It’s In The Mail.

by | Aug 14, 2012 | Working Daze

When I graduated from college, I was sure that the world would beat a path to my door. Who wouldn’t want to hire me for a cushy job in public relations or marketing. I guess they were using a different path back then because I didn’t even get my foot in...

SWAK To The Side Of The Head.

by | Aug 1, 2012 | Working Daze

Writing about my brief love affair with the Hermiston Watermelon (and actually that should be Watermelons) gave me pause to recall the time when I ran a romantic gift company. How? You shall soon see. Now, as most of you know, I am actually a hopeless romantic who...

So This Is What People Do On Weekends!

by | Jul 12, 2012 | Working Daze

For the last 18 years, I have had virtually no life. I only realize this now because I have taken a real job once again, leaving behind my 24/7 self-employment gig and going with an 8 to 5’er instead. It has been quite a change. Instead of working in my t-shirt...

Shake, Rattle and Poo.

by | Jun 15, 2012 | Working Daze

I have to admit that I have a secret love of a crisis. I seem to do best when all hell is breaking loose. Not in my freakish, often out of control personal life, mind you. As we know, I can conjure up all sorts of scenarios that justify the craziest things going on in...

I Just Broke Up… And It’s Work.

by | Jun 14, 2012 | Working Daze

Job hunting has been a part of the old housienda here for much of the past year, it seems. Either one of us or the other has been looking for a job. It’s not something either of us has had to do much, largely because I was determined to hideout in my house for...

Job, Job, Everywhere A Job.

by | May 31, 2012 | Working Daze

I read an interesting article a couple days a go about the hiring frenzy here in Seattle. Yes, unemployment in some sectors is still alarmingly high. Yet in others, there is a huge shortage and the big boys in town whose names are all too familiar, are pillaging the...

I Spent A Lot Of Time In The Dark.

by | Feb 8, 2012 | School Daze, Working Daze

When I was a kid I enjoyed shooting pictures with my camera. My first love was a Kodak camera, one that required you to thread your own film onto the spools. Then came along the Instamatic lines, which had the convenient cartridges so you couldn’t make the...

A Dickens Of A Christmas

by | Nov 11, 2011 | Working Daze

With Christmas fast approaching and CommuniCreations turning 18 years old this year, I couldn’t help but think about my fairly brief career in Corporate. I worked just eight years in Corporate, five at Associated Grocers, two at Pacific First Bank and one at Egghead...

I Hear That Train A Coming.

by | Jul 4, 2011 | Working Daze

Like most of you, I have watched the economy sputter along for several years now. And while we would love to blame the president or Congress for all our woes, according to leading economists, it’s not their fault, but in some respects ours. Now, before any of my...

The Gambler And The Whore.

by | Mar 7, 2011 | Working Daze

I was reminiscing yesterday about the past. Well, I guess that makes sense since it’s hard to reminisce about the present or future. Anyway, my mind drifted back to August 1993. I was working in the best corporate job I ever had. I was doing PR for Egghead Software....