Archive for January, 2009

fraud alert…

Posted by MinorFailures on January 30th, 2009 filed in blog

I just received this troubling message from my bank:
 
 Dear Tom,
 Customer Number: XXXXXXX993
 This is a notification that a large purchase was made using your Electric Orange Card.
 Here are the transaction details:
 Date:  01/30/2009
 Merchant:  TACO TIME BELLEVUE
 $ Amount:  $8.20

What the fuck? Does everyone know that I was laid off? I know I spent more than I probably should have [...]

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cha cha cha changes…

Posted by MinorFailures on January 26th, 2009 filed in blog

Since I’m going to be unemployed, and since I’ve been toying with this for a while, I’ve decided to jump in head first.
Minor Failures is dead.
Long Live Minor Failures…

Over the next few weeks, the blog will probably be either moved into the background or back over to livejournal, or maybe abandoned entirely, replaced by that [...]

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dun dun DUUUUUUN….

Posted by MinorFailures on January 22nd, 2009 filed in blog

Yup, it’s official: I’m being laid off from my job.
This is both good and bad news as far as I’m concerned. Bad, in that I will not be working and will have to actually look around for a new job. Again. Which is a sucky thing to have to do.
Good because this is giving me [...]

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somedays you wonder just how much you can take…

Posted by MinorFailures on January 20th, 2009 filed in blog

And some days you start to think that maybe everything is going to be OK.

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just in case there was any confusion…

Posted by MinorFailures on January 15th, 2009 filed in blog
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hrrm…

Posted by MinorFailures on January 8th, 2009 filed in blog

I got pulled aside by my manager today. It’s been probably a month since a new job has come in for me to work on. I figured this probably wasn’t a good sign. Today my concerns were validated.
There is a good chance that I will be laid off in the next month or so. Nothing [...]

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