I wasn’t expecting this envelope of photos from my mom. She’s in her late 80’s and is in great health (still lives in this house and drives everywhere) but she’s slowly giving things to us, her children, items she may no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Companies can frustrate me so much. Especially a company’s “customer services”. I thought calling directly to Hoover, the company that made my vacuum cleaner would give me the information I needed. Sure, I guess, if I’d flipped the machine over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know the end of this comic comes off pretty down, somewhat depressing. That I should be happy that I’m getting interviews at all, considering how hard it was for me the last two years to get anyone to respond.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The call to the IRS confirmed what I already suspected and knew, that there’s been nothing wrong with my filings over the years and that call was a scam. I wasn’t aware (don’t know why) that these scams have been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This phone call came out of the blue and took me by surprise. While the first man I spoke to had a heavy accent making it difficult to understand specific words (and the same for the woman, the second person[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is one of those comic ideas that popped into my head immediately. On my second pass of the geese, the “When You’re A Jet” tune from “West Side Story” came to mind and by the time I made it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wow, was I feeling down today. That interview on Monday, rather than leaving me feeling up, has had the opposite effect. And as I said in a comic back in November, I was preparing to work, full time with Plow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I first discovered that it was a bird and not my phone, I was fascinated how close it’s song was to my phone ring. But fascination quickly turned to dread. Is this bird (or birds) going to hang around[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I believe this interview went really well. They make a lot of electronic train, and craft sets and need packaging, design and support artwork. I have a feeling that I could be getting work from them in the near future.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Believe me, I’ve poured over maps, routes and even looked into possible car pool options (and no, no one else is stupid enough to be driving from my area to Egg harbor Township, New Jersey five days a week) and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…