I hope I'm able to find a substitute for my KRCC shifts during my upcoming vacation. The person listed as a part-time sub said he wasn't available that weekend. There are other part-time staff members, but I'm unsure which ones would be allowed to fill in for me ( Read more... )

My boss at KRCC tried to contact me during my Toastmasters meeting earlier, looking for additional phone staff for the membership drive's final day ( Read more... )

I brought my laptop to work Saturday to attempt an "auto-pilot" stream on iVlog. Some of my settings were not correct since there was initially an audio echo. I got rid of the echo and restarted the stream, but I wasn't sure if the video was working or not. I gave up on streaming around 4:30 since "Oh! Pawpets" was doing an actual in-studio show ( ( Read more... )

Man Filmed Stuffing Python Down His Pants In Brazen Pet Shop Theft

There was a snake in his pants, but no one was happy to see him.
A ballsy shoplifter stuffed a two-foot python down his pants during a pet store theft caught on video, the Oregon store's outraged owner said.
"He's lucky it wasn't feeding day," Christin Bjugan, who owns Portland's A to ( Read more... )

Weekly calorie average: 1,887.9 ( Read more... )

It seems like people in my neighborhood always try to delay any noisy activities until I lay down for sleep or a nap. The moment my head hits the pillow, kids start playing outside, dogs bark, cats (mainly at night) get into fights or motorists decide to rev their engines for minutes at a time ( Read more... )

My allergic reaction worsened into a cold throughout the week, even though temperatures were in the 80s and 90s. It actually reached 100 this afternoon. My cold is getting better. It's not affecting my voice now as it was earlier, and I've been coughing up bits of mucus once in a while. I bought a couple cans of chicken noodle soup a few days ( Read more... )

I've been getting calls from companies like this for years. They hang up when you ask them to stop calling, ask for the company's name or supervisor, or do anything other than give them the personal information they're looking for. An article in the Los Angeles Times has identified the company (one of them, at least) allegedly responsible for ( Read more... )

I found a few pages of the news reports I used to write for Metro Networks between 2001 and 2008. Here is one from a couple of weeks before I was laid off:


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My meeting this morning went well. I met with two people from an employment agency recommended by Vocational Rehab. They remarked how well my re-written resume looked. I reformatted it to put only three bullet points below each previous job listing ( Read more... )