Work in Hell

Contributed by Cameron Hodge My husband really wanted to switch to Directv this year so that he could get direct tv nfl Sunday ticket free. I was apprehensive to give into his request since I didn’t want him to sit on the couch all weekend watching football. I don’t mind when he watches a few games, but he takes football obsession to a whole new level. He will wake up and watch ESPN until the first game starts, and then watch every game that comes on until he goes to bed. If we don’t have...

I don't like the new mall but realize change was necessary so I make a beeline for the Korean fried chicken place but they have a big red C posted in plain view. I want the Philly cheesesteak place but with age, that type of food just sits there (hopefully, it's not pink slime). So I go to Sbarro.In short, the pizza slice had been sitting out too long. The cheese was cold and Whole Foods charges less for a cup of cooked spinach. So instead of confronting them, I write a letter because I...

This guest post from Doris Dillon I logged onto ShopeElectricityRatesTexas.com to see how the energy rates compared around the state. We are planning on opening up a new corporate office and trying to decide if our office should be in Houston, Dallas, or San Antonio. We are currently located in Austin. There are pluses and minuses to all of the locations. Our accountant and business manager feel like all three places will be a good fit and that we can be equally successful in any town....

I do this about once every six months as I normally have a new skill or work experience to add. Sometimes, I may re-do content as well by condensing it to have that "pop" within 15 seconds of reading (what marketing classes will teach you, LOL). Well, according to this Yahoo Small Business article, your new "power" phrases may be passe'. Yep. All that you did (or paid someone to do) and now you've got to find a new way to stand out from the competition. Maybe it will help to use tired...

With age, I eat out less and less. Probably because I gained a lot of weight and Aunt Flo hung around longer than usual. I thought going veg would cure the latter but when I still haven't received my freaking $5 from Sbarro, I know I'm on the right to stay the hell away. Courtesy of Crunk and Disorderly, this story is part of why Denny's has never been one of my places. I never trust a place that is open 24/7. Now I used to live near a pretty clean one and they were OK but I'd rather go to...

With age, I eat out less and less. Probably because I gained a lot of weight and Aunt Flo hung around longer than usual. I thought going veg would cure the latter but when I still haven't received my freaking $5 from Sbarro, I know I'm on the right to stay the hell away. Courtesy of Crunk and Disorderly, this story is part of why Denny's has never been one of my places. I never trust a place that is open 24/7. Now I used to live near a pretty clean one and they were OK but I'd rather go to...

If you remember me from the eHow blog, then hopefully you have moved beyond content farms. Now I don't knock them as that's how I got my start but since working 9-5 is not a reality (careful of what you wish for, LOL) right now, I have other areas to sharpen so that bills will be paid. So I have a lot of marketing work. Some clients are great. Others not so much. And in between getting acquainted with clients and meeting deadlines, it can be exhausting. Now I tried getting back into...

Fortunately, I haven't had any hellish clients nor been on any bad interviews lately but I have not received my $5 from Sbarro in Culver City yet and it's been almost a month since they promised. Well, I was going to write a follow-up letter as to why I have not received money that I should have used to make about a dozen bean and rice burritos but then I saw this article. Courtesy of Bloomberg.com. Bankruptcy, that answers everything. The hard cheese. The cold oven that didn't have enough...

It was about a year ago that I fully understood what Ezinearticles.com and similar places were all about. I signed up and got hits almost right away but they don't allow for my Adsense account. Then the ones that do have a low page ranking. That's been my experience so unless you have a brand that you would like to have known, leave this places alone because the "residuals" aren't even worth talking about. Now if you want to get paid to talk to people across the world, check these folks out !...

This week I definitely had a client from hell who....IDK...maybe it was his youth or just ignorant, period. Anyway, I'm still stumped as to whether I should try (again) to address him with the fact that I submitted the job as described, you said it needed tweaking but you did not say that having a long series of irrelevant Skype chats was part of the job. Anyway, be careful with submitting landing pages and stay away from Jamien/SUUT as they are shady. He spent the majority of the time...

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Yes, yes...times are still tough and it's even worse for the elderly folk who didn't save their money or land cushy government jobs back in the day. Well, here's some WalMart employee justice for you. A 71 y.o. male greeter was choked by a customer and taunted by the customer's daughter. The choker got 15 days and the daughter got community service. All because he did the same thing they do at all mass retailers - check the receipt of outgoing customers. Courtesy of Crunktastical.net.

A friend of mine runs a fairly successful business and the road was not easy. After working a series of odd jobs, she eventually started her own catering business but it was a struggle because she wanted to balance her own books. I told her that bookkeepers are trained to work with small businesses and do not just enter numbers. She would just wave me off and continue trying to teach herself accounting applications and import into a spreadsheet. While it sounded good and her way did work for...