originally published in the Hartford Advocate The DMV hates your phone voice (no offense). We tried reaching them on the phone and were sent on a great Mario-Brothers-like adventure. So you’d better try to talk to them in person instead. By Jennifer Abel An online search for Web pages containing the phrases “Department of Motor […]
Humor
Tis the season of many holidays
Originally published in the Bristol Press, Middletown Press and New Britain Herald Happy Holidays! If you’re naïve, you read that and thought, “How nice. The writer’s expressing a goodwill message to all of her readers who celebrate various religious or secular winter-themed festivals this time of year.” Which is ridiculous. When you see “Happy holidays” […]
Who Do You Call To Get A Better Job?
originally published in the Bristol Press, Middletown Press and New Britain Herald The other night I tried selling my soul to Satan in exchange for a secure, fulfilling job offering a decent salary and opportunities for advancement (yes, America, that is what it takes nowadays). Unfortunately, the growing world economic crisis has even hurt the […]
Bureaucratic Blunder Gets In Your Pocket
originally published in the New Britain Herald, Middletown Press and Bristol Press With the economy careening toward Great Depression 2.0, socially responsible writers like me produce helpful news-you-can-use articles in the “How to save money for the tough times ahead” genre. So here goes: Clip coupons, brown bag your lunches, turn down the heat and […]
Spending and Saving, Saving and Spending
originally published in the New Britain Herald, Bristol Press and Middletown Press You know those free online e-mail accounts where you’re guaranteed no-cost access from every Internet connection in the world in exchange for being constantly pummeled by annoying flash ads, fluffhead celebrity news links and the occasional virus attack that crashes your entire hard […]