clayton hove’s adtothebone

Creative Services Director. Curator. Commentator. Conundrum. Opinions are mine, unless also yours.

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Dexy’s tail is somewhere between a fox’s and a comet’s.

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After some thought, Jinx decides to start a Ponzi scheme.

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I like the résumé style of ditching the objective, and instead, including a succinct profile on top. I’m on board.

However, the cover letter versus motivation letter argument feels murky to me. My cover letters incorporate elements of what some are calling motivation letters.

Did someone simply try to rebrand cover letters at some point to sell a book or seminar series? If I rebrand the rebrand as HMAPG (Hire Me And Profit Greatly) letters, will you send me money?

Regardless, feel free to send me money. 💰

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Vintage lithographs of this painting by Victor Kowalski show up every so often at local auctions. It is titled “Explain This Gap in Your Job History”.

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Early Sunday evening (using zoom) by my shed. Rough plans have been made to begin trappin’ the four+mom, so of course their mom moved them somewhere not in my yard again. I’ll be keeping an eye out.

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We don’t talk about the Edwardian Era.

— found in “The Wilton Book of Wedding Cakes”, 1971

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Hooray for Hematite Tuesday!

(The cool kids call it ‘Tite Tuesday.)

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How you like them apples?

Know Your Apples — found in 1969’s “Apples in appealing ways”, prepared by Consumer & Food Economics Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, a consumer service of USDA / Home & Garden Bulletin No. 161, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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I used a 99¢ McDonald’s app deal for a large iced coffee after driving mom home from her scheduled doc visit. It looks like the downtown location has removed its self-serve soda machine, and doesn’t look like they’ll be replacing it with a Freestyle machine… or anything.

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Able Machines and Bowling for Soup cover Elastica’s “Connection”

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Electro-pop Able Machines and Bowling for Soup cover Elastica’s “Connection”

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8am doc visit for mom via Claytaxi

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The Saturday Evening Post

June 14, 1958

Cover Artist: Earl Mayan

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Three new tree peony explosions from Sunday and Monday.

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“What do you mean this enrichment toy probably wasn’t once owned by Prince and I overpayed for it?” — Stilts

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I completed my first video-response session for a job application a bit earlier this afternoon. Against all odds, none of the Hove critters photobombed the proceedings.

Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed in them.

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This variety appears to have been discontinued, but not for lack of deliciousness — Emily G’s Cranberry Port jam.