July 2014
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Ask Jack: Start a Company, Lousy Coffee, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Is it OK to start work on your own company while still at your old job? Also: What to do about crummy coffee at the office.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/29/14
EPISODE #139: FUN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beach Boys — “Fun, Fun, Fun” Of Montreal — “Fun-Loving Nun” Sourpatch — “Fun” Sly & the Family Stone — “Fun” The Dead Boys — “Ain’t It Fun” X — “We’re Having Much More Fun” Vic Chesnutt — “Fun/Party/ShoestringStore” Alpaca Sports — “Just for Fun” Josef […]
Ask Jack: Toilet Troubles, Workplace Gossip, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: The inside poop on office bathroom etiquette. Plus, fighting back against workplace gossip.
Ask Jack: Scary Bosses, Disturbing Co-Workers, Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: What to do when you’re scared of the boss. Plus, how to avoid disturbing your co-workers in a shared work space.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/22/14
EPISODE #138: TRIBUTE TO THE RAMONES R.I.P. Tommy Ramone The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Joey Ramone — “What a Wonderful World” The Rivieras — “California Sun” Jackie De Shannon — “Needles and Pins” Bobby Freeman — “Do You Want to Dance” Love — “7 and 7 Is” Tom Waits — “Danny Says” Saturday Looks Good […]
Movie Review: Monty Python Live (Mostly)
4 stars out of 5 Pallbearers carrying a coffin along a country road. This was my first memory of Monty Python. I was too young to watch it—my parents were watching, I suppose?—but the scene caught my eye. One of the pallbearers collapsed. The other pallbearers took notice, put the coffin down, opened it, put […]
Ask Jack: Trash-Talk Tweets, Earphones at Work, Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Is it OK to complain about work on Twitter? Plus: What to do about employees who are always wearing earphones.
Help Karl Hendricks
I knew the other 2/3 of the Karl Hendricks Trio—but who exactly was Karl? Drummer Tom Hoffman was a great pal from English classes at CMU; bassist Tim Parker was a really nice guy who I knew from WRCT. But Karl… hmmm…. Sure, I had the 7″ from his band Sludgehammer. Yet I don’t think […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/15/14
EPISODE #137: BRAINS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Mose Allison — “My Brain” Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band — “You Done My Brain In” Ted Leo & the Pharmacists — “Where Was My Brain?” The Ramones — My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)” Ween — “Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My […]
Movie Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
3.5 stars out of 5 I began my review of 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes by calling it “quite entertaining but also tremendously stupid” and ended the review by saying “I will see the sequel, however. Oop oop.” Well, guess what I saw last night? (No, not Boyhood. Good guess, though!) And […]
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