Monthly Archives: July 2004

Am I still available? Unfortunately, yes.

Posted on July 31, 2004 at 12:42 am by Michael

I got a call yesterday from a local recreation center. They were following up on a job application I filled out… in October. I still don’t have a real job, so I agreed to go in and talk to them … Continue reading →

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Three unconnected thoughts about the Democratic National Convention.

Posted on July 30, 2004 at 12:14 am by Michael

I was generally pretty happy with what I saw of the Democratic National Convention this year, but I don’t feel like writing an indepth analysis nobody will read. So, three quick observations: First thought: President Clinton had a good speech, … Continue reading →

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I’m one of those freaks who reads the end credits.

Posted on July 21, 2004 at 1:17 am by Michael

I just finished watching the second showing of Nip/Tuck on FX. There was a disclaimer stuck in the end credits, which said something like “Dramatic license was taken with the crash scene.” That should be a great help to people … Continue reading →

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The map so nice they named it once.

Posted on July 20, 2004 at 12:37 am by Michael

At the beginning of my Brainbench project, I mentioned that it taking forever for the state of New York to send me a road map. Convienently enough, New York waited for me to finish the Brainbench-a-thon — the map showed … Continue reading →

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Brainbench-a-thon, Part 8 (Conclusion)

Posted on July 16, 2004 at 12:55 am by Michael

I used to play a lot of Dungeons and Dragons when I was young. Playing D&D makes you good at two things: reading rulebooks and filling out forms. You would be surprised how many places consider those valuable job skills … Continue reading →

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Brainbench-a-thon, Part 7

Posted on July 15, 2004 at 12:24 am by Michael

If you’ve been following this latest dumb project, you might have noticed that I’ve taken a lot of Brainbench‘s Internet-related tests, but no programming tests. That’s because I am not a programmer. My formal programming training ends with some high-school … Continue reading →

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Brainbench-a-thon, Part 6

Posted on July 14, 2004 at 12:13 am by Michael

Did you know there is no blood test for migraines? Instead, a patient who has really bad headaches have to list all his symptoms for a doctor, who compares them to a list of migraine symptoms; if the patient has … Continue reading →

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Brainbench-a-thon, Part 5

Posted on July 11, 2004 at 12:55 am by Michael

I didn’t take any Brainbench tests yesterday, because I was busy working on a freelance writing assignment I picked up from my more-sucessful brother. Today, I had no coherant plan for what to test, so I grabbed a bunch I … Continue reading →

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Brainbench-a-thon, Part 4

Posted on July 9, 2004 at 12:27 am by Michael

Yesterday, I mentioned that I had once been a search-engine optimizer. That was not a fun job; it was freelance position I found out about from a friend of a friend, and the people I worked for were just plain … Continue reading →

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Brainbench-a-thon, Part 3

Posted on July 8, 2004 at 12:48 am by Michael

When I applied for a job as a technical support representative at Godaddy Software in 2001, their staffing agency made me take some computer profciency tests. (Apparently, having been a search-engine optimizer wasn’t enough to convince them I knew how … Continue reading →

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