Dear Madame HR, I have a question about benefits. My company’s plan year began on July 1st and guess what? For the third year in a row they have switched...
Dear Madame HR, I read with interest your answer a few weeks ago for someone who wanted to be laid off from their job. I have been laid off from my job...
If you know me, or you’ve read my stuff, or you’ve sat next to me on the bus during a particularly mumbly day before deciding that sitting next to...
Ok, I’m no archaeologist, though I was an archaeology major for 1 semester, and I did skip the Naples/Pompeii trip during my travels in Italy. However,...
Ah, Romanians, you loveable scamps you. I find it infinitely quaint that y’all have become the scourge of Europe. Remember fun gypsies? You know,...
On my office wall, somewhere between the picture of the Eiffel Tower, a postcard someone sent me from Homer, Alaska, my Italy wall calendar which is currently...
This morning my head is foggier than the Venice airport on a Sunday morning in February. I feel like all the things that I need to think about have congealed...
OK, I admit it. Blogging still feels weird to me. For someone who likes to keep his plans pretty close to his chest and is so constantly pessimistic that...
I had several Anthony Bourdain themed dreams last night. I don’t remember the substance of them, just that his buck-toothed smirk was in them. I...