November 2007
14 posts
“Is it me, or is every other girl dressing as ‘a slut’ for Halloween...”
– Me, to Pat
Scenes From A Job Search #1
Number of blonde women talking on cell phones while driving champagne-colored SUVs who drove past me while I was waiting for a light in the suburbs yesterday: 4
October 2007
10 posts
Lessons Learned From Job Search '07 #1
The Challenge: The Indian guy claiming to be from Microsoft calls you and you know he’s a liar cause his phone connection is so bad that it sounds like he’s yelling at you through a cardboard tube from 100 yards away and his accent is worse than a stand up comic’s hey-folks-I’m-not-a-racist-I-just-make-observations schtick.
The Solution: Just say no over and over until the...
The Efficiency of the Booty Market
So a Craigslist ad puported from a “spectacularly beautiful” young woman looking to meet a man with an income over $500K has been making the rounds this morning.
Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I’m articulate and classy. I’m not from New York. I’m looking to get married to a guy who...
“Hey, the Olympia adds 20 pounds.”
– Me, October 5th, 2007.
One Laptop Per Delusional MIT Douchebag
The hype surrounding the “One Laptop Per Child” project has been building for years now pretty much hiccup-free, unless you count the revelation that the $100 laptop actually costs $500 or whatever.
Leading the charge is Nicholas Negroponte, darling of reactionary nerds and Cory-Doctorow-style-dipshits everywhere, who’s best known for writing books about how cool the future is...
