Today is one of those days (and there’s nothing specific about today) where all the little petty disappointments and annoyances and rejections or rejection-seeming things that pile up in the course of a life but especially one in the industry I’m in just seem especially intolerable and I’m filled with this angsty/cranky/temper-tantrumy desire to yell at the top of my lungs, “I’m important, dammit!”

And normally I wouldn’t admit to something so vulgar however I’m pretty sure everyone feels it from time to time. And the weird thing is it’s not being triggered by anything really and even the knowledge that Jersey Shore is on tonight isn’t snapping me out of it which means it’s pretty serious.

In other news, there are about a zillion blog posts building up inside me causing immense blog pressure and I might have to have this blog lanced.

I think I found it!

Today we caught up with Andrew Mager who apparently actually works in between taking naps and playing ping pong in his new role as “gazetteer” at SimpleGeo.“Back in the day a gazetteer was a guy who worked with the mapmaker to figure out where the addresses would go on maps. I’m a finder of places,” he says, of the job title he admits he made up. “So you work in conjunction with a cartographer?” we responded, because we wanted to use the word cartographer. Then we realized we were using the second person for no good reason so I stopped. Also, Andrew Mager designed and coded this here web site you’re looking at.

Can you name this sandwich?

Tell me about this sandwich.

It was introduced to me by my lovely colleague Nicole. She cooks breakfast on Fridays. We have cheap breakfast croissants in the freezer but she went to the store and bought croissants, thick cut pepper bacon, Velveeta slices  and the secret ingredient which is mayonnaise.

Mayonnaise is controversial.

It is and a lot of people saw her using it and said they no longer wanted the sandwich.

Do you agree with their decision?

Not really. I don’t really like mayonnaise either but Nicole said (more…)

I’ll be awkwardly molesting you through your TV screens on August 15th at 8pm on the TV Guide Channel’s History of Sex. Followed by the History of Awkwardly Avoiding Eye Contact and the History of Screening Your Calls. Throw a viewing party and invite me! I won’t make it, but at least I’ll feel popular.

Today we caught up with the lovely Kara Dennison, 29,  who lives and works in Newport News, Virginia, as an editor for a news website. Kara tried to order a tuna melt for lunch today but accidentally received dick sandwich, hold the bun. She ended up going to Chick-fil-A. Read on for details!

Not a tuna melt

That isn’t a tuna melt.

Kara: It’s not. I ended up getting Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets and waffle fries and some Dr. Pepper.

I’ve never been to a Chick-fil-A but I hear it’s amazing.

It’s great. The only problem is it’s not open on Sundays and that’s always when you get the craving.

Why Sunday?

It’s just the way it works. Naturally you want it on the day it’s closed. (more…)

I used to do a column where I’d interview co-workers about their lunch. It was possibly the most popular thing I ever did, which is weird. Still, I’ve decided to give the people what they want by bringing it back.  The column needs a name though. Ideas? When I did it on the TONY blog I used to call it “Hey… You Gonna Eat That?” but I feel like a fresh name might be in order. Or maybe not. Anyway, here’s the first one. Read it with a side of ranch.

Today we’re chatting with the lovely Kristan Sydboten, 22, who’s a hairstylist in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and who, according to her Twitter bio, is “smarter than you think.” Apparently so because she gamed the system by sending in a photo of her friend’s lunch instead of her own! Shifty!

Not Kristan’s Lunch

Alison: So wait, you didn’t eat this Chinese food?

Kristan: No, I had Subway. Do you want me to pretend I ate her lunch? (more…)