It's done. No, not the evil plan. (And please, people — stop asking me about my evil plan!) I submitted my letter of resignation to EB Games today. No, it wasn't profanity laced. I didn't even take the opportunity to castigate the company for its insane decisions this past year. There's no reason to burnContinue reading “On Taking the Plunge”
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On a Stuffy Nose
Yesterday evening, on my way out the door to go to an inventory in Smithfield, a bee stung me in the knee. I couldn't get the stinger out, though I could feel it, and as I was already running late — I meant to be there at 7:30, but didn't get out the door untilContinue reading “On a Stuffy Nose”
On Spam and Ham
Years ago I made the switch to non-Microsoft products for web browsing and e-mail. Though I liked Internet Explorer back in the early days and thought Outlook (and Outlook Express) were nifty little programs, reports of their security failings prompted me to look elsewhere for my Internet needs. The choice of Opera as a webContinue reading “On Spam and Ham”
On a Lack of Priorities
I couldn't get out of bed this morning. The alarm went off, I hit the snooze button. Again, and again, and again. Finally, I had to get out of bed. And in some weird daze I fixed coffee, booted up the computer, and turned on Morning Edition for my early news fix. I need toContinue reading “On a Lack of Priorities”
On Shaving
I'd gotten a bit scruffy. Six days scruffy. Stubble I like. Scruffy I don't. It's been too hot to shave. But the scruffiness had to go. So, I scraped my face this morning. It feels nice. Not scruffy, not now. 🙂
On the Job Search
The job search continues. That nibble? I returned their phone call last week, got an answering machine. That was last week. Sunday I went through and applied for a dozen positions through Monster.com. This morning I'm going through the Baltimore Sun website. On a lark, I've applied for a job with the Baltimore Sun itself.Continue reading “On the Job Search”
On Computer Pains
Tonight I nuked my hard drive Then I nuked my other hard drive. Then I reinstalled Windows. Then I started reinstalling my software, my documents, etc. Other than the total waste of time, it wasn’t as complicated (or as difficult) as I’d imagined it would be. Getting The Bat! to recognize my old e-mail foldersContinue reading “On Computer Pains”
On Philosophy
Those who say they're evil are merely posers. The truly evil silently commit their heinous acts and allow their evil deeds to speak for themselves.
On My Grandmother's Perceptions
For several months my grandmother has talked about the women who live in the treehouse in the back yard, how they will invite her to dine with them each morning, how they swing on vines like Tarzan, how they have sleds on ropes to go from tree to tree to tree. It took me aContinue reading “On My Grandmother's Perceptions”
On Thursday
I look on my friends' list, and what do I see? Thursday wailing and bemoaning. It's Thursday?!? How do this happen? Surely it's only Wednesday…. But no, it's not. I check the calendar, it really is Thursday. Sigh. Twelve hour shift on Monday. Twelve hour shift on Tuesday. And a seventeen hour shift Wednesday, endingContinue reading “On Thursday”