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As we all know, the moment you step inside your place of employment, you are subject to the whims of your employer. For the most part, your employer has created ‘best practices’ to help you move through the morass of your workday as fluidly as you can. For the most part. But there is something…
How to Get Fired! goes on sale today. That’s right, today! As the world awakens, my influence will be spread into the collective consciousness, freeing up the time and minds of thousands, nay millions of potential employees! Productivity will plummet! Purchases of Xbox Live accounts will soar! Let the Pink Slip Revolution begin! (Bwa-ha-haaa!) But…
Here’s some information to ponder: ten years after graduating from college, philosophy majors earn more than business administration or nursing majors. Don’t believe me? Check out this link: http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-college_grads_which_ones_earn_the_most-1103 Now, if you’ll pardon me, I have to go. My brain is about to explode.
We all know him: the CEO of News Corp. Billionaire. Australian. World-class curmudgeon. But do we really know him? I mean- know him, know him? Turns out, nobody does. Here’s a quote about him from someone who knew him (before Murdoch had the man deported): “He travels alone, but then he is a loner. The…
I will be presenting How to Get Fired! at Johnson-Wales University in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, March 23rd. As one of my old comic friends Lamont Ferguson said, “I love Denver. The weather is always surprising. Snowing on one house, a rainbow on the next – it’s magic.” Also, as Denver is the Mile-High City,…
Hey all, Just a quick note – I just found out today that How to Get Fired! is going to be featured on the home page of CNBC.com either tomorrow or Saturday. I had an excellent interview this afternoon with Cindy Perman, and she has assured me that I am, in fact, not lying about…
Structure is very important, isn’t it? You don’t have to be Frank Owen Gehry to understand that. (I bet you thought I was going to say Frank Lloyd Wright, didn’t you? You’d think the entire world was built by Frank Lloyd Wright, the way he monopolizes history texts and coffee table books. Well, look around,…
Ladies and Gentlemen, How to Get Fired! goes on sale in two weeks! Pre-order your copy on Amazon.com. Tell your friends and family. Tell you boss and coworkers. Tell the nurse and the patient in the clinic waiting area. Make it viral! (The book. Not whatever that person in the waiting area has.)
Greetings! Delivering the Uncrapify Your Life! presentation to a division of Peabody Energy today. They’re the largest coal company in the world, based in St. Louis of all places. I’m looking forward to asking questions about clean coal, alternative fuels, and various other things that will make my car and house more efficient. Is clean…
Welcome back! By the way, I will be taking the Uncrapify Your Life! message to A’Viands Foodservice in Minneapolis on Friday, March 12th. I am gunning for a free meal out of it. More importantly, though, I’ll have the opportunity to ask them what, in their professional experience, everyone else’s favorite and least favorite foods are. I…