August 2014
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Ask Jack: 8-Hour Party People, Mailroom Mooch, Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Do you have to invite all your co-workers to out-of-the-office functions? And is it OK to put personal mail in the office bins?
Movie Review: Magic in the Moonlight
3.5 stars out of 5 We have kind of an arrangement: Woody Allen makes movies, and I go see them. There’s a certain comfort level. The credits font, the old-timey music. I always think they’re good—and sometimes they’re very good. Sometimes they’re more developed, and sometimes—like with this one—they’re more like a novella. Or maybe […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 8/26/14
EPISODE #143: WIRE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Fall — “Totally Wired” Coconut Records — “Wires” Leonard Cohen — “Bird on the Wire” Felice Brothers — “Chicken Wire” Elvis Costello and the Roots — “Tripwire” Lowen & Navarro — “Walking on a Wire” [live] Richard & Linda Thompson — “Walking on a Wire” The […]
Ask Jack: Man in the Mirror, Auto-Replies, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: a question that is very reminiscent of a Hollywood movie plot. Also: Is it OK to be wacky in your out-of-office message?
Movie Review: Into the Storm
2 stars out of 5 I’ll admit it: I’m a storm-porn addict. Hurricane Irene on the Weather Channel? Ohhh that was good stuff. And Sandy? Well why watch when you can LIVE it—oh yessssssss!!! So, with no knowledge in my head about this film except that the word “storm” was in the title and it […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 8/19/14
EPISODE #142: CATS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Rufus ‘Hound Dog’ Thomas Jr. — “Bear Cat (The Answer to Hound Dog)” [Don Pardo tribute] Old South Quartette — “Pussy Cat Rag” The Stray Cats — “Stray Cat Strut” “Josie & the Pussycats” [main title] Elvis Costello — “Pads, Paws, and Claws” The Cure — “The […]
Ask Jack: Strip Clubs, Baby Voices, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Is it degrading to be a dancer in a strip club? And, ever had a co-worker who talked in a baby voice?
Ask Jack: Fridge Fiends, Dying Dreams, and Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: How to prevent lunch theft from the office fridge. And, when should you give up your professional dreams?
Twitter, Breakfast, and the Crumbling of Society
Walking back from Jersey City the other night, a sign posted in the Burger King window caught my eye. I snapped a photo and posted it on Instagram and Facebook with the caption “America: We Give Up!” People “liked” it, we made some jokes, and life carried on. Or… did it? You see, last […]
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