Mission Accomplished is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Where can I get me a big boat for my next press conference?

Mission accomplished. Those two words stick in my head lately, as I speak to the world from the bow of my aircraft carrier,… Read full post »

Meetup needs to let up with the spam is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

I’m a big fan of Meetup.com. It’s the Justin Bieber to my inner 12-year-old girl, without the incredibly bad hair. There aren’t too many websites and/or online se… Read full post »

Yet another unemployed guy… how did this happen? is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

I don’t like guests. I’m not very hospitable, and a terrible host besides. Our apartment is in a perpetual transitional state. Ripping and packing up 1500 CD… Read full post »

Re-unemployment: back in or out of the saddle again is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Hire me or I'll shoot, but I mean that in the nicest possible way. (courtesy of wikipedia.com)

I’m back in the saddle again or, um, out of it. I… Read full post »

Dressing for a job interview in a bathroom stall is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Yeah, but can you do this in a bathroom stall, poised over a toilet? (courtesy of connect.in.com)

I’ve been looking for full-time work for about two years. My… Read full post »

The rejection letter… a children’s story is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Sit down, boys and girls, and let me tell you a story. It’s about someone you know, or at least someone like someone you know. Let’s call him “Our Hero.&… Read full post »

High school reunions come and go, but Saved by the Bell is forever is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

No Slater, I just want to be friends! (courtesy of www.almightydad.com)

Has it really been that long since high school? Am I really that old?… Read full post »

Ground Zero for the American Dream is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Where did all the white people go? (courtesy of Wikipedia)

I hate a lot of stuff, or at least it can appear that way to the reader passing through. My cousin… Read full post »

My employer and I parted ways last October. I wasn't blind-sided or steamrolled by the layoff, but the hit really cleaned my clock and rung my bell. The incident was unfortunate, though inevitable. With the failing economy, the company wasn't getting the job done on either… Read full post »

Jobless and Less, but would prefer more is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Look at me, mom. I’m on TV… again. Okay, so it’s TV via the web. And I’m not the main focus of the segment; that honor goes to Ellen Reeves, author… Read full post »

New York Magazine thinks there’s no good, cheap food in Queens is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

How New Yorkers see the world, courtesy of that other New York magazine. (courtesy of The New Yorker)

Queens doesn’t exist. Or maybe it just disap… Read full post »

The great unemployment coffee experiment is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

You spill my coffee beans. But you also give me a tasty beverage. Do I slap you or hug you? I'll get back to you with my decision. (courtesy of http://www.adamas.com)

IR… Read full post »

Smartphone zombies rule the earth, or at least New York sidewalks is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

I'm being social, by ignoring the people around me... so out of my way! (courtesy of New York Times)

Walking consists of two major components: movi… Read full post »

Jobless need not apply, and less is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

The call went out. Maybe you saw the big “U” projected onto the Empire State Building. Maybe you heard the siren song blaring from large speakers mounted on flatbeds circling the… Read full post »

Let the music play… and I will kill you is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Morning and evening rush hour on the subway is quiet time. The trains are crowded with commuters. But everyone sleeps or reads or daydreams or listens to… Read full post »

The more things change, the more they stay different is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

The contents of my bank account. (courtesy of http://static.squidoo.com)

So much has changed since I last held down a job and forced it to stay. Some of it’s good… Read full post »

The unemployed guide to taxes is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Taxes during Armageddon, as imagined by someone who just discovered Photoshop. (courtesy of http://wbtax.com)

I like doing my own taxes. And, no, I’m not insane, at least not like the d… Read full post »

Twittering my life away (2010-04-05) is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

• More from #SESNY .. PPC or SEO? The Ultimate Search Marketing Battle… http://mrte.ch/505 please retweet #
• The 7th and last of my #SESNY posts… #Social & the Marketing Mix
… Read full post »

Twittering my life away (2010-03-29) is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

• Another post I wrote… Getting started w/ integrating search & #social #media… http://mrte.ch/4w2 #
• A post I wrote for #SESNY .. SEO Performance Marketing: Paid Search is
… Read full post »

Twittering my life away (2010-03-22) is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

• City Bakery will be the end of me. How dare they make such delicious cookies? #
• President #Obama Signs $18 Billion Jobs Bill… http://mrte.ch/4uv #unemployment #
• Note to Union Squar
… Read full post »

Twittering my life away (2010-03-22) is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

• City Bakery will be the end of me. How dare they make such delicious cookies? #
• President #Obama Signs $18 Billion Jobs Bill… http://mrte.ch/4uv #unemployment #
• Note to Union Squar
… Read full post »

Twittering my life away (2010-03-15) is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

• At the gym, one of the staffers made microwave popcorn. Sure made it hard to concentrate on working out. #
• Tom Delay thinks people are #unemployed because they want to be. I
… Read full post »

This week on Dancing with the Politicians is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

Host:

Tonight they have another dance… another chance. Only one can take the trophy. Who will move a little closer? Live from Washington, this is “Dancing with the Polit… Read full post »

Twittering my life away (2010-03-08) is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

• Personal branding in the "Me" economy… someone stole my idea… http://tinyurl.com/ydckn35 #
• Does anyone else narrate their life in their own head in the 3rd person a
… Read full post »

What is unemployment anyway? is a post from: Jobless and Less: The Blog for the Employmentally Challenged

I’ve been a horrible person. It’s not because I hate you, though I probably do, because I’m a horrible person. How’s that for circular logic? It’s because I’v… Read full post »