I hope I don’t see his name in the paper.
Today officially [1] begins this summer’s Jumble(R) scanning for the new fall Jumble(R) book. Luckily, this year we didn’t have nearly enough puzzles from our source to do another GIANT … Continue reading
“No way out but to die!”
Or, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Hack. So, shortly after moving back to the Chicago area, I began to seek out the elusive beast called Gainful Employment. It … Continue reading
Remind me to tell you someday.
Logical yet nonetheless irritating–I’ve had so much going on in the past week that I’ve been unable to update the journal with what I’ve been doing for the past week. … Continue reading
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
This letter might come as a surprise to you.
Partial Nudity: The Continuing Thesis on America and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
So this is what happens when you search through the library’s archive of Sports Illustrated.
Sharks in the pool.
Random thoughts for Wednesday: – Nothing makes you appreciate the jobs of others quite like having to do them yourself for a few days. My managing editor has been out … Continue reading
“I only read Playboy for the articles…”
“…and boy, does she have articles!” That’s a dialogue exchange I came up with years and years ago and never found a place for in anything I’ve ever written. So … Continue reading
Finances! Flee!
Today, my company went 401k on me. Now I have to start making investment decisions and things like that. I’d like to think that it’s my general bohemian world views … Continue reading
The Moops!
Yesterday, during a six-hour orgy of lounging around, I managed to play the new Trivial Pursuit “The Last 20 Years” edition. Three observations, and then no more mention of the … Continue reading
That comes out of your pay, Cratchit.
Christmas Eve in the office and there are but four of us here. I’m only here because I said I would be, and as such, my manager left a few … Continue reading
Creative Control 