Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • Job Interview Strategies

    [This is part 1 in a 3-part series] If you’ve been reading this space, you may have formed the impression that I don’t hold the typical job interview process in my highest regard. 🙂 As a co-worker of my sister’s observed (and I discussed) a few months back, getting a job offer is in some… Continue reading

  • Job Audition

    I spent much of the past week auditioning for a programming job. Yes, I said auditioning. Continue reading

  • Guilty by Reason of Insanity

    I was summoned to appear for Jury Duty on April 12. The case before the coourt was neither a criminal nor a civil case but one of a type I had not known about. The respondent (not defendent, although dictionary.com treats the words as being synonymous) was tried before, in 1987, for “discharging a weapon… Continue reading

  • Drizzly Day

    Today is another drizzly day. It's been mostly grey and cloudy with on and off drizzle since Saturday afternoon. I can't really complain, though. One netfriend near Buffalo, NY, had snow on Sunday April 4; another (who lives an hour or two from Buffalo) got a few inches on the 14th. A third woman, in… Continue reading

  • Barkeater Lake

    Barkeater Lake is a new strip by Corey Pandolph, featured on comics.com. Barkeater Lake follows the exploits of Delores Tanzini, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who decides to give up her crazy hectic life in the city for a quieter, saner existence. When she moves to a small town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York,… Continue reading

  • Daffodils

    [ A writing prompt from Daily Writing Practice ] Daffodils in the garden… I love daffodils; they are my favorite flower. I love to bury my nose inside the blossoms and inhale their scent, faint but perceptible and oh so delicious. I have planted daffodils; sometimes they come back up, sometimes not. Each year I… Continue reading

  • Treasures 2004_16

    Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, things that make me feel happy or thankful or interested, things that are worth remembering. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. I gather my treasures throughout the week. I hope you'll consider starting your own list of Treasures — here, or in your personal… Continue reading

  • Home Improvement Shows

    [ Today's meme is courtesy of Thursday Threesome ] Home Improvement Shows: Onesome: –Home What's the one thing your dream home must have? Twosome: –Improvement What's the one thing you would change about your current home? New bed, couch? New carpet or wallpaper? Or something major like an addition? Threesome: –Shows Do you ever watch… Continue reading

  • Summoned to Appear (part 4 of 4)

    The fourth and last installment in my Jury Duty Saga. Continue reading

  • Summoned to Appear (part 3 of 4)

    Part three of my Jury Duty saga. Continue reading