I found this top ten list of warning signs of being a fontaholic. Let’s run down the list, shall we? 10. You spend more time looking at how the name of the car in front of you is written rather than where you’re going. Can’t say I’ve done this, no. 9. You have 3 orContinue reading “On Fonts”
On Rescinding an Employment Offer
As some may know I’ve been searching these past three months for an assistant manager at the store. It’s been an interesting search–every time I think I’ve got it sown up, something happens and I’m put back at square one. Today, we’re back at square one. I can’t go into details, but I can offerContinue reading “On Rescinding an Employment Offer”
On Economic Indicators
Today the dollar’s slippage against the Euro became crystal clear to me. Why? Because I noticed that the price on Guinness has gone up. First, imported beer. What next? Is this the start of an inflationary trend?
On an Uninformed Rant
Let’s talk The da Vinci Code for a moment. I’m really tired of hearing about it. Movie, book, what have you. No, I haven’t read the book. No, I’m not particularly interested in seeing the film. But it’s been inescapable for the past few months–television specials on the secrets the story reveals, huge freaking displaysContinue reading “On an Uninformed Rant”
On Looking Back Ten Years
Seen many places: THEN : May 1996 NOW : May 2006 1) How old were you? THEN: 22 NOW: 32 2) Where did you work? THEN: Payless ShoeSource, Charlottesville, Virginia NOW: EB Games, Cary, North Carolina 3) Where did you live? THEN: Charlottesville, Virginia NOW: Raleigh, North Carolina 4) How was your hair style? THEN:Continue reading “On Looking Back Ten Years”
More On Talking Cats
Today it was Woody, not Percy, that had to talk, and talk a lot. I’m not sure why he wanted outside so badly. It’s rather hot outside, positively muggy even. There’s talk of thunderstorms, of tornadoes. Woody wanted outside in that? Yet to leave him inside, he’d have kept me awake all night talking. I’veContinue reading “More On Talking Cats”
On Used PlayStation 3 Games
It’s been rumored for a while that Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 3 console won’t be able to play previously played or rented games–that once a user activated a game on his console it wouldn’t work on another. No lending a game to a friend, no taking a game to a friend’s house, no reselling a gameContinue reading “On Used PlayStation 3 Games”
On Talking Cats
Why, oh why Percy, must you talk all the time? I think I much preferred Percy when he didn’t talk at all, which was the past year up until, oh, a few weeks ago. Now, he talks. Loud. Often. Persistent. If the past in any guide, tonight, in the early hours of the morning, he’llContinue reading “On Talking Cats”
On an Ocean Metaphor
Emotions, like waves, come rolling in from the ocean. Sometimes there's calm, peace, tranquility, like sitting on the beach at midnight, moon overhead, and the lights of distant ships on the horizon barely visible through the mist. Sometimes they crash in waves, kicked up by storm or tide. Today, emotions crashed against the shore withContinue reading “On an Ocean Metaphor”
On Returning From an Inventory
I got in just a little bit ago. Six hours to finish. Not bad, for an inventory performed with two scanners. The procedure was wildly different than I was used to, in both good ways and bad ways. I think the final result will be accurate, but the inventory procedure used is so lacking inContinue reading “On Returning From an Inventory”