RSSF, Part Deux March 15, 2012

This is what the guy who wrote the look at me I’m quitting my job as a money pimp at Goldman Sachs because I have more integrity than any of the other pimps I work(ed) with reminds me of. The guy, who “isn’t highly paid by Wall Street standards — earning about $500,000 last year [...]

Downton Abbey, Rich Selfish Stupid Fucks March 13, 2012

South Palm Beach, Fl —We were walking along State Road A1A, talking, when we heard a noise best described as CRUNCH, and looked up to see an SUV had hit a bicyclist, knocking him to the ground, about 30 feet ahead. The car pulled over, the bicyclist stood up, we saw the driver get out [...]

Key West 2011 March 1, 2012

Key West — The group of elderly tourists whose presence at the Chinese restaurant we dined in had only added to the quiet stolidity of the place must have stopped for a nightcap when they left half an hour ahead of us, because by the time we saw them again, in front of the library [...]

Classism February 2, 2012

I always knew there was something I didn’t like about the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. I thought it wasn’t it, though, it was me. I thought it was how detached the pink water bottles, t-shirt, caps and especially the annoying ubiquitous ribbons left me feeling from what the actual point was. I [...]

The distinctive appeal of Ikea fills store like Disney Land January 16, 2012

SUNRISE, FL — It was the special appeal that a classically basic, $49, full-size bed frame had for me, with my exceptional eye for quality, integrity and a bargain, that drew me to join the masses who pulled into the Ikea store in Sunrise, Florida this afternoon. A map of the location could be next [...]

Hard Times January 5, 2012

Everywhere — The first big news today was that Willard “Mittens” Romney, the guy who has managed to maintain a belief in magic underpants, but not in people’s right to healthcare, got eight more votes than Rick Santorum,whose name is a synonym for, well, for santorum, who has been steadfast in his contempt for human [...]

NYT to staffers: “Again,” don’t let the door hit you in the ass December 29, 2011

http://jimromenesko.com/2011/12/27/faq-for-nyt-regional-media-group-employees/#more-4080 I used to work with an editor who was famous for outrageous and pointless orders. He was a deputy middle-management sort of person, even when, briefly he was promoted to real middle-management, but his silly directives carried a little added authority because he seemed likely, if he were on the receiving end of them [...]

TMI About Religion December 29, 2011

LANTANA, FL — A few years ago, it was my misfortune to work under a supervisor who on Monday mornings often thought it appropriate to mention as casually as if discussing the weather what the pastor of his church had said the day before. I don’t know if it was good news or bad, thoughtful [...]

Mobile Home Community Christmas Party December 28, 2011

LANTANA, FL — I always wished I could live in the kind of little English village where that Agatha Christie mysteries and Jane Austen romances unravelled. I envied people who lived communally enough with their neighbors to guess at their secrets, but not enough to know them. That is at least part of what drew [...]

Happy Holidays December 13, 2008

MONEY DON’T CARE WHO OWNS IT, FL — So here in one of the top 20 wealthiest towns in America, this is how they celebrate the holidays, which by whatever name, elsewhere are celebrated in the name of hope, faith and love for others. “The staff and I would like to wish you all happy [...]