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Aging ROCKSTAR

Category: Sarcasm

  • I Almost Survived Dry January… and I Don’t Even Participate

    I almost made it through Dry January and not because I stopped drinking or participate. No, no. This is about something far more dramatic:The liquor store is a ghost town.I’m talking tumbleweeds rolling past the tequila aisle.Crickets echoing off the bourbon shelves.Me, standing there like the last survivor in a post‑apocalyptic world of glass bottles…

  • Marketing: “They Live”

    I continue my unexpected second act as a stockboy and no, a stockman at a liquor store. And if there’s one thing that jumps out at me every shift, it’s this: The liquor industry has become a full‑blown marketing circus. After decades in corporate America, I thought I’d seen every branding gimmick imaginable. But stepping…

  • Taken

    For those of you trying to hack into my account from Singapore. You don’t remember me?

  • FULL CIRCLE — From Corporate America to Stockboy Swagger

    There’s a scene in the 1991 movie Career Opportunities that sums up my career life right now. No, not the part with the horse. It’s the moment when Jim, the main character, talks with Josie. They converse: “I set my sights on something and go for it. Like janitor?” “It’s a beginning, no it’s an…

  • Money Pit 2025

    Here is a summary of my job search in 2025. I am the bathtub. I still keep showing up. Rock on!

  • Employment Shutdown

    No you didn’t. Yes I did. No. Yes. I. Did. I once posted about my side hustle scrapping metal. Thought it’d be a quirky little gig on the side. Then life came along, flipped the table, and said, “Surprise! It’s your full-time job now.” Seven months deep into unemployment and here we are. Does it…

  • Portal to hell is closed…

    200 pounds of soil and some seed. A little more needed. And some water, but it’s closed.

  • Unemployed & Dandelions

    Ugh… I am still unemployed. My job search continues. I am not sure how many days it has been, how many rejections I received plus I didn’t update my Excel tracking file yet. I was also just on a call with a recruiter that rescheduled our meeting multiple times. It’s nothing personal, I’m sure. He…

  • Stay home..

    Where would you go on a shopping spree Amazon…

  • Game of life…

    What are your favorite sports to watch and play? Used to be football, but as I get older things seem to be more scripted. Is this The Truman Show? Flags everywhere…