Monthly Archive for October, 2009

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Craigslist

As I seek a new job, I am using the great resource known as Craigslist. Anyone who has looked for a job recently has done the same. That being said, I have come to the conclusion that about 45% of the job listings on Craigslist are useless. This means they are either an outright scam, a multi-level marketing scheme, or non existent positions posted by recruiters and head-hunters…

Office Coffee

I once worked at a company which had one of those coffee makers that brews into a giant cafeteria type dispenser. Every morning those who arrived early would brew the coffee until the giant dispenser was filled and then all day everyone would drink as much coffee as they wanted. The giant dispenser kept the coffee hot all day and everyone lived happily ever after. (I never…

Stock Pick of the Week – Ford

I’m starting a tradition here at Powerogre.com, a weekly stock pick. I know what your thinking, “Why should I trust him when it comes to picking stocks?”. Don’t. This is all for fun, so lets get to it.

Stock Pick of the Week: Ford Motor Companyford_2 (F)

Reason #1: Ford survived. They are not owned by…

Writers Block – A Poem

The words wont come…

I can’t get done…

My mind wont work…

Staring straight ahead…

Scratching at my head…

The thoughts on the page are dead…

Chewing on my pencil lead…

Why won’t the wheels turn?

When will I ever learn

that the words wont come

till the…

The Wrestler = Depressing

I watched “The Wrestler“. Maybe I shouldn’t have. Few movies I have seen recently have left me feeling like this one. Let me start out by saying that Mickey Rourke certainly deserved the Golden Globe he won for this movie. He so absolutely transformed himself into the character of Randy “the Ram” that I have to remind myself that its a movie and not a documentary. I am…