Unemployed people get unlimited, unpaid sick days, in case you’re considering unemployment as a career move. But I haven’t taken a sick day in forever. Sick days were a rarity for me even when employed. I’m generally a healthy guy. And laying about seems like such a waste when things need to get done. (Hear [...]
Tag Archives: Pet Shop Boys
New-to-me music for the rest of my unemployment
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
A few months ago I commented on a friend’s Facebook page that he should check out the new Longwave album. He gently reminded me that the album wasn’t new; it came out last year. He went on to suggest what the college-aged Norm would have said, were someone to dare refer to an album not [...]
Still gay for the Pet Shop Boys after all these years
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
My music taste is all over the map. It has been ever since Dad brought home a U2 album way back in 1984, forcing me to realize that everything else I liked sucked. Much of my collection falls in one of the following categories… depressing, suicide-inducing, singer-songwriter stuff droney, feedback-laden guitar rock poppy poppiness with [...]
Music yesterday (11/18, that is)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Unemployment – at least I control the stereo
The music I’ve been playing all day while you were at work and I was looking for a job
Monday, November 17, 2008
My music taste, if only someone would pay me for it