Archive for December, 2008
Downtown Report: Luhrs Tower and Office Building
8 Comments Published December 30th, 2008 in ObsessionsI actually worked at the Luhrs Building on Central and Jefferson several years ago. During the lowest point of my last bout with unemployment, I spent a couple of weeks at ten dollars an hour cleaning out the office of a guy who worked behind the main building in the Annex. In addition to my [...]
The Economics Of Christmas Vacation, as Explained by My Wife to Her Ten-Year-Old Niece
7 Comments Published December 16th, 2008 in ObligationsMy wife leaves her instant messaging client on all day while she’s working. No wonder it takes her 60 hours a week to get anything done. It doesn’t help matters that her ten-year-old niece periodically bombards her with interruptions. On the other hand, some of the transcripts are good enough to withstand the test of [...]
Things I Should Throw Out: “The Kind Adults Want”
2 Comments Published December 2nd, 2008 in Oddities, TrashLike so many guys my age, I made my first connection with male sexual identity in the back of mass-market magazines like “True Detective” and “Man’s Adventure.” Naturally, I was drawn to the so-called “adult” content in these tiny sidebar ads, but what strikes me now is how juvenile they are, and how devoid of [...]
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