Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: In the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” everyone’s practically a Ponzi victim. He’s the newest notable to have lost scrilla in the Madoff debacle. [Reuters] Straight from the sued horse’s mouth: “A Washington lobbyist sued The New York Times and several of its reporters and editors Tuesday, charging [...]
December 2008
Mrs. Donut has screwed me for the last time, I realize as Swiss Miss glides into the conference room and sits down across from me. Ordinarily, I’d be pleased that a hot woman was sitting across from me, but not today—not when she’s about to ruin everything. It’s the first day of a new assignment, [...]
‘Twas thirteen days before Christmas, when all through the firm, Not an associate was stirring—because we got laid off. Less than two weeks before Christmas, my large firm laid off its associates. But the proximity to the holidays is not the most frustrating part. The most frustrating part is the expectation that we will all [...]
