• Midlife Musings

    With Friends Like These

    One of my close friends at work is having a hard time. Turns out he is being bullied by a mutual friend named Jem. There’s a lot wrong with Jem, professionally and personally, but this is a new low. It is another bad episode of high school, all over again.

  • conflict of interest - the cocky coworker
    Midlife Musings

    Conflict of Interest Pt 2: The Cocky Coworker

    In my previous post, I described the blue-collar Hispanic man who is low-key obsessed with me. So if I ever go missing, he should definitely be considered Prime Suspect #1 or, at the very least, a person of interest. This time I’m going to describe the other half of this coin, the ones who can’t seem to stand me after a while. In particular, the white-collar man, a coworker of mine who is a team leader in another department.

  • Divorced. Now what?,  Living Single

    Tales of an Outsider

    I am an outsider in my office. I’ve only lived in Texas a year, I am working a job intended for someone younger than me (about 15 years younger), and the people who are my age are employees fully invested in the pathetic drama that comes from working for a public academic institution.