Tag Archives: Murph
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Back in the day, ordering comics was an extremely analog and inefficient process. Every month we’d get a catalogue of everything that was coming out about two months’ hence. We’d have to go through and place our orders and lock … Continue reading →
Might need a pass.
Feeling a bit bummed out this evening. Excited, but also bummed; you can’t embark on a new opportunity without leaving behind an old one. So I’m not sure I’ll be in the proper mindset to do much writing this evening, … Continue reading →
I’m not even mad, that’s amazing.
Around the turn of the century, I got a job in accounts payable for a major regional bank. It was delightfully low-tech; we’d process paper invoices (for the most part) and our batches would issue payments via printed checks that … Continue reading →
On employment.
In 48 hours, I will be unemployed. I wanted to be all cool and say “two days and a wake-up” but that’s not really the case. My tenure ends at 5:00PM Thursday, not the next morning. I won’t have to … Continue reading →
My favorite customer ever.
It was a busy Thursday afternoon, and I looked down to see an adorable little boy, maybe eight or nine years old, approaching the counter. His mom stood a ways behind him as he walked up to me; clearly he … Continue reading →
Maybe J. Jonah was right.
It was a slow Monday in the comic shop. One of my coworkers, Will, was busying himself making a list of the gamebooks we needed to reorder, and I was flipping through the Diamond catalog trying to figure out what … Continue reading →
A Tale of Two Transcripts.
My absolute best day as a transcriptionist came when the broker sent me a file that was tagged as academia. Most of what I used to do was media, TV shows and movies (and a lot of reality TV in … Continue reading →
The coolest cat ever, or…
My comic book shop was in the “eclectic” part of town, so I was used to odd characters. But that afternoon, one of the oddest I’d ever seen walked in. I was minding the store myself, while my employee Ian … Continue reading →
On writing. (With apologies to ol’ Steve-O.)
I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs I’ve always said that if you want to write to make money, you’re not a real writer. If you want to write to become famous, you’re not a real writer. … Continue reading →
The elephant in the room.
They got a name for the winners in the world—I want a name when I lose So, let’s just get this over with. When I tell these stories, there’s one question I tend to get more than any other. So … Continue reading →