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Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Guinness Adjudicator. Now there's a job for you.

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I have a post coming up in which I pinkslip about a young woman (an influencer) whose company specializes in running over-the-top travel and...
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Sports Bahs He-ah!

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Winter is long, cold, dreary, and dark - especially in these parts, especially as you get older - and whether or not Punxsutawney Phil saw h...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

I carry a badge, Federal Air Marshal edition

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I have to admit that I've never given a single moment of thought to what it must be like to be an air marshal. Even when I was frequent ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Python Hunter? Python Hunter? That's really a job?

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There are two members of the animal kingdom that I'm not especially fond of. That would be rats and snakes. Rats, well, ugh. Just ugh. A...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Talk about a fulfilling job!

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In October, my ankle went wonky. Tendonitis and/or something called tarsal tunnel syndrome. (Think carpal tunnel syndrome, only in the ankle...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Finding some good in dismantling the Lost Cause

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Team Henry Enterprises is a well-regarded Black-owned construction company headquartered in Virginia. Team Henry works on public infrastruc...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Oh, dear

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I have, blessedly, very little experience with nursing homes. Both of my grandfathers died young, and neither of my grandmothers spent any t...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Sneaker authenticator? Now there's a job for ya!

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When I was searching for an image to illustrate this post, I used the term "expensive nike sneakers." What came up first was a pai...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Travel agents? They're advisers now, and they're making a comeback.

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In August 1972, my college roommate and I set off on a cross-country adventure in her little green Karmann Ghia. To find our way, we followe...
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Starving artists? Not if Trader Joe's can help it.

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Not that I ever tried it, but I do know that being a purist "in the arts" is a tough way to make a living. Writer, poet, singer, a...
Thursday, July 07, 2022

Sunday Painter. (877 CASH NOW!)

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Many years ago, we were in the lounge in the hotel next to Bunratty Castle in Ireland when the cast of the Castle show came in for an end-of...
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Thursday, May 05, 2022

Professional Cuddler? The world is a very weird place...

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I've been quasi-binging my way through  Billions, and am much enjoying the series, even though, with a couple of possible exceptions (em...
Friday, March 25, 2022

Peak Worcester!

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My hometown of Worcester is a lot of things. The second largest city in New England - and possibly the largest city in the United States tha...