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Dear Ellen Degeneres: Until last week, all of my Ellen knowledge was hearsay. My little sister is a huge fan of yours. She does a killer go!gurt sketch and a pretty good “let me find my cellphone as it rings” dance. Actually, I should say I’ve heard her impersonations are pretty good. I’ve never...
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One of the best things about being a college student who lives near campus again is that (a) companies think/hope that you have access to money you don’t deserve and (b) don’t mind wasting it and they (c) know exactly where to find you in order to lure you into spending all of your...
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Dunder Mifflin, this is non-pretentious. Anyone game for a virtual Dunder Mifflin Branch?
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here’s a conversation between me and a co-worker. i’ve redacted some not-so-nice things that may have been said in the heat of the moment. so, like tough_love and her polls, please feel free to leave your comments… co-worker: im listening to the sound of young america (hey, boss, if you’re reading this – co-worker...
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Good evening. I finally have been broken down by my editor to actually become an active participant rather than a pretty name in the ‘contributors’ column.  Apparently I’m also serving as some sort of experiment for her. I have to say, I like the ‘newspaper’ theme to the site.  it’s about as close to...
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holla at u later, 2008-2009 pats! Now Playing: “Oh Happy Day”
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Newest single from disco superstar Hercules and Love Affair, off the debut album that’s got every blogger begging for more!! PS LOOKOUT PHILADELPHIA. There’s a rumor that Herc will be playing at Making Time very, very soon. You do NOT want to...
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Today I received a disturbing email in my inbox. It was a technology tip from my employer’s IT office. I receive emails such as this occasionally, and though it shames me to say it now, I usually deleted them without even a simple glance. Now my shame has turned to guilt. The subject line of the email: Technology Tip...
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Status: Message successfully sent To: info@essexgreen.com Subject: i picked you over genocide dear the essex green: I know the subject line seems alarming. Before you call the police, the Pentagon, or Human Rights Watch, let me assure you that i never have intended to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial,...
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i’m not sure how i feel when something (or someone) is taking over my life. you can call it a reliance problem or an independence problem but once i start getting too dependent on something (or someone) i sort of freak. (see: all past relationships). my only consolation is that i may not be...
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