Buying a house seems like a distant dream for many people in the U.S. today

Fried clam sandwich. It tasted weirdly tangy, but I was very hungry and ignored this warning. I spent the night on the floor of a motel bathroom while my gastrointestinal tract rejected the sandwich, fore and aft.

Truly my crowning achievement! Might as well go for a three-peat...

I get bleach and arugala.

We had some documented evidence of abuse through email and some witnesses (but not to that particular threat). In the end though I’m not even sure the judge looked at it. He just that, “That’s illegal,” and awarded unemployment benefits.

To be fair, some bosses are really shitty about people calling in sick. I once had a job when I was younger where my boss required a doctor’s note if you called in sick. So if you couldn’t afford to go to the doctor or just didn’t need to (like with most viral colds), you were screwed and just had to go in or lose…

Oh jeez. Kids are so good at finding new ways to be frustrating. 

typically, I spend that time looking up shoes that cost to much, devising ways to hide the deliveries from my wife, and when I finally wear them convincing her that “oh, I’ve been had these joints.” Marriage! Am I right??

“While all the lead in the water is possibly stunting their development, it appears to be having the unprecedented effect of making some black youths capable of calling bullshit way over their age limit. We must spend part of that 5 billion to build a wall around Flint before they become a scourge on society.”

$5 billion for water infrastructure upgrades and testing in schools seems like a much better way to spend that much money...but what do I know...I’m just a kid from Flint who was forced to learn all things water after the government poisoned us...

It is the Xmas spirit - Tooney Lomein is giving all those young ‘Alt-Right’ and right wing boys something to masturbate to. I’m pretty sure that’s why she exists.

WTF is it about the season that has these bleach-blonde dimwits coming out of the woodwork to make their presence known? Toxic Listeria and her ghost of Christmas future both need to shut the entire fuck up. After all ‘tis the season to do something for others and allowing us to forget their existence is the best gift…

Name That Tune is my sport and I fight to the death.

WWII era spycraft.  I did a ton of research on it during my period of writing too much Agent Carter fanfiction.  I’m particularly interested in the line between reality and fantasy - some of the stuff was downright outlandish, yet it worked.  Most of it was the “hiding in plain sight” variety.   No one I know cares…

The answer is the same for both things. Frankly, I was scared. I’d been unemployed for 8 months before I got this job, and my savings were gone. I’d been on innumerable interviews, and this is the only full-time thing I could get. I’m older, and no, that’s not supposed to make a difference, but it does, especially in…

I used to say 'Yes!' to everything. I ended up with ulcers.

This is actually an excellent way to deal with people who pile on little tasks without thinking about your current workload. While the wording is a bit harsh for other people (perfect for yourself), asking people to prioritize your work can reduce stress quite a bit.

"It's not a priority." == "That's not important to me!" == "You're not important to me!"

I should have said "As a client, I would much rather hear...." Unhappy clients mean support workers aren't doing their job and soon wont have one.

Saying 'it's not a priority' would cause me grief, as it's insulting in my line of business.