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Or work from home and keep 'em guessing...

On Careers Counseling

Counseling – any kind of counseling – can be an essential lifeline for people who don’t know which way to go, or if they have questions and don’t know where to go for answers. I feel strongly about this as I’ve done personality tests online and they all say I should be a counselor. So, …

Outdoor Office

I'm calling this as the Next Big Thing: after the home office, the standing desk, and all those other "advances" in working in an office, this has to be the best yet. The Outdoor Office. I don't actually know what's going on here, but there's clearly been a lot of filing done. And that's an …

On Office Work

As someone who works from home these days, I am largely free from workplace drama and craziness. But it hasn't always been the case. Craziest thing that happened at work? Well, there was the time when one co-worker found an actual tarantula in the parking lot. And captured it in a small container. And brought …

It’s a Perfect (Work) Day

You crazy Americans work longer and, maybe, harder than comparative first world countries and it's insane. We have only a finite time on this earth and somehow you have perfected the system where there's an agreed-upon dollar value for each hour of your life, so you can sell it to corporations, store owners, and anyone …

It’s definitely a day for work…

After I started my new job, I kept my head down for a few months and then decided to have a no-reason day off. So I did. I took my wife to my favorite Chinese place for lunch. And then Fate sent me this message. I will never be tempted again, I promise. Save

On Opportunities Not Taken

In the early days, just about the only kind of writing that ever made me money was the kind that, in this age of digital publishing, is now almost-sorta-kinda legitimate. That’s to say, I was writing 50 Shades of Grey before it was cool. That’s to say again, but a little clearer, I was being …