Monthly Archives: June 2009

Twittering my life away (2009-06-08)

So many weddings and babies in the family that I can’t keep up. # What a beautiful day outside to be stuck inside. # The national #unemployment rate passed 9% and is heading for 10%… http://tinyurl.com/n93pxg # Not only are we #unemployed, we’re fat… http://tinyurl.com/kmr2u7 # Why is the caffeine no longer working? This is [...]

Recession Survival Fair – June 6

Unemployment doesn’t leave me huge amounts of free time. On the contrary, I tend to stay pretty damn busy. Even days with light schedules tend to fill up quickly with other activities that had been pushed down the to-do list. While I’ve been bored often – job sites don’t make for interesting reading – I [...]

While the owner is away, the pets do nothing all day

Two questions have plagued pet owners for ages. What does my pet do all day while I’m at work? And am I a bad person for leaving them alone? Let’s take care of the second and easier question first. Yes, you’re a terrible person who doesn’t deserve to live. As for the first, the answer [...]

What I put up with for you… tales of an unemployed webmaster

When starting Jobless and Less, I didn’t anticipate the sheer volume of crap that would come my way. Never mind the overwhelming crappiness of that crap. It’s an awesome spectacle… truly a sight to behold. Visualize my site as a friendly little spaceship floating along in the deep, dark reaches of Internet space, looking for [...]

Twittering my life away (2009-06-01)

When did museums cease to be about looking at stuff become about taking pictures of your friends and family next to stuff? # Rappers feel the recession and tone down the bling… http://tinyurl.com/omen4d # My computer plug now seems to only work in one outlet, in my apartment, where I’m not. # What does it [...]