City Wide Alert

by Matthew Geller

Grace C. is going out in public, take appropriate precautions, if you happen to come across Grace C., don’t make direct eye contact and do not attempt to confront her yourself. She is considered “dead inside” and dangerous.

Early retirement

I haven’t even been 24 for a month yet I suffer from tendinitis not just in one but two wrists (computer, not trick related), an upset stomach from overly spicy P.F. Changs which I’m sure is to be followed by heartburn, a toothache that won’t quit do to stress-related teeth grinding, and an eye that hurts each time I blink (or seductively wink).

Right now I’m sitting on a chair on top of a wooden crate because while I was on vacation my chair was jacked by a new employee and never replaced. vidiLife.com provides  free video and photo hosting and sharing
Something tells me it’s neither helping me with my posture nor my relevancy in this office. I can’t even leap up to do work because it’d probably result in splinters + an ambulance trip and surely that couldn’t be considered ergonomic/economic.

Anyway I vote for early retirement because if this is what it’s like at this age, I can’t even imagine what ailments I’d suffer from when I’m 65 and still working towards a depleted social security system.

The Business Section

I am not as ‘web savvy’ as most West Coasters. I don’t get my news from Salon, but I read the New York Times every day. My progression has been such that I started out three years ago reading the Front Page and then skipping straight the the Arts section, perchance making a stop in Dining Out or checking the Hockey stats, (no… really). As of late, I am actually devouring the entire page, (with the exception of the *boring* sections, Travel and/or Fine Arts), finding myself especially drawn to the Business section. This is because I have become a corporate whore.
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