My fifteen minutes of fame begin tonight with the final Allman Brothers concert of the season at the Beacon Theatre. For all my hard work and dedication, I will be listed somewhere in the closing credits as the Master Hamster Wrangler. I should probably choose a bit more dignified a title for the Clapton concerts [...]
For those of you who don’t know it, I quit my job in July. Since then, I have been living off my good looks and great personality. In my basement. With frogs and lizards. Well, the day has come, and I am finally workin’ for the man again. In this case, the man happens to [...]
So I’ve been self-employed for a month now. Other than the whole hassle of getting insurance and a very slow expense report reimbursement from my first customer, it is going well. No more dealing with the idiocy of Autonomy’s U.K.-based management team is very nice indeed. Now if I could only find insurance other than [...]
I gave my two week notice this week. With all of these conflicting emotions, I don’t know whether to laugh with joy or scream ecstatically with excitement and, um, joy. I think I’ll go with joy. It’s a big step, but as long as the kids don’t decide to get sick, it will be months [...]
Yes, I’ve been traveling for work this week. I just spent the last three days in San Francisco: Monday and Tuesday in the financial district and Wednesday at SFO. I have decided I travel too much, so I’m going to try for a new job that requires less travel. Maybe I’ll be a flight attendant.* [...]
I don’t ever want to live here again, but there was definitely a certain excitement driving from the airport to my hotel. It was cool but comfortable. I think it’s the Pacific. I felt it as we landed, when I opened my eyes, looked out the window and saw we were skimming over the bay. [...]
My last excursion was up to China Town, which led me to the following discovery: I am not ready for authentic Chinese cuisine. Fried duck tongues? Pass. Snails and pork intestine in porridge? Pass. Snails and crispy fins? Yes, still pass. Speaking with the only person I know who has admitted to eating pork intestine, [...]
Is it April already? The months keep slipping away . . . just a month ago it felt like March. Whatever. It’s April, and I am sitting around in my boxers in a hotel overlooking the World Trade Pit. What a life. Earlier today it was still April, but at least I wore pants. Had [...]
Here I sit all brokenhearted, tried to work but only, um, got locked out because the *@!**! customer decided to sleeep in. At least it’s a padded hallway.
Today marks a full week of on-site time for what I was told was a two day install. Today marks the end of the second week since I was told my promised “salary adjustment” (a pay raise to those of you who don’t like doublespeak) was finally rejected. I waited three months to be told [...]
