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14 Aug 2023 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
Anyone has dipped their toe in freelancing knows what the term "feast and famine," means. The business of freelancing, particularly in the writing arena is very much a cyclical rollercoaster of ups and downs. One day you have more work than you know...
10 Aug 2023 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
C alone is so confusing, it warrants four letters. The eighth column in the new items spreadsheet is dedicated to a simple flag, to mark whether the product in question is packaged or random weight. The number 1 is placed in this column if so,...
7 Aug 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
When you open your eyes, you’ll see that life is cubicle. Modern efficiencies can be great, if that saved time is put to good use. This is one of the things Glenda thinks about often, as she’s humming along entering invoices, in her island of...
4 Aug 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
Given the fact that I'm done with going through recruitment agencies to find work (out of fifty-one, only one can actually manage to see through the process of contacting me about a position to actually getting through an interview or two), I've take...
3 Aug 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
standard Beer Hipster ambush location Nearly two months after that lone time hanging out together, the night of Dave’s band performance, Brady randomly asks Edgar if he wants to go grab some beers. It’s a Friday at the end of October, and whil...
31 Jul 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Organic dust atop some premium wines The personnel nightmares continue unabated at Palmyra, which demand far greater attention than anywhere else. As much as can ever be the case in this high overturn industry, the other two locations remain s...
28 Jul 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Ground zero for many epic yet ridiculous battles “I like Christie, don’t get me wrong. But…” It’s amazing how many conversations start out this way, Edgar’s thinking. As Arnie begins to rant in what amounts to a slightly elevated whisper, up h...
25 Jul 2023 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
The emails continue between Edgar and Tonya on a frequent if not daily basis. At no point does he ever mention doing anything socially with her again, nor does she. Until a handful of weeks have gone by and out of the blue it’s 2:30 in the aft...
21 Jul 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Well, Tonya Flaherty never called him that Friday. Or at any other point. However, the highly entertaining email exchanges continue unfettered, such as when Edgar inquires about this line of incense which mysteriously appears in expected...
17 Jul 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
IT professional’s wheelhouse. Not so much the pricing coordinator. Well, Edgar thinks with a wry smirk, it’s funny how the technology is bullshit to certain people, most of the time…except when maybe they want a project knocked out in lightn...
