I find the absurdity of our culture rather striking at times. I spend all day typing words and numbers into a box full of plastic and metal and silicon because our culture has decided that's the best way to apportion things like food and shelter, and the industry I work in only exists because we use paper and metal tokens to symbolize the portion I ( Read more... )

It appears I managed to accidentally come out to a co-worker in the last week or so. He hasn't said anything, but he recommended I listen to this podcast he likes, particularly one episode ( Read more... )

Good news part one: I'm finally putting my B.A. to work at work! My firm picked up SAP as a client. Their US headquarters is located in Bucks County, but their world headquarters is located near Heidelberg, Germany. Score ( Read more... )

Tomorrow ends my 5-month vacation. I'm glad to be getting back to work, really. It's a temp job in an unglamourous position, but at least it's legal work that requires a law license, not a pizza place. It also pays better than the full-time job I had earlier this year. That's some kind of messed up. It's the kind of thing that's easy to walk ( Read more... )

The best part about having my own office is getting to listen to the radio during the day. That includes afternoon baseball games. Sure, HDTV is fun, but there's something about hearing a game on AM radio that just can't be beat. Maybe it's just the feeling you get knowing you're doing something people have been doing for 100 years. Or maybe it ( Read more... )

Now that I have this new job, I imagine some people want to know what I actually do. (I've had at least one person tell me so.)

So, this is what I do. I'm employed on a six-month fellowship sponsored by my dear alma mater, Temple. I'm working at SeniorLAW Center (Yes, the capitalization is silly. I didn't make it up.), a non-profit ( Read more... )

I'm sure there have been faster layoffs in history, but 11 days has got to be hard to beat. I guess it was the left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing, but it appears the manager of the restaurant can't afford the number of people that were working there, even though they had a help wanted sign up as recently as yesterday. *shrug* Oh ( Read more... )

The question is not whether I will be staying, now. The question is what I'll be doing while I'm here. I have 3 job offers on my desk, and another interview tomorrow. I am very well set. :) Yay, summer in Japan!

So, three years after graduation I once again find myself in the ranks of the unemployed students. I'm glad to be done with the job, as I'm sure anyone knows, but we've parted on amicable terms with an unsolicited offer for a recommendation should I require it in the future. All's well that ends well, I suppose. Now I've got three weeks to relax ( Read more... )

Four days mostly incommunicado. I do love these little breaks ( Read more... )