Tag Archives: jobs

What do some photos of the San Francisco Bay have to do with my new job?

Posted on March 7, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Well, mostly they are here because I still have some photos I took when I was there at Christmas, but there is a tie-in or two. Firstly, there is the ever present irony of the fact that when you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures of me, Stories of my life, sunsets | Tagged art, humor, jobs, photography, san francisco, san francisco bay, san francisco bay area, sunsets, the bay area, travel, work | 6 Comments

Hey tRump, if you want a wall so badly, why don’t you build it yourself…

Posted on February 18, 2019 by pouringmyartout

The real irony here is that, if he wants a wall built in the United States, the odds are that he will end up paying quite a few Mexicans to help build it. That is just the truth. Maybe a … Continue reading →

Posted in funny famous people pictures, thinking about stuff | Tagged art, current-events, donald trump, humor, jobs, Mexico, photography, Photoshop, photoshop art, social-media, trump, walls, work | 2 Comments

Poverty among riches: Third-world living in the first-world…

Posted on January 8, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Was that picture taken in Bangladesh? Nope. I took these on the same day I took the pictures from the edge of the San Francisco Bay and the sunset photos from up in the hills. This is America. There are … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, thinking about stuff | Tagged america, california, homeless, homelessness, jobs, people, photography, poverty, san francisco, san francisco bay area, the bay area | 4 Comments

To my friends at work… especially my new friend, Sherlock… because she is awesome…

Posted on December 4, 2018 by pouringmyartout

You are the only reason I can keep coming to work. Believe me, it isn’t the money that keeps me coming back. Making you all laugh makes me laugh, and keeps me sane. I will miss you when I am … Continue reading →

Posted in sunsets | Tagged california, humor, jobs, people, photography, san diego, sunset, sunsets, work, working | 2 Comments

Having some fun at work…

Posted on October 24, 2018 by pouringmyartout

See, people just aren’t expecting a security officer in a monkey mask. Oh yeah! And I had a visit from this little guy. I named him Irving.

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged art, bugs, fun, humor, insects, jobs, monkeys, nature, people, photography, work | 4 Comments

It could be worse…

Posted on June 18, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Don’t get me wrong, I hate a lot of things about my new job as a private security officer at an exclusive, private community. But the view from my little guard houses at the two gates isn’t bad. The guard … Continue reading →

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A sunset and a giant ghost spider…

Posted on April 14, 2018 by pouringmyartout

That is a sunset, as seen from where I spend most of my evenings, guarding a gate at an exclusive private community. When I am not busy taking calls and letting cars in, I have two giant video monitor screens … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life, sunsets | Tagged humor, jobs, nature, photography, scary, spiders, sunsets, work | 4 Comments

Some random photos of me in my private security officer uniforms…

Posted on April 10, 2018 by pouringmyartout

My younger daughter, Mollie, took these photos before I went to work this weekend. As I said in an earlier post, when I did the training to become a security guard, thus adding yet another position to the long list … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged humor, jobs, photography, security officer, work | 8 Comments

I am now a security officer…

Posted on February 21, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I told you I was embarking on a new adventure. I have been undergoing training to become a security officer. I have been cleared by homeland security and the FBI. I know how to arrest people, frisk them, watch out … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life | Tagged california, humor, jobs, photography, san francisco, san francisco bay area, security | 30 Comments

I could do that… or maybe not…

Posted on March 8, 2017 by pouringmyartout

I thought I had found a new employment opportunity here… but when I thought it through, I realized that the man version of this would look really wrong… I should try thinking things through more often.