4
Oct
Posted in Appreciation | 2 Comments »
photo credit: OndraSoukup
Today I did something I haven’t done in many, many years. I ate at your refined establishment. Well, not really there, but I ate foods from your refined establishment in the car while driving from Norwalk to Manhattan.
The severing of my relationship with you, of course, goes all the way back to a friend’s birthday party when I was in kindergarten, or maybe 1st or 2nd grade. It was one of those overindulgent hootenannies involving a pit filled with colored balls for jumping around in, lots and lots of Happy Meals, and multitudinous snotty children.
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Tags: cheeseburger and fries, chicken nuggets, chicken pox, extra crispy fries, food fling, happy meal, manhattan, mcdonald's, norwalk, number two, pizza, pret a manger, ronald mcdonald, super size me, sushi, thai, what's for dinner?
1
Jul
Posted in Dept. of Labor | 2 Comments »
photo credit: KayVee.INC
Think your layoff was bad? What if you had to leave the country? What if it happened twice? Guest blogger and all-around fabulous guy “Tony” (who really did not deserve what happened to him, btw, but is doing just fine now, thank you for asking) gives all of us whingers a little perspective …
I GOT LAID OFF. BLOODY HELL
It is New Year’s Day 2009. My gorgeous, hilarious, darling girlfriend
of 18 months is wandering around my apartment wearing knickers (hers)
and a 15-year-old grey hoodie (mine). She looks amazing. I make her a
cup of tea. We sit on the couch and I think about where to take her
for brunch.
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Tags: august in osage county, employment visa, englishman, facebook, furniture on craigslist, HR person, IT department spies, IT guy, layoffs and firings, london, new years breakup, new york city, office mums, pay-per-use phone, pret a manger, san francisco, sixth avenue, slinky, soccer buddies, starbucks, the little mermaid, tough love, toys r us, work blackberry
