I feel like Jackie O would be pretty horrified that Katie Holmes is wearing Ugg boots in character.

Right, because every contractor has the knowledge necessary to negotiate complex contracts prepared by highly paid corporate lawyers, especially if they’re doing small jobs for numerous clients. The fact that so many companies rely on contractors of every ilk ultimately is bad for everybody. Why would a company pay…

Thanks! I just wish freelancers would talk more openly about their shitty pay so that companies might be shamed into paying them a fair wage, whether they’re being compensated for their time or product. I believe that if the very loyal readers of this blog knew what their favorite writers were paid it would definitely…

I am currently in the process of looking at new careers, including but not limited to content marketing type stuff. That lifestyle blog I mention was the last fucking straw. I’m ready to sell my soul, so to speak, rather than let media companies steal it.

Hahaha that’s cute. I didn’t “follow my dreams” to a profession that pays for shit and takes advantage at every turn. For many years I was a decently compensated writer and editor at a large newspaper that eventually laid off a shitton of people. Then that same newspaper stopped paying its freelance writers for the…

Yeah, um, that’s what I said I ended up doing. But why should it be legal for companies to underpay anybody? How would you feel if you were an accountant and a large number of accounting jobs out there now expected you to be “freelance” and work for less than minimum wage? Sure, you could turn down one job, or two, or…

This looks like a super fun and effective workout!

I’ve marked the single annual dog swim day at the local public pool on my calendar with stars and exclamation points and hand-drawn emojis, so special of an outing it is. The next day the city drains the pool so I don’t even feel bad that my golden sheds a bagful of fur in the water.

Hey guuuuyz! Good news, you’re all contractors now!

I wish there were better employment laws to protect contractors. I am a freelance writer. I usually get paid reasonably well — between 30 cents and $1 per word. But I wrote for one company, a major lifestyle blog, that paid us $14 per post, which always worked out to well below minimum wage. Additionally, they owned…

While that may be true, my dad only used that excuse on matters relating to death. Thankfully, as he and my mother are nearing retirement, they did not view saving money as futile either. :-)

Yeah, I’m 5'9" and so is my husband. After years of watching tall guys lose their shit over petite women, I gave up on making height one of my physical preferences. My husband loves tall women so it works.

I remember some door-to-door salesman came to our house when I was a kid and tried to sell my family funeral plots. My dad told him no, because if the Rapture happened, that would be a big waste of money. The salesman was surprisingly understanding.

Did you read that incredibly sad story about the mass graves on Hart Island in NYC? I found out that in Seattle, there’s no potter’s field nor room in the medical examiner’s office for storage of remains anymore. So apparently now they cremate the unknown and scatter them in Puget Sound. I’ve made sure everyone in my…

My brother is 6'9” and used to do the same. I came home for Christmas one year and said, too loudly, “Who is that child sitting on Younger Brother’s lap?” Nope, it was his new teeny-tiny blonde girlfriend. I was so incredibly relieved when he married an athletic woman who is 5'9". Like, why wasn’t he dating the…

I just looked up cabbage rolls and found a NOLA-inspired recipe from Emeril that has like 50+ five-star reviews. Now I’m hungry and making a shopping list while I’m supposed to be on deadline!

I grew up around guns. I used to enjoy them. However, on principle, I will never own one. I don’t care if it’s a “fun hobby.” I find America’s gun culture repulsive and can’t understand why even some of my liberal friends are 2nd Amendment-obsessed gun freaks. My dad tossed one of his NRA mags in our recycling bin and…

I wasn’t that impressed until I saw your caption. Well done.

Obsessed with Marine Layer’s tees. Made in the USA and so ridiculously soft and comfy. They hold up great in the wash too. Spendy but worth it.

Obsessed with Marine Layer’s tees. Made in the USA and so ridiculously soft and comfy. They hold up great in the…

That sounds incredible. I have seen a lot of listings for homes in my city that have converted attic bedrooms and such, so I always wonder why ours is barely a crawl space. We do have a really nice finished basement, though, replete with a bedroom, where we sleep all summer. It’s easily 15 degrees cooler down there,…