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Long before Smithee started working at the Company, McKinney scheduled a meeting with me entitled “3D Pornography.” McKinney was the...
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The User Pool is a novel based on my experience in Information Technology in the 90's at one of the largest entertainment companies in Los Angeles. A satire and still a work in progress. The blog offers the best worst advice for personal growth and improvement.
The day Mulhausen shot the CIO in Weekly Staff was bad for worse reasons than that; it was also the day Blair found out I had sex with my wife.
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The User Pool - Chapter 1. Blair
The day Mulhausen shot the CIO in Weekly Staff was bad for worse reasons than that. It was also the day Blair found out I had sex with my...
Jason X
Jun 19, 20184 min read
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How to Avoid Candy Bar Season at Work
Now that people are unwillingly going back to the office, some of the political landmines (we no longer had to navigate working remotely)...
Jason X
Apr 11, 20233 min read
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Articles About How to Get Traffic to Your Website Are Vaporware
When Steve Martin was doing standup as an up-and-coming comedian, he had a bit that went something like this: You can be a millionaire...
Jason X
Mar 22, 20233 min read
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Tucker Carlson Views Extended Version of Justice League and Gives It a Positive Spin
Zack Snyder turned over the extended 4,100 hour uncut version of Justice League to Tucker Carlson (because he promised he would). On...
Jason X
Mar 17, 20232 min read
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5 Compelling Reasons to work from home
Now that celebrity Covid-19 has mostly become a has-been, companies are requiring workers to come back to the office and return to...
Jason X
Mar 6, 20233 min read
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McKinney
Long before Smithee started working at the Company, McKinney scheduled a meeting with me entitled “3D Pornography.” McKinney was the...
Jason X
Mar 2, 20235 min read
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marjorie taylor greene proposes Christian Standard Time for the world
While congress debates the elimination of Daylight Saving in the US, the outspoken Representative from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene,...
Jason X
Feb 27, 20232 min read
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Unique Date Ideas for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day may be an exciting holiday for you if you're very young, but as life goes on, this day can get pretty monotonous. You...
Jason X
Feb 14, 20232 min read
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The User Pool - 8. Wheels
The day Mulhausen shot the CIO in Weekly Staff, was also the day our department fax machine ran out of toner and Kristy demonstrated how...
Jason X
Feb 10, 20238 min read
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Quiet Employment
I've written about quiet quitting, quiet firing, and loud quitting. It's time we discuss quiet employment. If companies can box us out...
Jason X
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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The User Pool - 7. The Peter Principle
While staring down the barrel of Mulhausen’s smoking gun, I both earnestly and gravely wondered if I could, with any sensible odds, count...
Jason X
Feb 2, 20236 min read
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how to Lose Your Job in 10 Days
By now, most of us have heard of people "quiet quitting" when they're fed up with their job. So instead of actually quitting, you stick...
Jason X
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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Self-Improvement for the casual Improver
What is self-improvement? Usually, it's a response to feedback from those who wish to shame us into submission. Note the "self" in...
Jason X
Jan 30, 20233 min read
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the benefits of procrastination
Benjamin Franklin once said: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Are these words of wisdom? Or just an insult to the...
Jason X
Jan 25, 20234 min read
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5 Ways to Become a Less Positive Person
You're at a party and you meet up with someone you haven't seen in a while, and you are surprised to find them more confident, more...
Jason X
Jan 21, 20233 min read
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Stop Writing Down Your Goals
In the words of Pablo Picasso: Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon...
Jason X
Jan 21, 20234 min read
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John Yaya
John Yaya was the least credible person in the Company, but pretended to be the most; that’s all you really need, since perception is...
Jason X
Jun 15, 20221 min read
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the user pool - Chapter 6. Weekly Staff
Fessler’s Weekly Staff meeting occurred once a month. There was nothing Fessler hated more than his own weekly staff meeting. Mainly...
Jason X
Jun 15, 20227 min read
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The User Pool - 5. Kornfeld
On the day Mulhausen shot the CIO in weekly staff, I ignored Blair until after lunch when she finally decided she didn’t hate me anymore,...
Jason X
Mar 11, 20223 min read
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de la puente
De la Puente was responsible for Desktop Support for Licensing and reported to me. The rest of Desktop Support resources reported to...
Jason X
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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