Monthly Archives: April 28, 2017

What Every Young Investor Should Know

If you are going to be an investor, you need to know who you are as a person and what your personal style of investing is. For starters, be sure that investing is right for you. Having a 401(k) or IRA is pretty simple to manage but once you start dealing with a real market […]

Sample Copywriting test – L.L. Bean

Outdoor product copy Pathfinder Self-Inflating Sport Seat Copy: Get off your feet and treat your seat Compact and comfortable, the Pathfinder is the best multi-sport, outdoor companion since Lassie. The packable waterproof seat folds neat and easy into a portable day pack, allowing it to go where Fido can’t. Don’t be fooled by the 6 […]

Movie Review: Tyson

Anyone going into this movie with negative expectations will come out floored. As the theme of Tyson states, Mike Tyson “is the most misunderstood professional athlete.” In one corner, the man known to the world as a rapist, ear biting, out of control animal: the youngest heavyweight champion in professional boxing history. In the other, […]

Getting the Job: Cover Letter Examples for Creative Jobs

What is harder than writing the perfect, personalized cover letter? How about writing the perfect, personalized cover letter that is also creative, engaging and one that employers will take seriously? Creative jobs are extremely competitive for various reasons, but regardless of these reasons, creative jobs like graphic design, digital marketing and copy writing are simply […]

Funny Email Received After A Job Interview

An actual email I received after a job interview in 2010. Hello! Thanks for visiting in regard to our Catalog Copywriter position currently open. We would like to have you for a second writing test and a second interview with Christ Lord. Are you available Thursday, February 6th at 10:00 am? Please, let me know, […]

Self Interview

When you look at yourself and other people, especially in the job market, one of the main differences between you and other people is your energy and “big personality.” How do you navigate the corporate world like that? How has that process been? Being a very passionate person who loves knowledge, brainstorming, marketing, the written […]

Science Project: DIY Liquid Laundry Detergent

Science project time! Looking at recipes and imagining the outcome is so much fun. Combine that with a simple science project that you can use to save money and you’ve got yourself a multi-tasker’s dream! My family never used the powder detergent because it wasn’t as good (aka required a little more effort and care […]

Email to My Mother

Dear Mom, Hitler only had one testicle. We need to talk. Urgently, The Middle Child

Legitimate Confessions of an IA-ADD Mind

1. When I hear of livestock getting caught in a tornado, I picture pigs with their little, curly queue tailed butts flying around a cyclone and cows, mid-air with legs and hooves wide, braying extreme, “Meeeeeehhhhh!” sounds as they face me in my reverie as if to give me their version of, “What the frig? […]

Quote from the Great Dr. Seuss

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ~ Dr. Seuss