Dear Sir or Madam, Hello, my name is Max. Through supportive parents and a liberal arts education, I am under the misguided impression that I am above this, but my checking account balance says otherwise. Therefore I would like to apply for the assistant position you posted on CraigsList. I am well-versed in all Microsoft [...]
Posts Tagged ‘money’
Timing Relationships Around Holidays
April 24th, 2009
maxlance1 Have you ever tried to time the start or end of a relationship around holidays which would otherwise require you to spend money? It’s a really fine line to walk, if you start dating someone two-weeks or a month before Valentine’s Day or a birthday. You don’t want to have to blow a lot of [...]
Economic Cutbacks
April 23rd, 2009
maxlance1 So the economy is in the toilet and all my friends are losing their jobs and companies are cutting back in every facet they can find. I get that this might be a necessity in the current times, but what I don’t get is that if they do all this when the economy is bad, [...]
Good Time to Already be Broke
April 22nd, 2009
maxlance1 In the wake of the economy collapsing, the subprime mortgage crisis pervading every aspect of both American and International stock markets and the seemingly-endless plunge of the dollar, I can’t help but notice that this is the best time ever to already to be poor. I mean, it’s not like there’s a 401 (K) to [...]
Lunch-Motivated Employment
March 24th, 2009
maxlance1 Have you ever taken a job, not because of the benefits package or salary, but because the have the best lunch policy from your job offers? My current company offers a very competitive lunch-bought-for-you-every-day salary offer, which topped any work-for-regular-money offer I had encountered. But the side effects of this were incalculable. It’s not just [...]
The Word "Priceless"
February 17th, 2009
maxlance1 I’ve always had a problem with the word Priceless. I don’t feel it should be the word to describe something of extraordinary value, but rather should be a synonym for worthless. Take the word tasteless, for example. When you say that a joke is tasteless, you’re saying it’s bad. You’re not saying that it’s so [...]

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Max Lance is a writer, producer and performer. He was nominated for a Student Emmy, Humanitas Fellowship and was a finalist for the Page Screenplay Award. He writes features, TV and syndicates his blog while hosting the travel show The Trip Next Door and working at Chernin Entertainment. A New York City native, Max graduated the USC film school and now lives in Los Angeles.