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I Want to Be a Drag Queen
Since losing my bank job in October of 2008, I've been 'working' at home as a freelance writer. Actually it is going really well (I'm pretty much matching my bank salary, which is was my goal--and I hope to...
62 commentsHow to Lose Your Job with Grace and Style
As bad as 2008 was for the U.S. economy, 2009 is going to be worse. That's right--2009 is going to make 2008 look like the good old days--or at least like the end of the good old days. Right now, a tidal...
63 commentsTips on How to Quit Your Job, Find Yourself, Live Your Life
Are you already tired of the US presidential campaign? Have you had it up to here with politicians who promise to roll back gas prices by temporarily removing the gas tax for the summer travel season (yeah...
35 commentsTop 10 Most Annoying Office Traditions
Today at work we all got one of those e-mails--or more accurately, about six of those e-mails--about an impending visit by a corporate manager, reminding us of the time and date of the visit and insisting...
137 commentsHow to Retire on No Money
I don't know about you, but every time I read one of those retirement planning guides or see that Ameriprise commercial where Dennis Hopper sits in the middle of a highway on a plastic tub chair shaking his...
107 commentsHow to Live Rent Free as a Luxury Property Caretaker
Bring a sweater and don't bother the swans Wouldn't it be great if you could take a few months off and just write? Actually, if you don't mind walking the dog, doing a little light gardening, and dusting off...
18 commentsDo You Speak American? Thoughts on Language, Culture & Class
Several weekends ago humorist and former talk show host Dick Cavett blogged about Sarah Palin's mangling of the English language in his regular New York Times column Talk Show. Cavett's article, entitled...
45 commentsReal Home-Based Businesses You Can Start Today
If you are one of the many people in the U.S. who have been laid off in recent months, or if you've lost your job permanently or you just would like to be able to work at home instead of trotting off to an...
138 commentsBright-Sided: A New Book by Barbara Ehrenreich
When I first saw the smiley-faced balloon bobbing across the cover of Barbara Ehrenreich's new book Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of PositiveThinking Has Undermined America, I immediately hoped...
47 commentsWrangling with the L.A.W. (Ladies Against Women) at Work
I've been working in a cubicle-type office environment for the past seven years, and during that time I've seen a lot of competitive and unpleasant behavior in female coworkers, but I've also met some of the...
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