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Happy Bank Transfer Day
Long before Bank of America – or BofA (Bunch of Assholes) – decided to start charging a $5 monthly debit card fee, representatives from my employer’s credit union were on site in the hopes of...
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Paying Up
We woke up to a pleasant surprise this morning: our tax monies were in our checking account! We had gotten them done last Saturday and we were told that the deposits would be made in 7-14 days with the...
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Moving On Up?
Toward the end of the my shift today, I got a text from one of the other proofreaders. “Julie is here…RUN!!” “Aw hell”,” I replied. Julie, as she will be referred to in this post, is the HR manager of...
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Virgin Mobile to Raise $25 Plan to $35–Again (UPDATE)
If you are like me and are subscribed to Virgin Mobile’s SMS alerts, then you probably got this message the other day: Starting 5/27/12, new smartphones will be subject to current plan rates. This will...
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A Weekend of Bargains!
I have to admit that last weekend was a bargain hunter’s dream. First of all, we went to free event that was held at our not-so-local Sport Chalet store in Huntington Beach. The event was promoting and...
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In Retrospect
Having the week off and doing some shopping has given me a better perspective on what I do and my thoughts on leaving the profession which I was considering earlier this year. I’m very fortunate in not...
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Blogging 365, Day 24: The Class Action King
It seems like every time I go to the mailbox there’s some kind of card in there informing me that I’m eligible to participate in a class action lawsuit against whomever for whatever reason. It...
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Blogging 365, Day 32: Free Birthday Crap, Part II
Well, would you look at this: more free birthday crap! Today’s gift is from the good people at Sport Chalet whom I am rather partial to for more reasons than one. First, they know their stuff in the...
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Blogging 365, Day 63: I’ve Got Sole
As part of our Weekend Shopping Extravaganza, Ann and I bought many pairs of shoes. I think, if I recall correctly, the final count was somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 pairs between us and Anthony....
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Mean People Suck
Yes, I’m blogging. It’s because I feel the need tonight. In short, Ann logged into our online banking account tonight and found a charge to the tune of $221.25 at Office Depot. First of all, I can’t...
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Adventures in Unemployment
I figured I’d write about this topic since its taken on the form of a sitcom. I could be writing about my awful, almost-in-tears-with-pain stomach virus that I contracted last Sunday but I won’t. All...
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It Ain’t Happening
It’s been exactly one month since my former employer gave me the ol’ boot on the ass due to budget cuts. And since then, I’ve been in touch with a former coworker who continues to give me a rundown of...
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Adventures in Unemployment, Part 2
First and foremost, I’m on yet another Facebook break. I’m not posting anything over there but will approve and accept all Candy Crush Saga requests. So to all of my Facebook friends, no, you won’t see...
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Finding Happiness
Here I am at age 44, unemployed and not entirely sure in which direction my life will be going next. But I’m happy. Very happy, in fact. I was having a discussion with a friend of mine tonight about...
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Job Fairs
I don’t recall where I was coming from or why I was there but one day I came across a huge banner in a nearby city that was advertising their annual Job Fair (or Job Faire if you’re one of those...
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Is Amazon Serious About Prime Air?
I had to check my calendar when the story first broke yesterday. Yes, it was the 1st of the month but alas, the month of December not April. Yet I still thought this was a joke. In case you missed it,...
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Devil Inside
As much as Dave v2.0 tries to stay on the bright and sunny side of things these days, there are still moments when I have to stand back and make sure what I’m hearing or seeing is, in fact, what’s...
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(Un)employed
It’s official: I’m no longer unemployed. This was the result of about a week of inquiring, calling, and probing a cashier at our local grocery store with questions relating to the store’s current...
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The $9,600 Question
Okay hotshot, pop quiz. If you had to pony up $9,600, would you want something to show for it or be empty handed? That’s exactly what I thought. But that’s the situation we found ourselves in today...
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Very Well, Then…
I won’t get into details about how I scored an interview today because, as you will read in this post, it will be completely irrelevant. At any rate, I was called for a phone interview by a place I...
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