Category Archives: Work (WORK!!?!??!)

Maynard G. Krebs is frightened

I are a writer

Posted on February 9, 2002 by Marchbanks

She told me she’d shown my stories to the projects editor-in-chief, who liked them and wants to discuss giving me more work! Continue reading →

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It was probably just as well

Posted on January 27, 2002 by Marchbanks

Tomorrow I begin training at six-damn-thirty in the morning. Continue reading →

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My call-up papers have arrived

Posted on December 19, 2001 by Marchbanks

Nobody hurries to do much about anything in mid-December, unless the project has a December 31st deadline. Continue reading →

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Paperback writer

Posted on October 26, 2001 by Marchbanks

Poe’s language and syntax are so ornate that a good quarter of the story could go without disturbing the narrative. Continue reading →

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Today I am sick at heart

Posted on September 17, 2001 by Marchbanks

It leaves me feeling I’m unemployable for much of anything, still less for anything that makes real use of my experience and education. Continue reading →

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I must be apt

Posted on August 9, 2001 by Marchbanks

I made an A on the programmer’s aptitude test I took Monday, as I’d hoped, and will be allowed to interview for a systems analyst trainee position at the university. Continue reading →

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Aptitude tests

Posted on August 6, 2001 by Marchbanks

There are mighty few places these days that you can find paid apprenticeship programs. Continue reading →

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So much for that vain hope

Posted on July 26, 2001 by Marchbanks

I received a “Dear John” email from UT General Libraries about the support specialist position.  Dammit, this was a job I wanted. Continue reading →

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I’m getting frightened

Posted on July 15, 2001 by Marchbanks

My unemployment runs out at the end of this month. I still don’t have a job. I don’t even have the reasonable prospect of a job. Continue reading →

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There are only 87 actual people

Posted on July 12, 2001 by Marchbanks

It became so common that in the family we called it the “Comanche syndrome.” Continue reading →

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