Excerpt from "I'm Not Even on the List"
I'm still tinkering with whether or not I should do my memoir or not. So, I thought I would publish a chapter and see if anyone actually reads it. (Warning: there are minor errors in this as it's a raw copy.) 1 The Intrepid Writer on the Road and Vomiting on Airplanes OK, so onward to my next job at the California Department of Water Resources. I have a lot of really fun and funny memories of my 2.5 years spent roaming up and down the State Water Project with my now long-time friend and photographer Dale Kolke. But before I tell you the most memorable moments of that job, I will give you a little bit of insight into what it’s truly like to work for state government and some of the less-than-satisfying moments working with what I would call today either crazy or inept. Me posing for photographer Dale Kolke for Earthquake Preparedness month. As I mentioned in the last chapter, state workers are an odd breed of laziness and often craziness. How the state breeds such oddit...