Terminated, Part 3: Need Suggestions for Where to Have the Last Supper

18 years ago

[This article also appears in Global Nerdy.] Because I was laid off and not fired from my former place of…

Unfortunate Headline Placement

18 years ago

Photo courtesy of Failblog.Click the photo to see the original.

The Sarah Palin Cover of The New Yorker

18 years ago

Here's the cover of the current issue of the New Yorker: In case you're too young to get the self-reference…

What Newspapers and Magazine Does Sarah Palin Read?

18 years ago

If I were to ask you which newspapers and magazines you read -- and yes, their online versions count --…

Terminated, Part 2: How I’ll Ride Out the Layoff and the Credit Crunch: Friends

18 years ago

[This article was also published in Global Nerdy.] Technology, media and pop culture writer Douglas Rushkoff, who's got a guest…

Unfortunate Ad Placement

18 years ago

Oh, snap: The ad on the left is a skin cancer ad, which reminded me of a term I'd only…

2 Million Pageviews!

18 years ago

Yearly statistics for the Accordion Guy blog, courtesy of StatCounter. StatCounter says that sometime within the half-hour before I wrote…

Shanah Tovah Umetukah!

18 years ago

(That's Hebrew for "A good and sweet new year!") It's Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish holiday often referred to as "Jewish…

The Fortune Cookie Wasn’t Kidding

18 years ago

I found this while cleaning out receipts from my wallet. It's from my last fortune cookie:

Terminated, Part 1: The Very First Things You Should Do When Laid Off

18 years ago

[This article also appears in my tech blog, Global Nerdy.] Introduction Hello. My name is Joey deVilla, and I am…