Author Archives: Josh Roseman
SIX OF THE BEST… decluttering ideas
I’m moving soon, and before you move, you need to get rid of stuff. So I wrote a column about the stuff I’ve gotten rid of in the past month or so. SIX OF THE BEST… decluttering ideas
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Tagged backup disks, books, boxes, cables, CDs, clothing, clutter, decluttering, dvds, fat clothes, golf gifts, moving, school newspapers, stuffed animals, timeline
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SIX OF THE BEST… from 20 years ago
When you declutter your house, you go through all your old boxes. Sometimes you find your school newspapers from 20 years ago. And sometimes you discover that you’re still doing the same thing you used to do way back then. … Continue reading
“My Pillow” on Kindle
The editor of Abstract Jam has released issue 3 on Kindle. It contains my surrealist horror story “My Pillow”. You can get a copy here. Or, if you prefer a printed version, here’s one you can buy.
Posted in fiction, short story, writing
Tagged abstract jam, horror, my pillow, surreal
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about three-day weekends
It’s now three days after the last three-day weekend ended, and I’m still messed up about what day it is — and even what week it is. You may love them, but I was able to find SIX OF THE … Continue reading
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Tagged dilbert, memorial day, movies, playdate, six of the best, six of the worst, three-day weekend, traffic, weekend
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“My Pillow”
My surrealist horror short-story “My Pillow” appears in the latest issue of Abstract Jam. Buy a copy here, or read it free at their site. This one’s not for readers under… oh… let’s say 16.
Posted in fiction, short story, writing
Tagged abstract jam, horror, my pillow, relationships, surreal
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SIX OF THE BEST… ways to improve your e-mails
SIX OF THE BEST… ways to improve your e-mails
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Tagged brevity, e-mail, e-mail signatures, email, formality, important, slater, subject lines, summarize, tangents, work
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SIX OF THE BEST… things about business travel
Here are six of the best things about business travel.
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Tagged air travel, airfare, birthday, business travel, las vegas, per diem, praise, rideshare, taxi, travel, travel agent, wi-fi
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to outline your novel
Chris is very matter-of-fact about it — she has to do what she has to do, and if things do get changed back, he’ll never know. In the meantime, he wants to have as much time with her as he … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, after the apocalypse, ending, fan fiction, fanfic, flashdrive, format, google docs, laurell k. hamilton, outline, outlining, roman numerals, scrivener, self-publishing, tangible progress, writing
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SIX OF THE WORST… Great Lakes Avengers
I hate squirrels, so you can probably guess who’s #1 in Six of the Worst… Great Lakes Avengers.
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Tagged avengers, big bertha, captain america civil war, captain america the winter soldier, center stage, comics, deadpool, doorman, eating disorders, flatman, grasshopper, great lakes avengers, highlander the series, hyperion, marvel, mcu, mr immortal, read or die, squirrel girl, squirrels, the beastmaster, the greatest american hero
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“The Tape Library”
Martha knows her career is ending. She’s known it for years. But when the meeting is called, and she sees that everyone in the conference room is over fifty, she knows she’s out of time. The beginning of my fantasy … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, flash fiction, short story, writing
Tagged age, aging, fantasy, librarians, library
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SIX OF THE BEST… Dexter adversaries
A show with a superhero character — and, make no mistake, Dexter is a superhero — is only as good as its villains. So, here are six of the best Dexter adversaries. (I say “adversaries” because they’re not all villains. … Continue reading
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Tagged arthur mitchell, brian moser, daniel vogel, dexter, doomsday killer, frank lundy, ghost of edward james olmos, hannah mckay, ice truck killer, isaak sirko, james doakes, jordan chase, laguerta, miguel prado, nibbled to death by ducks, ray speltzer, serial killer, star trek iv, superhero, superheroes, surprise motherfucker, the brain surgeon, the probe, the skinner, the two georges, trinity, trinity killer
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SIX OF THE BEST… business technology improvements that benefit nerds (and everybody else)
If you fix your business technology to make your nerds happy, everyone else will be happy too. Here are Six of the Best… business technology improvements that benefit nerds (and everyone else), my latest column at Nerdery Public.
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Tagged batfleck, batman, ben affleck, business, google business, internet explorer, microsoft office, patience, power users, security, tech support, technology, vpn, walled garden, work, work phone
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SIX OF THE BEST… improvements SyFy made to The Magicians
Here’s six of the best ways I think SyFy improved The Magicians over the books.
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Tagged arjun gupta, brakebills, penny, sexuality, shake it off, syfy, the magicians
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Bring Back the Middle Ground
If you both like and dislike this article, then I did my job. Bring Back the Middle Ground
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Tagged batman v superman, dawn of justice, henry cavill, murderverse, natural 20s, sad ben affleck, snyderverse
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SIX OF THE WORST… ways elections screw nerds
Elections screw nerds. Here are six of the worst ways in which they do so.
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Tagged black lives matter, change, complex issues, election, elections, government, how do you do fellow kids, medicine, minor drug crimes, net neutrality, obstructionism, old people, oligarchy, trans lives matter
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SIX OF THE BEST… modern-era live-action Superman films
With Batman v Superman: Orphan Fight 2016 coming out on Friday, I chose this week’s Six of the Best to talk about the best modern-era live-action Superman films.
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Tagged alexander courage, brandon routh, christ motif, christopher reeve, hans zimmer, john otman, john williams, ken thorne, man of steel, mariel hemingway, movie, movies, russell crowe, superman, superman returns, the quest for peace, zach snyder
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SIX OF THE BEST… job interview questions
Recently at work I’ve been interviewing a lot of people — some for my team, and some for a colleague’s team. I have a list of questions prepared; some are super-boring (“tell me about a time you had a conflict … Continue reading
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Tagged armrest, coke, interview, jira, job, middle seat, pepsi, prioritization, process, salesforce, spam sandwich, ticketing systems, toojays, weird interview questions, work
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 