By Green Tea Ghost Story on I Got an M.F.A And Now I Teach English in the Middle East

Echoing everyone else to say, please write the next part, about your actual experience teaching in Qatar! :)

Posted on March 20, 2013 at 7:52 pm 2

By stuffisthings on I Got an M.F.A And Now I Teach English in the Middle East

I still propose that instead of getting an MFA, most aspiring writers would benefit from simply reading a lot and hanging around a university while doing whatever crazy things they feel like doing until they've racked up ~$50k in credit card debt, then writing about it all. Or you know, better yet, go work in a cannery or a circus or learn to fly helicopters or hide out in a cabin in the woods or teach community college in Qatar. One of the reasons there's no market for the writing of MFA-holders is that writing about what it's like to be an MFA holder is... well, kinda boring at this point, no matter how skillfully executed.

Posted on March 20, 2013 at 3:50 pm 1

By Pariah Carey on Financial Archaeology

Believe it or not, George isn't at home/Please leave a messaaaage at the beep/I must be out, or I'd answer the phoo-oone/Where could I be? Believe it or not, I'm not home!

Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:38 pm 2

By Reginal T. Squirge on How One Construction Worker Deals with Injuries Without Insurance

This dude sounds really, really dumb.

Posted on November 16, 2012 at 2:12 pm 5

By EvelynGarcia on How One Construction Worker Deals with Injuries Without Insurance

Can't help but add that aside from risk of burning yourself, pouring boiling water into the toilet because your sink is full of dishes you don't want to do can crack your toilet. ASK ME HOW I KNOW.

Posted on November 16, 2012 at 2:06 pm 5

By deepomega on How One Construction Worker Deals with Injuries Without Insurance

"Life is full of contradictions" is a pretty good defense of drinking.

Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:17 pm 3

By EngNaturalBeauty@twitter on Oh, to Be the Owner of This ATM Receipt

I don't think the 3 million dollars is this entire persons life savings. If it was it would be invested elsewhere. I think this money is this individuals, weekly money or something. Its the only way to explain why that money is not is a high yield savings account or being managed better. No one would do that with their entire savings. So this person is mega loaded and considers 3 million dollars spending money. To have that life!

Posted on October 27, 2012 at 4:48 am 1

By cat ferguson@twitter on Odd Jobs I've Considered to Subsidize My Freelance Career

If you get the foot modeling gig, make sure a friend knows where you're going and when you should be back, because that has a 50% chance of being a dude who wants to masturbate on your feet and a 25% chance of being a dude who wants to masturbate with your feet after they've been removed from your body. Which leaves 25% for "money for having cute feet!"

Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:11 am 3

By Arianne Graham@twitter on What I Was Left With After I Quit My Job: The Ability to Leave Town

Dave, you left out an asset category: 1 blog post on thebillfold = 2 immature blog trolls hating on the playa instead of the game :)

Posted on May 22, 2012 at 1:43 pm 4
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