Archive for the ‘venting’ Category

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Oh my god.

Again, I feel like I can’t say anything because this site, being public, is so censorable. What if someone reads it and decides not to give me a job? Oh, no…

I just got slightly sad news …

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Posted in venting on 02/27/2007 01:24 am
 
 

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Beat Up

Do you ever wake up mysteriously sore? Feeling like someone hit you with a bag full of hammers all night? That happened to me this morning and I don’t know why. All we did last night was play …

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Posted in pop culture, venting on 02/20/2007 02:35 pm
 
 

Monday, February 12, 2007

It’s my turn to do the rant that every other blogger has already done.

Here are some new guidelines for reading this blog:

1. Don’t read this blog and then email me your advice. Seriously, I don’t want it. If …

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Posted in venting on 02/12/2007 02:40 am
 
 

Friday, January 19, 2007

Quick Thoughts

1. Cross your fingers for me today (Friday, the 19th, by the time you read this), please.

2. [I just erased an item about the item below and the] [I just erased what I was gonna say about …

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Posted in venting on 01/19/2007 03:45 am
 
 

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Ice Storm

There was an ice storm in Houston overnight. An ice storm means that a bunch of ice gets on the freeways, and SUVs slide into each other. Then the city closes a bunch of freeway entrance ramps because …

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Posted in parenting, pop culture, venting on 01/17/2007 05:13 pm
 
 

Friday, December 29, 2006

Things I’ve Recently Thought

I.

Here is a good way to label shared files:

2005 report wickets.doc
2005 report sprockets.doc
2006 report wickets.doc
2006 report cogs.doc

Here is an alternate way to label those same shared files:

wic.rep.doc
spr.DOC.doc
wick06.doc

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Posted in venting on 12/29/2006 05:02 pm
 
 

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Dissatisfaction

Last week I was thinking that I had a lot of stuff to be thankful for. In fact, I felt so thankful that it seemed like Thanksgiving had finally arrived, a whole month late in my mind. Either that …

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Posted in venting, writing on 12/26/2006 10:20 pm
 
 

Monday, December 11, 2006

Why Some Men Don’t Believe that Women Are Funny

So Christopher Hitchens recently wrote a big old article in Vanity Fair explaining, in great, vague detail, why women aren’t funny. And his article made me think of something I’ve been …

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Posted in pop culture, venting on 12/11/2006 04:29 pm
 
 

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Hateful People, Part MCCXVI

I hate it when a pretty young stranger walks by, and another woman makes a disparaging remark about the pretty young stranger, such as, “I bet they only hired her because of her slutty little outfits.” …

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Posted in venting on 11/29/2006 09:40 pm
 
 

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Stupid People

Twice this morning, people almost hit my car with their cars. It made me mad, but mostly it made me scared. There is no guarantee, no matter how carefully you drive, that you can drive through your city …

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Posted in venting on 11/28/2006 02:33 pm