As 2004 comes to a close in a few hours (and I sweat out the rest of my bowl picks) I thought I would share a few thoughts in reflection on the year past.
Like most years, I accomplished less than I had hoped, but am often reminded that all things come in time. As [...]
In my working career, I’ve discovered that I generally prefer reporting to women. That is to say, when I have to report to anyone, I prefer women.
For the most part, I was raised by my mother in a single parent home, and that probably influenced how I deal with authority figures. There was [...]
We came back to work from our brief holiday vacation on Tuesday, and immediately held a meeting…to discuss our college football bowl pool. There are twenty-eight bowl games this year, but we excluded the French Quarter Bowl (or whatever it was called) because it was played back in October. Twenty-seven bowls? The [...]
This entry is part of an occasional series of articles written by Nicole, psychotic jingle singer, assistant editor, and live-in girlfriend. Follow her complete adventures in the Girl, Interrupted category.
Christmas is a kaleidoscope of memories. I grew up in Costa Mesa (that’s the O.C., biatch), where the average high in December is well [...]
It’s possible that I have a saccharine addiction. It’s largely because of the region I grew up in, but my favorite drink has always been iced tea. People who don’t use artificial sweetener on a regular basis might try to convince you that all sweeteners are the same. I suppose I can [...]
Well, maybe not movie awards in the conventional sense. I don’t have a category for sound editing or best supporting actress, and I’m skipping the opening musical number. This is a list of the five movies I feel represent the best of 2004, and several others that should be given similar consideration. [...]
During the first Christmas I was working at my current place of employment, the department celebrated the holiday with a gift exchange. Because names are traditionally selected at random, it’s possible to draw the name of another person that you don’t exactly care for. As it happened, this was the case for a [...]