So what started out as a $20 oil change eventually turned into a $1500 job to fix my car. I stumbled out of the dealership, pale white and in a daze, wondering if this is what it must have felt like to have the life force vacu-sucked out of you by The Mummy, right before…
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Written by Lincoln Adams on
October 23, 2009 |
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My Job
So I’ve been back at work since yesterday, and well, this sucks. What’s weird is that I would come in, and after a few hours I would just feel completely drained, like something in the air was sucking the life force out of me. I’m not imagining it either, almost didn’t go on vacation in…
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Written by Lincoln Adams on
September 28, 2009 |
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My Job
I have some extended time off coming up in October, so this week I really need to take the opportunity to like, do work and stuff. I actually take some pride in staying on top of the mass of crap that only an inept, broken system of a bureaucracy could spew forth my way, but…
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Written by Lincoln Adams on
September 17, 2009 |
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My Job
Yep, it was one of “those” days. I came into work, and I see a note at my desk telling me I need to report for duty outside. Eh? So I go outside and I see my old CO, who tells me, “Linc, thanks for volunteering to help us out today.” “Hmm, that’s funny, because…
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Written by Lincoln Adams on
September 11, 2009 |
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My Job
So today I hear a story reflecting the sheer brilliance of my coworkers: Guy comes in, needs to file a report. One of my coworkers gets up to help him out. She checks the computer and tells him: “There’s already a report here with your name, only the first name is different. Same last name,…
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Written by Lincoln Adams on
August 31, 2009 |
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My Job
It was a dark and stormy night. Actually no, it was a sunny and illuminous day here, with the weather dipping to the low 70s and the skies dancing with the billowing remnant clouds of Tropical Storm Danny. What a great way to end August and unofficially, the end of summer. This was my week…
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With all the news about the economy being in the toilet and people left and right losing their jobs (and unable to find new ones), I’m reminded of the personal recession I once experienced shortly after I graduated college, waaaaaay back in ’98. I had just wrapped up my undergraduate “career” and finished with a…
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