hi! Third, ok, let me catch you up. You (by which I now only mean 'me') may have noticed that I've been a very bad blogger for nearly six years. I've decided to resta...
Today at work the Human Resources department hosted a two-hour meeting to teach us all about sexual harassment (more of a "Don't" than a "How To"). I sat down in an empty chair next to our corp...
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After our last 4-digit repair bill our mechanic suggested that it was probably time to stop investing money in our 13 year-old VW Passat. When your mechanic tells you that, it probably means ...
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I messaged my buddy, Scott, when I got home: ME: Well, that was an unpleasant doctor's visit! SCOTT: What did you have done? Did they rotate the tires or check the oil? I stared at his mess...
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My manager sent me a warning email last night. She explained that she's being interviewed by a news program and they were going to be in the office this week. The interviewers wanted to be pr...
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When I came to work the Monday after breaking my nose, and repeatedly told my tale, I occasionally followed it up with, "and that was the second worst thing that happened to me this weekend." H...
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One Saturday, about seven weeks ago, I headed out for a 10.5 mile run. At roughly the 3.6 mile mark, heading downhill, I looked down at my GPS-enabled watch to see how far I had gone. As I be...
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No, this blog has not been abandoned. Yes, I am a terrible blogger. These days it seems as though the things that are worthy of blogging would be inappropriate or unwise to post. Hopefully th...
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Jesus, I suck at this. Here's all I got. The day before Thanksgiving break, I chatted with a few co-workers about their Thanksgiving plans. When they asked about my plans, I shared with the...
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Not long after the recent tsunami in Japan, which subsequently caused the Fukushima nuclear plant to leak radiation, I was contemplating the practice of renaming city streets after famous people....
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After a long run one Saturday morning about two months ago, I noticed that my foot was aching. I rested it for a few days and then tried to run on it again. No dice. I pounded Advil for a f...
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Here's what I knew about parenting going in: 1) There would be a period of years where I had to wipe someone else's ass for them. 2) Teenagers suck. I knew there would be a bunch of stuff in...
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Hank and I walked into the movie theater lobby and noticed the enormous line at the ticket window. Thankfully we had bought our tickets online, so we sashayed over to the ticket machine (becaus...
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There are moments in your life when the ground underneath you shifts a bit. Maybe one of those moments was when you got your first job and felt a little more grown-up. Maybe another was the f...
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