Missy wrote to us and shared her experience with recently being “downsized.” Here is her story: On January 20th, 2009 I was deported from the country I was a citizen of for about the last three years of my life: The United States of Corporate America. I was laid off from my job. Job security, [...]
February 8, 2009
“Never close the door on any possibility”
The path from layoff to personal fulfillment make not always be smooth, but this story proves that getting fired may end up changing your life for the better (even if it doesn’t seem that way at the beginning). CNN recently interviewed Michael Gates Gill, a 60-something white guy that grew up in a privileged family, [...]
February 8, 2009
MTV Wants You, Not Us
Our homies at The 405 Club are obviously way cooler than us because a producer from MTV’s True Life series contacted them about an upcoming episode entitled “I Can’t Afford My Lifestyle.” Here is the job posting again in case you missed it: Were you living large but hit hard by the current economic situation? [...]
February 8, 2009
Woe is the 99th Percentile
The horror of only making 500,000 per year! The Prez suggested that those financial morons get their gigantic paychecks scaled back and immediately a-holes bankers of the world freaked the hell out. Seriously I don’t think I’ve ever known anyone that had that much cashish burning a hole through their pocket, but apparently The New [...]
February 8, 2009
Attn: Friends with Money
Lately I’ve been able to empathize with Jennifer Aniston’s character in that movie that I’ve never seen. She’s broke, and all her friends have money. And while I have many friends who are unemployed right now, I also have several friends who are gainfully employed. And even better, I have friends whose family money can [...]
February 8, 2009
Yoga for Blago
Tara Stiles is known as “the coolest yoga instructor ever,” and she has graced us with a new video devoted to our favorite ex-governor BLAGO! She gives us some enlightening insight into his mind as well. She says, Rod Blagojevich, the former Governor of Illinois is a poster child for monkey mind. It seems he [...]
