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Let’s play a LoveGame

After being noticeably absent for about a week, Fauxdonna’s music has traversed the 92.7/Castro airwaves to reach the inside of my parent’s car in North Carolina. Grating, harsh, and yet pretty darn catchy at the same time — “LoveGame” is a welcome departure from the skeeters and other island bugs, as well as the ungodly [...]

Playing hard to get

Your eyes meet and you coyly look away. You read once that no one likes someone that is too forward when they first meet.  One must be careful to not be overzealous now, right?  Your eyes meet again. Perfection is met with everything you’ve ever wanted — benefits that include vision and dental, PTO and [...]

Pseudo-unemployment: the fashion tote collectors’ item

Exciting things are afoot. It’s almost like I have a full-time job but I don’t, and that’s actually perfect for me. What I do have is my own makeshift, full-time, part-time contract work to fill up my next month. In other words, for the next few weeks I will be able to get out of [...]

TMI on recession trends: cheating spouses

CNN covers the recessions affect on cheating spouses.

Fashion 2009: the unemployment tote

Don’t be left at home without your own unemployed person!