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04 Oct 2015
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Finding A Career On The Job

A few weeks ago, my favorite Internet writer, Mark Evanier, launched a series of articles teaching aspiring writers how to cope with rejection. If you’re not familiar with Evanier, in addition to his popular blog, he’s been a successful TV, film and comic book writer for his entire career. So, he knows of what he writes when it comes to rejection. He’s faced and overcome a lot of it.

The part of his introductory article that interested me the most, though, was his defining the distinction between a “job” and a “career.” Evanier wrote:

A career is something that fits into this sentence: “When I grow up, I want to be a ____.” A job is what you do to pay rent and buy groceries if and when you aren’t able to become whatever noun you ever seriously put into that sentence.

He draws a very good, vivid distinction between the concept of “job vs. career.” Although, I think he’s missing a third option:
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06 Feb 2014
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Leo: Long And Lovable

Man holds long black and white cat

My lovable cat Leo is extraordinarily long. Want to know the secret to his large-ness? It’s that bag of Wellness cat food in the background. You can’t read it, but it says on it “Now Even Tastier!” A statement that’s proven to be frighteningly true.


05 Jan 2014
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Catzilla Will Mess You Up

Man holding enormous cat

Me holding my cat Leo, aka Catzilla. From the look on his face, somebody is about to get messed up real bad.


21 Nov 2013
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Conjoined Twins Gingerbread Kids

Gingerbread cookies look like conjoined twin children

It’s nice to see these two youngsters not letting their conjoined nature get in their way of enjoying the holiday spirit!

Photo taken in a Ralphs supermarket in Sherman Oaks, California, Christmas season 2012.


20 Nov 2013
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The Day The Comedy Died

Rubber chicken lying on a sidewalk

Rubber chicken lying on a sidewalk. Sherman Oaks, CA.


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