I’ve been a horrible person. It’s not because I hate you, though I probably do, because I’m a horrible person. How’s that for circular logic? It’s because I’ve been ignoring my blog – the public manifestation of my unemployment. Don’t get me wrong, I love blogging, and have no plans to stop. (And I love [...]
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The top 5 reasons I hate lists
Monday, December 14, 2009
I spend a lot of time online these days, between reading email and cruising the Internet in search of gainful employment. And I’ve arrived at one immutable and irrefutable conclusion… lists suck. Feel free to disagree. Feel free to argue. Feel free to accuse me of crimes against the Internet for dressing down the vaunted [...]
A jobless recovery means no recovery for the unemployed
Sunday, October 25, 2009
After all the buildup from the other day, everyone has no doubt been hanging out on my site, refreshing the page every five seconds, waiting for my next post. How do I know? Because I’m watching… always, thanks to Google Analytics and an abundance of free time. Think of me like Big Unemployed Brother, who, [...]
Wall Street 2 is coming… no need to hide your money, it’s just a movie
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I’ve heard for years that a Wall Street sequel is in the offing. This is the first confirmed report I’ve seen…
Douglas, Stone head back to ‘Wall Street’
Why not? If the actual Wall Street can reprise their crimes against the public every decade or two, then Hollywood should be allowed to too. It’s just business, right? [...]
Jobless and less (arbetslös och mindre) goes international
Friday, April 10, 2009
Sweden has given us so much over the years, but nothing as important as Ikea. The store, for the 12 or so people who live under a wifi-enabled rock, sells stylish furniture and home goods for people on a budget. I don’t know a single person whose home doesn’t include an Ikea product. In fact, [...]
Will help the unemployed for money
Saturday, March 21, 2009
It never ceases to amaze me just how many people want my money. There’s not that much of it, even when including the change jar, the Altoids tin for quarters and whatever the cats collect with their miniature coffee cups (and “will ignore you for food” signs) down by the subway tracks. The number of [...]
Jobless and less, or so it seems
Monday, March 16, 2009
I’m starting to think that people actually like me, or my blog, or a career train wreck they can watch from a safe distance. Or maybe everyone is just bored to tears of job sites and their incessantly optimistic emails. Whatever the circumstances, a really cool site called FLYP has included me in an article [...]
Virgin gone, music industry screwed, unemployed man changed forever (twss)
Friday, March 13, 2009
The record industry trudges on, in a sort of synchronized, death march. Consumers have stopped buying compact discs (or lately anything else), and labels don’t quite know what to do except stay the course and ask themselves, “why doesn’t this work anymore?” CDs had a good run, but sales have declined for much of the [...]
Jobless and less and some more
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Every now and again I get a little press. And being a generous bloke, I like to share it with the world. I wish I could to teach the world to sing and buy it a coke too, but I’m tone-deaf and unemployed. Links are about the best I can do.
The other day The Wall [...]
Unemployment is the new Dengue Fever
Monday, February 23, 2009
It’s the slacking hour once again – that time of day when you should be doing something productive but you’re not, and you don’t care. Maybe you’ve been hard at work – head buried in memos and Excel spreadsheets – and need a break. Maybe the kids are down for the count and you’re aimlessly [...]