Highlights of the resounding silence:

We moved to Phoenix.  Actually, we moved to Chandler, which is just south of Phoenix.

I've had trouble finding a job.  Well, duh, things are tough all over.  Highlights of the job hunt include four sure-fire immediate-need start-on-Monday-can-you-come-down-RIGHT-NOW-to-sign-up-with-us? jobs falling through at the ( Read more... )

Well, after much trauma, we've managed to get the Salvation Army to take our sofa and other large items.  The charities nowadays make it very difficult to give them things; if they can't put it out on the floor right away, they don't want to take it.  None of them do any refurbishment anymore, or, apparently, even simple cleaning--the driver didn't ( Read more... )

Well, Rob and I are definitely moving to Mesa.  And the Twin Cities.  robvagle 's got the detailed scoop here.

We've got stuff to get rid of.

...it's a test.

Solving problems by declaring parts of your life to be non-canon.

By popular demand, I'm developing a list of warning signs to look out for when seeking work.  These are indications culled from my own experience, of jobs one shouldn't apply for, or having applied, one should not accept.  This also includes temp-to-hire situations where, while you might finish out your 90-days or complete the original project, you ( Read more... )

This is not Pakistan.  This is a contract job with no benefits at a technical company that I know for a fact starts its lowest-level CSRs in the double-digits.  For you to tell me that the "highest" rate of pay you can offer is $8.97 per hour (you read that right folks, that's eight dollars and ninety-seven cents) is so ridiculous it's not even ( Read more... )

So it's September, and market maven Ralan is running his annual fund drive.  I use Ralan more than any other market resource and this year I plan to send him money.  Here's my question.  A required subscription to a resource like this such as Writer's Market would be tax-deductible as a business expense.  Ralan, however, runs on donations.  Is a ( Read more... )

So, I'm finally receiving unemployment benefits.  Everything is squared away and the checks are clearing.  So explain this to me.

Our state unemployment insurance is now distributed via these prepaid Visa cards ("ReliaCard").  You get your first check on paper, then a few days later they send you your ReliaCard, which they then load each week with ( Read more... )

Because I haven't seen this blogged by the people I expected to mention it:

Minneapolis cops violently raiding the homes of people planning to protest the RNC in St. Paul.

Guild of Lawyers fights back

Daily Planet lets us know which neighborhoods not to live in

Unlike Eugene, however, the cops apparently are exercising restraint--I haven't seen any ( Read more... )