Well, I guess the job search will be on hold for a day, since I get to go downtown all day tomorrow for Jury Duty! I can’t tell you how much fun this’ll be. Edited To Add: Here’s a hint…I have to be downtown in the right room in the right building by 7:45. Which ...

Former Redskins quarterback Heath Shuler is running for Congress, but I’m not sure that he really wants to win. After all, he’ll likely get strung up by ‘Skins fans if he comes within 200 miles of D.C. Why, you ask? Note this paragraph in the above-linked story: Drafted in the first round by the Washington ...

I really enjoy the Harry Potter books. Don’t even try to start with me on that one, because I’ll make you read them all before you argue with me. I started reading them around the time the third one came out, and I was really surprised at how effectively something written for kids can suck ...

You know, when I was having a real shitty day yesterday, I looked up baseball scores on my cell phone and saw something that made my Yankee-hating heart go all afflutter. Thank you, Boston Red Sox, for handing the Yankees their asses in such a convincing manner. Sometimes when you’re hurting, it’s nice to know ...

“…and we wanted to give you an opportunity to pursue other opportunties.” Goddamn it. Anyone know anybody who’s hiring? Or have some very, very strong liquor?

One of the eight billion pieces of mail I recieved while I was gone was a Juror Summons for Los Angeles County, except the date passed, so I had to reschedule. They gave me a choice of next week or sometime in November, so basically my choice was: next week. So, woo Jury Duty. Any ...

1. You are considered only a cog in the ongoing takeover of your neighborhood by your industry. Although I’d like to disown, on behalf of the sane people who work below the line and live here in Venice, the pricks they talk to in that story. 2. You use your recently acquired Liter Beer Mug, ...

Oh, sweet, sweet wireless broadband, how I missed you so! Now I just have to clean up, pick up my mail, pick up the cat, and deal with trying to find a job for the next month…something that may or may not have just been made substantially easier. More to come as I find out ...

Flying to Atlanta this morning, I was exhausted, so I laid my head back on the seat and tried to get some sleep. And then a family with two very, very loud boys sat in the three seats behind me. I could ignore the kid kicking the back of my seat. Really, I did the ...

Well, at least my grandmother’s doing a lot better. Apparently she was extremely dehydrated, and that was heavily contributing to her problems. In addition, one of her arthritis meds is contraindicated for anyone who can’t keep sufficiently hydrated, and it was causing her kidneys to start shutting down. She went to the hospital for IV ...