unexcused unemployment.: Archive

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Nov 16th

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came...

Sep 13th

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Aug 2nd

#uu17

Today will go down as the day the wealth of corporations eclipsed the wealth of nations #@pple

Jul 30th

#UU16 continued..

P.S. I’m wearing a headscarf. It does not look as ladylike as that of the Baroness Schräder von Trapp. #UU life is good.

Jul 27th

http://www.jobacle.com/blog/11-intricate-words-for-... →

Jul 27th

#UU16

interview time = platitudinal inexactitude time!

Jul 27th

Jul 26th

Jul 24th

change of plans #UU12

First, move; then, job. Isn’t this how most coming-of-age/self-made-(wo)man stories begin?

Jul 22nd

#uu11

Library card renewal, check..

Jul 21st

Jul 20th

Best reader-submitted idea: going to matinee movie marathons.. #uu11

Jul 20th

Jul 19th

Jul 18th

#uu7

when you’re unexcusedly unemployed, it’s okay to skip days (referencing #uu6 here). trop dangereaux!

Jul 17th

#UU5

After having talked to a mining company in Africa, a media company covering emerging markets based nowhere, and an American test prep company… I’ve found that it’s most useful to ask myself the question “You’re the editor of the story of your life. Do you want this to even be a FOOTNOTE or an APOSTROPHE in your story?” The answer thus far has been NYET!

Jul 15th

one last one for the road on this bright and...

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SUBSTITUTE YOGA TEACHER WHO WON’T STOP WITH THE IMAGERY. BY LI ROBBINS - - - - Dear Substitute Yoga Teacher Who Won’t Stop With The Imagery, It’s not like you’re the first. Other substitute teachers have come out with some real dillys too. Who can forget “think of your spine as a flexible snake in space?” So I expect people subbing for the regular,...

Jul 14th

“Smoking Break Sun Salutation 1. Stand tall outside your office building during...”

– McSweeney’s - HEY it’s #UU4!

Jul 14th

Let's file this under things I can do BECAUSE I'm...

Jul 13th

Jul 12th

Unexcused unemployment: Day 1

Today I bought drip coffee instead of a latte at Starbucks to use their Wi-Fi. #UU1

Jul 11th

Jun 2nd

Are you living up to your potential or down to your perceived limitations?

May 30th

“My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant’s bill of fare. And, when...”

– Theo Seuss Geisel.

May 15th

Apr 26th

“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your...”

– on joy and sorrow.. kahlil gibran

Apr 26th

“Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. The stage is like a religion...”

– Jimmy Dean

Apr 19th

“V What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a...”

– T.S. Eliot

Apr 18th

Apr 14th

have you ever read the fine print at xkcd? “We did not invent the algorithm. The algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The algorithm killed Jeeves. The algorithm is banned in China. The algorithm is from Jersey. The algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the algorithm. This is close.”

Apr 8th