On New Years eve, after the ball dropped and Jenny McCarthy exchanged DNA with some random NYC cop, a thought crossed my mind:

"It's 2012.  We're 3 years away from Back to the Future II... and we're not even close!"



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A few months ago I was watching an episode of Clarissa Explains It All  (don't judge me, that show was awesome) entitled "Total TV".  In the episode, Clarissa attempts to watch 24 straight hours of television as part of a school assignment.

That got me thinking...




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Enjoy the Journey

"A hobby is hard work you wouldn't do for a living." - Author Unknown

Nominally, Waiting for My Cornbread is the manifestation of the random thoughts that bounce around in the recesses of my brain.  While I generally write with the purpose of entertaining, every now and then nuggets of insight and deeper thought will surface from one of those recesses.

This is one of those nuggets.



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Attention Readers!

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My intent is to post every Saturday/Sunday and Wednesday, but we all know that won't happen.  By following, you will be updated via email as soon as a new post is published (spam-free, I promise).  You'll then be able to tease all the other kids on your block because you were the first to read the new hot ish on Waiting for My Cornbread... . *Disclaimer: Please tease responsibly. 


So sign-up, read on, and remember:  If you're waiting on me to add a new post, you really are waiting for your cornbread.


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RGG

Confessions of a Work-Whore


I've been at my current job for nearly 5 years.  Considering the scope of my employment history prior to, this is somewhat of an unexpected, if not remarkable accomplishment.  As you will soon learn, my ability to stick with one employer in past years would have been best described as "Kardashian".  My work-whoring in my younger days may have led to a lot of paycheck promiscuity, but it also left me with a wealth of varied skills and lasting memories.  I'll spare you the juicy details of gigs past, but I will give you a casual glimpse at every job I've ever held, starting with the story of how I landed my very first one...


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Welcome (Back)

Welcome back - for the first time.  Some of you are new, but I presume most of you are former readers of my other blog; Your Friendly Neighborhood Skeptic.  All of you, however, are probably wondering what's in store for this new project.  I don't have a definitive response to that yet.  What I can give you is a bit of back-story on this blog's conception, what I would like for it to be, and - most importantly - why it's called Waiting for My Cornbread....  I'll start with the story...


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