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Looking for work in the Los Angeles area? My company, Brandissimo!, Inc., is hiring! Read on for the details …

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Still Punching the Clock

Thursday April 19, 2007

There’s a neat story on SFGate.com about the 101st anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake. This year only one man who was there at the time made it to the festivities, 104-yr old Herbert Hamrol. As far as I’m concerned, the most fascinating thing about the article is not that this man is over a [...]

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Sometimes You Just Need a Bat Stretcher

Saturday April 14, 2007

At some point in your life, you’re going to be asked to find a bat stretcher. This is a terrific story. I’ve gone through this experience myself, so I know the feeling. It happened to me while I was loading trucks on the midnight-to-ten shift for Old Dominion Freight Lines. One of the dock managers [...]

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Late Friday night I finished reading Barbara Ehrenreich‘s Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. This one’s been in my personal queue for several years; I sort of randomly found it on the shelf while looking for something to read on the plane to New York last week. It’s a psuedo-scientific exploration of [...]

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Dangerous Jobs

Saturday January 19, 2002

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), farm workers are risking their lives every time they enter a manure pit.

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Observation

Saturday December 1, 2001

from inessential.com: Of course, my hope is that any programmer who uses the Web also gives back to the Web, posts their solved problems, tips, sample code, and so on. (I’m lucky that I get to do this as part of my job.) For a programmer these days, knowing how to learn on the Web [...]

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Unemployed

Thursday October 18, 2001

Today is my last (official) day here at HRI. Tomorrow should be my last day, but it’s my ‘flex’ day. One of the coolest perks of this job was the schedule. They have what’s called a 9/80 work week. You work 80 hours in 9 days instead of the usual ten. The bonus is that [...]

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Offspring

Thursday October 18, 2001

Why Don’t You Get a Job – Offspring Thanks to everyone that pointed out that this was a Song of the Moment a few weeks ago, but I thought it was a great choice since I am – once again – looking for a job!

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Crappy Meme

Thursday August 9, 2001

I don’t know about it being a meme, Ernie, but compare this to this to this. Sucks, no?

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Visual Basic SQL Los Angeles

Wednesday April 18, 2001

Got Skillz? My company is looking for a VB and / or SQL developer in the Los Angeles area. Want more info?

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