February 2009

And did I mention we were through the looking glass?

February 4, 2009

Funny to functionary in business office, re: furloughs: SK [Sidekick] and I would like to ensure that each of us takes our furlough days on different days of the week, to be sure someone who is not a grad student is in place at [Our Spectacular Office] at all times. To accomplish that, here’s the [...]

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Cleaning lady layoff day

February 4, 2009

Trying to work up the courage to call the new cleaning ladies and tell them they won’t be coming back. The “furlough” (read “pay cut”) will excise almost twice what they charge from my paycheck. And paying what they charge was a stretch in the first place. So, I feel bad about that, because I’m [...]

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On the Mountain

February 3, 2009

Yesterday, for the first time in many a moon, I took a much-needed hike up North Mountain, not far from my house. Besides having reached a peak state of out-of-shapeness, I’m getting fat, and the stress from the crescendoing din about the job situation is giving me a chronic bellyache. As I was walking up [...]

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Moment of Fame

February 2, 2009

This week Funny entered only one carnival, the Carnival of Personal Development, hosted by Happiness Is Better. So I was delighted to see that 10 Stress Reducers made Editor’s Choice! This is the first time I’ve entered the C of Personal Development—it only recently came to my attention. It gets an eclectic collection of entries. [...]

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Carnival of Personal Finance 190: Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

February 2, 2009

Welcome to the 190th Carnival of Personal Finance! This is Funny about Money’s first opportunity to host the CoPF, and I feel very privileged to do so. It’s a large carnival, and this week we have many excellent and worthy submissions. Here we are in times that eerily echo the Great Depression. We have a [...]

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Ten Great Improvements that Aren’t

February 1, 2009

Am I the only survivor of the Cretaceous who thinks that some of the grand new conveniences, devices to protect ourselves from ourselves (or from bogeymen), and schemes to force us to conserve this, that or the other add up to a collective pain in the butt of titanic proportions? Here are a few improvements [...]

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