June 2009
17 posts
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zyrtec dreams round two
I know what you’re thinking: why would he take it again after the last time? The answer my friends is uncontrollable ridiculous allergies. When you sound so nasally on the phone that your clients think you’re Fran Drescher, it’s time to take action. This time I took it earlier in the day instead of right before bed. My reasoning was that then it wouldn’t kick in while I...
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all quiet on the front
So much has happened in pop news this last week! I can’t check any of my websites for news without being hit by a tidal wave of stories about celebrities passing. After being force-fed the minutiae of every situation, I have come to the not-so startling discovery about myself: I really don’t care about pop culture. I don’t care about it so much, that I debated even writing a...
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why are they mad? did someone hurt them?
Since the first time since I won a camping/traveling toothbrush in Cub Scouts (because apparently a regular sized toothbrush is too big), I have won a contest! And not just any contest, mind you, but Marnie’s contest from last week. I really can’t take all the credit, as Canadian Chuck Norris (“I’ll kick you in da head, eh?”) really deserves the win. Canadian Chuck...
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america has three bad judges
Let me just get this out there right away: I do not like “reality” TV. I have many complaints about it, from being just as fake as anything scripted to the sheer stupidity of some of the concepts, but all in all let’s just say I’m not a fan. I’ve only seen a couple episodes of “Idol”, and even though Gokey was our hometown boy, I couldn’t pick him...
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other writing assignments
I apologize for the delay, internets, but I have an actual writing assignment that I’ve been working on. Unfortunately it doesn’t pay anything, but it is one of the more important things I’ve ever tried to compose. You guessed it folks, I’m trying to write my wedding vows. And since the church frowns on phrases like “We have compatible weirdness”, “I...
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bring the sunblock
Back in the spring of ‘01, my college roommate and I decided to do a spring break. This was a fairly last minute decision, which resulted in minimal planning, and thereby leading to the following story. We packed up his 2-door manual transmission Chevy Cavalier, added a cooler full of beer that filled up the trunk, and four guys with our luggage in the passenger area. We were going there...
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i have several as housepets
Animal Rights is a divisive issue, but I think most people stand somewhere between “Every living thing ever is beautiful and we shouldn’t even hurt their feelings” and “Heck, I’d eat a human if I could”. It gets a little blurrier when it comes to animal testing for products and medication; the whole benefits vs. wrongness argument. Today is not about debating...
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can't leave you with just that
And because I know that mellow and indulgent introspection are not my strong suit, please to enjoy the following website: FACEinHOLE Unfortunately, few of my regulars have have pictures of themselves in their blogo-avatar-thing, so I’m forced to show you an example with my own picture. Just so you know, yes, this is how I picture myself in most of my daily interactions....
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summer employment
School’s out again, and the food court at the mall where I eat lunch is filling up with teenagers. Most are just hanging out and having contests over who can wear their pants the lowest, but the ones with some work ethic have found employment there (I said some, not a lot). I’ve never worked fast food, but I have worked almost every crappy summer job possible. It started off the...
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awwww
Everyone knows the game where you add “in bed” to the end of your fortune cookie. This weekend, while eating takeout Chinese food from a place that looks like the restaurant in the end of “A Christmas Story” where they chopped off the head of the duck, we tried a new game. Instead of “in bed”, we found it far funnier to add “except in bed”. This...
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better than a dime store novel
I ordered a video game online the other day, (Tiger Woods ‘10 with Wii Motion control plus, yeeeaah) and they had yet to send me an email with the tracking information and all that good stuff. I scanned my inbox several times hoping it was there, but no luck. The next step is to go into the dark nether region called “Junk Mail Folder” and see if it accidentally got marked as...
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worst side effect ever
As a annual allergy sufferer, I have grown accustomed to the sneezing and itchy eyes for a month or two every spring/summer. Claritin doesn’t touch it and Benedryl knocks me out, so for awhile I’ve been using this new thing called Apathy, which means I just don’t care anymore. Last week I was at the drugstore getting allergy medications for the fiance, who has developed...
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thank you EA for your help
Marnie Elizabeth challenged me to obtain email’s to EA Tech Support for their new game. I don’t think she realized that I actually do know everyone in IT (and by the way its pronounced “it”, not I-T). After a few quick calls to my friends, I received several incidents from their support logs. Case: 575802 User complaining that during rollerblading game, she followed the...
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lucky day
So far today, we’ve had some people who shouldn’t be let near a calculator, let alone near a computer. I wish I could say I want more of these so that I have more to write about, but I really don’t want more of these. The best are when the customer makes up their own jargon to describe what the issue is, and you spend most of your energy trying to figure out what they mean. As...
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new experiment
This last week, I bought a Nintendo Wii. Why? Because I like trendy things a few years after they are popular. On a related note, do you have any pogs I can buy? I know a few people who’ve purchased Wii Fit with the balance board, and I’ve played it. I was not overly impressed with its workouts, as it appeared to be a lot of balance exercises. I read reviews of EA Active, and it...
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no, really
There are several questions that get asked frequently, alongside my standard responses: user: “So what should I do with this broken computer?” tech: “Do you have any stacks of paper that need to be held down, or doors that need to be held open?” *** user: “The computer won’t turn on this morning; what should I do?” tech: “The computer wants you to go...
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totally knew what she meant
I love my fiance, and I think the secret in life is finding someone that has compatible weirdness. The test of this is when one person says something so absolutely ridiculous that would make a bystander go “What is that person drinking today?”; You, on the other hand, completely get what they mean. We’re standing in the kitchen making dinner after she had a stressful day, and...
