The Bureau Bookshelf: Volume III

The final installment of my epic exploration of the bureau library during the waning days of my internship:

Fired!
By Annabelle Gurwitch
256 pages

This is a collection of anecdotes from people who’ve been handed the dreaded pink slip at some point in their lives, and concludes with tips and advice from those who’ve regained employment and dignity.
Ironically, you’d […]

The Bureau Bookshelf: Volume II

Further adventures in literary snooping from the last week of my internship:
Boundaries
Cloud and Townsend

A preachy guide to setting the boundaries necessary to follow the true path of Christianity.
See “Workplace Relations.”

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
By Adele Faber
224 pages

The latest target demographic revealed!

Chicken Soup for the American […]

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The Bureau Bookshelf: Part 1

Hi there. During the last week of my internship, as my time with the bureau was quickly coming to a close, I found myself particularly restless, which more often than not means…I snoop. The following is the result of said snooping efforts.
Tucked away in the very back of the Los Angeles bureau, up against […]

When Ashton Met Janet

Hello there. No sooner than the second-to-last week of my internship did I have what proved to be both the most exciting and upsetting workday. With our L.A. reporter still on vacation in Croatia, I was able to film yet another special-ordered correspondent imported from New York. This was my last and longest off-site shoot, […]

So Long Sweet Summer

Hello Internet-Land! I can’t believe it’s August already. Where has this year gone? Or, for that matter, where has the summer gone? It seems like it was just yesterday that the snow was up to my knees and I was praying for heat; now I’m saying, “I miss winter!”
This summer has been crazy for me. […]

Intern Indignities and Interesting Neighbors

Hey there. My most recent trip back to El Lay on Tuesday was a personal best record time: departed San Rafael at 1:44p.m. made it to my apartment at 6:07 p.m….4 hours and 23 minutes, despite stopping for gas twice! My weekend at home was extended through Monday, thanks to some not-so-breaking CA budget crisis […]

From the Bay to El Lay

Hi there. Janet here. Here where? Well, as of June 18th where exactly I am depends on the day of the week. Monday-Thursday 7/8 a.m. to 3 p.m. I can be found most often in front of a computer at my office in (West) Los Angeles, CA.

Thursday 9 p.m. to Sunday 1 p.m. I’m at […]

Graduation

On Sunday my family hosted a party for two family friends who had graduated—one from Cornell and one from Indiana—in May. I saw less of them when they moved to Ithaca and Bloomington. And that distance, combined with my own college experience, made me lose track of how much time had passed since they had graduated from […]

An Introduction

Hi! I’m Peter Bonamici, a junior English major at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. I’m spending the summer at home with my parents, brother and miniature poodle, Holly, in the suburbs of Chicago. But I’m not home much—I spend most of my time working at a law firm downtown and in a few rock climbing gyms around […]