// archives

job

This tag is associated with 6 posts

The Thing About Colorado

By ⋅ September 12, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

What is it about Colorado that gets me all hot and bothered? Is it the lovely Rocky Mountains and their Alpine jealousy? Is it the squeaky clean John Elway (not to be confused with Elton John) and his once thriving Broncos of Denver? Is it Boulder real estate and the mounds upon mounds of hippie [...]

Caliph

By jelewis8 ⋅ September 29, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

The satisfaction of finishing a major project is always tempered with the knowledge that the job is never really done, just marked inactive until the need to revisit arises. I’m actually still in the last stage of putting up the single volume of The Cold Goodbye, but a 3rd and hopefully final edition of Book [...]

The Lost Weekend

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 3, 2006 ⋅ One comment

In the words of St. Ignatius Loyola, “Dude.”
It’s Friday, which means it’s the weekend, and somehow, I have very little to say. I had a consulting job today with the firm I did freelance work with last month. I was expecting a two, two and a half hour job. It turned into six. Not bad, [...]

Fashions and Industrialization

By jelewis8 ⋅ February 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Hey, it’s Virginia Madsen, who did such a wonderful job in Sideways. But first, let’s talk about your dress. Because that’s why we’re all here.
Cate Blanchett’s on. Classiest act thus far.
Scarlett Johansson’s trying to keep her lips clamped over her huge teeth. Awesome.
Less than nine minutes to go before the awards start.

Hey Funny, Get a Job!

By jelewis8 ⋅ December 22, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Piper’s got some words for comedians who have been complaining that New York clubs have been raking in all their cash. I happen to know a stand-up artist here in Blacksburg, though I’ve never been to one of his shows). From what I understand, he’d be doing a lot better with the cut if he [...]

Jobless Claims Down…Again

By jelewis8 ⋅ November 20, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems that the Bush slump is finally ending. The Clinton/Gore economy is back!
The Labor Department reported Thursday that for the week ending Nov. 15, new claims for jobless benefits declined by a seasonally adjusted 15,000 to 355,000. For seven straight weeks claims have been below the 400,000 mark, suggesting that the job market [...]

—