Our Short, Localized Nightmare Is Over |
Meet TACKAY: The Apple Currently Known As Yolanda. Why Yolanda? Why not Yolanda? It's just a placeholder until I get to know my electronic problem child a little better.And a problem child, she's b... Posted by Rose on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:47:00 PST |
Stuff Happens, And Continues To Happen: Computer Edition |
Given that I'm an unemployed geek who's been relying on her laptop to look for gigs, beef up her portfolio, gain some new skills, kvetch about recruiters, and generally keep up with stuff while she's ... Posted by Rose on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:15:00 PST |
109 Days |
Yep.Unemployment is officially wearing on me.I spent big chunks of the past two weeks doing editing and coding evaluations from places from which I still haven't heard back. It's unpaid labor, but at... Posted by Rose on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:52:00 PST |
Great-ish Moments In Adulthood |
I have made my last car payment. I now have a pink slip with my name and address on it. I'd celebrate, but I'm still trying to figure out what other money drains I can plug up so that I can afford t... Posted by Rose on Wed, 14 May 2008 09:25:00 PST |
Another Friendly Note To Recruiters |
Hi, gang. Thanks, as always, for your calls over these past few months. I appreciate your taking the time to reach out to me; your time is, of course, incredibly valuable. As is mine. So let's use... Posted by Rose on Fri, 09 May 2008 01:28:00 PST |
News Flash: The Kids Like Obama |
Being a numbers junkie with way too much time on my hands, I've been staring at enough exit polls to notice something that the professional pundits are largely ignoring -- and I think it's why they te... Posted by Rose on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:30:00 PST |
A Note To Pennsylvania Election Officials, Re: Ballots |
Hi, gang.Hardly a primary goes by that we don't hear about a shortage of Democratic ballots in some precincts. It seems that no matter how carefully state and local officials plan, sometimes there ju... Posted by Rose on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:33:00 PST |
A Note To Recruiters, Re: The Most Important Thing Of All |
Hi, recruiters. Thanks, as always, for googling me upon stumbling on my resume. This little note from me to you is getting to be an annual tradition, because my springtime unemployment is getting to... Posted by Rose on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:42:00 PST |
A Baseball Observation |
Playing third base for the Dodgers is the baseball equivalent of drumming for Spinal Tap. Posted by Rose on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:57:00 PST |
A Metaphorical Epiphany |
Barack Obama is not JFK.Barack Obama is Peter Pumpkinhead. Except, one would hope, for the last bit.Take it away, XTC:
XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead(Right, so Peter Pumpkinhead is ar... Posted by Rose on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:35:00 PST |