My luggage sports a tag that says, “I love not camping.” But guess what? I’m camping. After a foreign language class, I sped away from my basement apartment (yes, cringe, with my ex) and two sons in a rented car. I am not doing this to rekindle any romantic cinders left from my divorce last November. I’m [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: Catch a gander of the real Ann today on FOX Business Happy Hour, between 5:20 and 5:30 PM EST. I’ve got a situation. Girl On the Brink racing on bicycle toward a blind man poking his long white cane from side to side on a narrow sidewalk. Think fast. What to do? Holy shit. Get the hell [...]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: Ann lands a national TV interview on FOX Business Happy Hour, Friday, Sept. 4, between 5:20 and 5:30 PM EST. Miss it? Catch her on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7 at 10:45 AM EST on the Louisiana Radio Network (WRKF), an NPR affiliate. Read the press release that got her the gigs. Jobs end abruptly, as [...]
Monday, August 31, 2009
Is dating a younger guy like taking an entry level job at, say, McDonalds? Ann’s been giving that notion a lot of thought lately as she ponders her full-time employment options and dating possibilities now that she’s broken up with a mature individual who was clearly a professional. [At least she thinks it was a breakup. [...]
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Life is all about Yin and Yang. You see, Yin is this 3-foot-tall little Chinese gal who’s also known as Yellow Woman. Yang is not much bigger but hails from the hinterlands of North Dakota and wears lots of feathers. Think Hiawatha. Some people call him Red Man. Together, they created the Orangemen of Syracuse University. Just kidding. Nonetheless, [...]
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 19, 2009
If you’re like most unemployed people, you look forward to the weekend even more than you did when you had a job. Come Friday at 5 o’clock, you are officially normal, and will continue to be normal until Monday morning at 9. Sure, you had a grueling week filling out online job applications, but should you take [...]
Friday, August 14, 2009
In your professional life, there’s going to be ups and downs. You should be moving forward, however, earning more money and more responsibility. In other words, every job should be better than the last. That’s the way it’s been with me, both professionally and romantically. I had a starter husband, and that was okay for that [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
In hard times, imaginations blossom. Do-it-yourself has replaced do-it-for-me in remarkably diverse sectors of the economy, including home improvement, food gardening, financial services, automotive and beauty care, as American consumers search for new ways to cope with their diminished financial circumstances and empower themselves by taking more control of their lives in uncertain times. There I Fixed, [...]
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