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Day One. Or: How Barbra Streisand Got Me Through My First Day of Unemployment.

When New Year’s came around and you asked me about resolutions, I told you I had none. That was a lie. I had one, known only to myself, whispered when the clock struck midnight: I’m going to leave my job by the end of 2010.
I did not expect it to happen in the middle of [...]

Straight Up Now Tell Me

I was feeling particularly bad about myself, midday Saturday.  Every now and again I have these days where I look at my life in its current state and my response is a wine bottle, straight to the lips. If that sounds dramatic to you, it is.  That’s the result of being an only child. And a [...]