So anyway, the google ads have gone again. I don't know why they keep coming back. Every now and then I get possessed by the spirit of Sergey Brin and start thinking about "monetisation" and "maximising assets", and then I plaster the place with really tacky looking ads, and then a month or two later I realise I've only made about three pence that Google are probably never going to pay me anyway, and in the meantime the whole site's died a death. And in any case, both the people that visit this site probably have Adblock installed anyway.
I know I do.

I've been working full time now for verging on 3mnths. Unlike the last time I worked I have a decent drive to and from work and get home fairly tired. The things I used to squeeze into my free time seem to be getting forgotten and it's annoying me. Anyone got tips on how to better manage stuff?

Fake employer took women's urine samples

Man posing as employer takes urine samples from women for at least 18 months before being caught.

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I went along to the office of a friend of mine, supposedly to discuss a few days cash-in-hand data inputting.....

Which turned out to be THREE MONTHS proper paid work, with possible further employment thereafter!!

I start Monday.

I'm just a wee bit gobsmacked and kinda in shock!

Hee!

i'm really enjoying the new job. it's been 9 weeks or so now, and while i DO miss hanging out with the family every day, i enjoy more having actual responsibility and being able to prove my skills and even learn something new on a daily basis. there is always a sense of accomplishment when i print a final piece of art for production (whether created by me or by someone else and adjusted by me to fit our pre-print specifications). this was the perfect move for me, especially at this time with so much happening with Damien's printing company, GLPD (2nd year has been phenominal and we're expecting the 3rd to be even better). i get to do something i enjoy, with even some side projects at work that will eventually allow me to put my web design and coding skills to work as well. i feel like the job is a weigh-station between where i didnt want to be (dad's) and where i do want to be (GLPD), but i can be happy there in the meantime, doing what i like and being good at it. something else is that this job has shown me that i AM good at it, and not just floundering to stay afloat to get through whatever art and/or order crisis is at hand. and i have learned a lot about pre-press in general, and now Damien and i "talk shop" a lot, usually him giving me ideas how to fix some problem i'm having, since i didnt know much of the pre-press/offset side of printing before i started the new job. it's definitely a challenge sometimes, and can be stressful at times, too, but always in a good way, and never without a sense of satisfaction when the day is done. my one and only complaint is that country music plays all day long, whether in the office or in the shop. i spend my lunch breaks in my car, blaring whatever rock/alt rock music i happen to have in my cd player.

i got a new job!!!

as of Monday, August 7, i will no longer be in the employ of my father's accounting firm, but rather in the employ of PrintProd, Inc, a custom tag maker. i'll be customer service/admin, taking orders from customers and typesetting their information onto tags for print. i'm excited to be moving into a paying position in a field i want to be in. i've been doing typesetting and graphic design for a while now with hubby's company, but as an unpaid intern (and loving every second of it -- i'd much rather do what i want to do all day for nothing than be paid for doing something i hate). a wage increase and the possibility of medical benefits round out the goodness of the new position.