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Know Thy (Work) Friends Know Thy (Work) Friends
Walking into their first job, recent college graduates fall into two categories: Dell interns, and Earnest Believers. The former wouldn’t read an essay like this so let’s quash them immediately and focus on the latter. At the office, you have your friends at work, and your Work Friends. The first group is insanely obvious. They’re the fun people you meet for coffee at Chotchkies, or happy hour at Texas Loosey’s.  more...
COBRA! COBRA!
The worst part about getting dumped - and by “getting dumped” I mean American History X kneel-down and bite the curb dumped - isn’t the abject humiliation; it’s the sudden loss of a scarce etheric mineral: momentum.  more...
The Wanderer The Wanderer
“They should just build a subway,” says the person who recently moved to Los Angeles (or is visiting and considering it), sitting on the 405 freeway. The problem isn’t in what they’re trying to say, i.  more...
A Logical Container for Creative Juices A Logical Container for Creative Juices
My roommate got me into watching Carnivale on HBO every Sunday night. I saw the first few episodes because it comes on before the highly anticipated and ever-so-disappointing K Street.  more...
My Pimp Hand is Strong My Pimp Hand is Strong
Once, on a first date with a much younger collegiate counterpart, a conversation about career arose. Nothing special here, typical first date material.  more...
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