keep a log how you spend the dole money? preferably one that reads like this "i went down the dole and collected. at the liquor and cigar store i ran into billy. billy says let's go down to OTB and who am i to argue? well i was supposed to clip it straight home and four hours later ... what do you know? i only had about $3 left. then the old lady chewed me out on account i was supposed to get baby wipes..."
q.w. shnausenbongle, m.d. | 05.04.07 - 9:21 am | #

HIATUS:

-explore landing a NEW & CREATIVE version of your job. once your hiatus ends you'll be back in hell. why not see if you can do something that'll leave you a bit more fulfilled?

-play poker.

-organize a drunken trip to Atlantic City, Great Adventure or Cony Isle. It's probably been a long time since you had an opportunity to have fun outside a bar or basketball court.

-learn kung-fu.
dlee | 05.04.07 - 10:05 am | #

hans i think you keep pointing your camera the wrong way around because it keeps taking pictures of your face instead of whatever it is you're trying to shoot.
pbdotc | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 10:13 am | #

What glory this morning is...Sun is shining...my head only hurts a little from last night's happy hour and lo and behold, a new post from Hans!

Life is good even if only for this brief moment.

I think dlee put down some good wisdom and who doesn't want to see Hans throw down some Zen Kung Fu wisdom from temp du temp?

Also had a nice belly at pbdotc's sly photo burn....ohhhhh burnnnnnn!!!

I will meditate on good uses for your time and put up some comments when I have something worth posting.

Needless to say, it's good to have you back. I kick puppies everyday that you don't post. Can you live with that guilt?
PoCho Pete | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 10:47 am | #

What's going on in that picture-- are you wearing baby verbungle's bonnet?
q.w. shnausenbongle, md. | 05.04.07 - 4:19 pm | #

Hiatus is fun but there's nothing like GUY-atus. That's when girl has had enough of the lying, cheating, and overall disrespect and steers away from dating, hooking up, the works. I like to think of it as a deep cleansing. I haven't been there in 7 years - hence my 7 year relationship with 'my baby daddy'. Maybe you can bring baby bungle to Queens in June to see some Disney loving puppets sing and do the snake.It's good shit!
Anonymous | 05.04.07 - 6:11 pm | #

-Come up with other variations on the word HIATUS, such as bye-atus and guy-atus. I'm going to go with fat-atus.

- Read something by Haruki Murakami, where there's lots of staring into space, contemplating, drinking and mystery

- Rock

- Teach Baby Bungle to rock

Nice pre-stache. And nice Bell Biv Devoe reference.
Christina | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 9:17 pm | #

bjl has been on hiatus for 10 years.
Joe | Homepage | 05.04.07 - 9:52 pm | #

I love the part in Lost in Translation when Bill Murray sings More Than This.
Joe | Homepage | 05.05.07 - 12:59 am | #

if you organize any AC trips on your hiatus, pick me up on the way down.

if you want to have a try-atus and come work as a carpenter for a day, let me know- i promise you won't get hurt.
crsmal | Homepage | 05.05.07 - 9:52 am | #

--time to make a holy grail trip to Chicago.
Dipak | 05.05.07 - 11:26 am | #

One drunken trip to AC was enough. I say Vermont.

Hmm, in the dozens of times that Herm didn't show up when he was supposed to meet me, he never came up with such a good excuse.
bnew | Homepage | 05.06.07 - 8:04 am | #

Get to know the Yankees again.
Arrange sock drawer.
Write a screenplay.
Rearrange sock drawer.
bc | Homepage | 05.06.07 - 8:22 pm | #

for your hiatus - 4 words:
"Hands Around Stuyvesant Town"
isired | 05.07.07 - 1:13 pm | #

Stuy-atus
pbdotc | 05.08.07 - 10:46 am | #

Go to the Hamptons, darling.
Orleah | 05.08.07 - 1:51 pm | #

1) learn to filet a walleye
2) craft a new Trayline segment
3) go see the jesus and mary chain or black rebel motorcycle club at webster hall
4) decipher lyrics from songs where you still have some doubt
Finn | 05.08.07 - 10:43 pm | #

DLee said it best: you need to spend the time to find and acquire a job that you like

- BJL
Anonymous | 05.09.07 - 9:09 pm | #

Eat pork.
q.w. shnausenbongle, md. | 05.10.07 - 6:29 pm | #

GUY'S-ANUS
The Sphincter | Homepage | 05.11.07 - 12:33 pm | #

^Anonymous Commenting Lesson One: Don't leave the link to your defunct website in your "anonymous" comment.

Whatever. I'm stupid.
Joe | Homepage | 05.11.07 - 12:48 pm | #

joe, lol
pbdotc | 05.13.07 - 11:52 am | #