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My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/30/14
EPISODE #161: THE PAST The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Calvin Johnson — “The Past Comes Back To Haunt Me” Paul McCartney — “Ever Present Past” Robert Forster — “Danger in the Past” Prefab Sprout — “A Prisoner of the Past” Teenage Fanclub — “The Past” Bleached — “Searching Through the Past” Wesley Stace — “Pieces […]
Gridiron Gastronomy
I’m really pleased to be back in the New York Times today! The article is in the Metropolitan section, on the NJ Dining page. Timed to upcoming bowl games, etc., I visited eateries in north, central, and south Jersey looking for great takeout options.
Movie Review: Inherent Vice
3.5 stars out of 5 Twenty years ago, maybe a little more, I picked up a used copy of V. by Thomas Pynchon. I tried to read it, I really did. I like to see things through, you know? But it was really tough going; hard to understand. At some point, I put the bookmark […]
Movie Review: Big Eyes
4 stars out of 5 The commercials looked… frothy. Had Tim Burton gone soft? (Hmm, and he has been making kids’ movies….) And then there was news that he’d split from Helena Bonham Carter. Frankly, I was a little worried about our beloved modern-day master of the macabre. I should not have been concerned. Big […]
Ask Jack: Holiday Work Dump, Older Job Seekers, Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs column: Getting work dumped on your desk right before the holidays. Plus, how can older job seekers survive in the ever-changing world of technology?
Martha by Name
spam poem #2 Hello how are you today I am Martha by name and I want us to be friends. I don’t know how you will feel about it I hope you wouldn’t mind We don’t know each other; I will give you every detail about myself soon yours Martha
Ask Jack: Paid Maternity Leave, Great Coffee + Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs column: Is it finally time for mandated paid maternity leave in the United States? And why would a job listing mention their “great coffee”?
My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/16/14
EPISODE #159: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2014 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Aislers Set — “Christmas Song” Metronome — “Hanukkah Girl” Owl and Mouse — “Sandwich Girl” Grandaddy — “Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland” The Harlem Children’s Chorus — “Black Christmas” Belle & Sebastian — “Are You Coming Over for Christmas?” George Usher Group — […]
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