The purpose of Girl On the Brink is to embrace, not alienate. Yet, sometimes I feel I alienate because others think I’m a snob. But I’m not. Nonetheless, I don’t know what some of my male suitors are thinking when they email me like a bolt from the blue. Honestly, I don’t know how they find me [...]
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Even if you don’t get caught, should you stay? When you’re stealing photocopies off the office copier, do you get turned on? Does doing personal work on company time get you hot? If you said yes to any of these questions, you need a mind check from Ann. Yes, step right in, and Ann will show you [...]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Throughout my professional career, I’ve either worked for myself or small companies. But it’s often scary because small companies can go belly up any day. I’m tired of that. This time, I want a company that’s well endowed. I know people say size doesn’t matter. But it does. While a small, new company can be exhilarating to [...]
Friday, August 7, 2009
I’m beginning to view new relationships in terms of goals and deadlines, similar to the annual performance review. With a job, you’re forced to disclose—in writing—your goals to your supervisor and HR. The deadline for achieving them is your end-of-the-year review, which means you’ve got to set benchmarks throughout the year if you plan on achieving [...]
Monday, August 3, 2009
Some jobs, like men, look best from far away. From close up? Not so much. The shit jobs with lousy pay that hook you with glamour almost never—surprise!—lead to stardom and riches. I’ve probably had better luck attracting dynamic, neocelebrity boyfriends. Those, too, just seem to last as long as it takes for a rocket in a [...]
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
You got to hand it to overseas employers. They call it like it is when defining job requirements. But, hey, if you’re selling “lifestyle” products, which I take to mean condoms or something involving family planning, then wouldn’t you want a male with an MBA to target teens and yuppies? Lobo Management Services, a recruiting company [...]
Friday, June 26, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: Ann takes a day off on Saturday. She returns tomorrow with either Post Office Crabs, or Rose or José, which has nothing to do, unfortunately, with José, but rose, now, that is a fine drink that deserves a resurgence on a hot humid night. I work the door tonight at the Hyatt in [...]
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Rocker Adam Lambert is getting a lot of press for losing the top job on American Idol. He’s featured on the current cover of US Weekly above a headline that blares, “I’m Gay.” Thank you US for pointing that out, but I think we all knew that given Adam paints his nails black, and that’s [...]
Monday, June 15, 2009
I liked it better when longtime host of the Newlywed Game Bob Eubanks (God, he’s so old now) asked four newlywed couples silly questions, like this famous “whoopie” incident that occurred during a revival of the show in 1977. Among the contestants were a couple named Olga and Hank. EUBANKS: “Here’s the last of our five-point [...]
Sunday, June 14, 2009
No one has looked at my Millionnairematch.com profile in several days. I’m going to take it down when the pop-up reminder I’ve got set up in my Google calendar goes off; otherwise my $39 a month subscription will automatically renew. I’d rather have a mani and pedi for that. And no word from Bailout Bill on [...]
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