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Invest In Me (It’s Safer Than a Hedge Fund)
Dear friends, family and other humans, I need money. Specifically, I need $5000. Now, you might be thinking, “Lauren, in this crap economy surely everyone could do with an extra five grand.” And I won’t dispute that. It would be … Continue reading
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Stand-Up Comedy Is Really Hard…
…when you think you’re hilarious, and no one else does. So these are some clips of the open-mic nights I’ve done at Vermont’s only comedy club, Levity (which means lightness, if you happen to be in third-grade and you weren’t … Continue reading
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When a Charity Sends You Money…
… you know things are bad. Yesterday, as I emptied my mailbox of its daily detritus — pizza delivery circulars, credit card solicitations and those fucking ads for Bed, Bath & Beyond (have those people no shame?), I saw something … Continue reading
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Making My Couch My Office
These are dark days, friends. And not just because that asshole sun hasn’t deigned to poke his fiery head through the clouds in about 52 days. No, the reason for the bleakness is that being job-free isn’t all it’s cracked … Continue reading
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The Big Cheese, or alternatively, My First Retail Job in 17 Years
At the rate I’m currently going with this blog, I’m writing one piece a month and getting on average one comment per blog post. Just the way I like it — mediocre and unimpressive. You’d think since I’m job-free, I’d … Continue reading
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Exercises in Funny-Making or, Lauren Takes a Comedy Class (VIDEO)
When I was considering leaving my job, the girlfriend and I had a pow-wow to discuss my options. Surprisingly, one of the options that was whipped off the table with alarming speed was me lounging at home in my underwear … Continue reading
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Democracy is Awesome
Yesterday, I exercised my 19th Amendment right to get my lady-vote on by participating in my very first Democratic caucus. Now that I don’t work in newspapers, I can reveal to you that I vote for the Ds. Unless the … Continue reading
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Adventures in Seasonal Job-Seeking
When you ditch your full-time salaried job in the worst economy since never without having another gig lined up, a few things happen. One, you wake up in a sopping wet mess every night at 3:30 a.m thinking about your … Continue reading
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Here and There and Back Again
A lot has happened in my life since I wrote about riding bikes with Lance Armstrong slightly more than a year ago, which incidentally is the last time I felt the need to write anything on this here blog. In … Continue reading
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Sketchy Cycling with Lance Armstrong
At 10:42 a.m., Lance Armstrongsent out the following Twitter message to his 2.6 million tweeps: “Hey Vermont – let’s ride!! 4pm in Waterbury. Corner of Main St & Warren Ct at what looks like a park to me (on Google … Continue reading
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