Category: daily drivel
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tart
On Father’s Day I get to do whatever the hell I want to do, and what I’ve wanted to do all morning is sit in front of my computer monitor in my underwear reading goofy shit off the interwebs. Here’s the first thing that made me laugh out loud: It’s a Star Wars joke, which,… Read.
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twilight rainbow
Ever seen a rainbow come out at night? No? Well, here you go. It was a dark and stormy night … almost. It was actually about seven o’clock in the evening when I snapped this photo. A passing squall had turned what is usually still full daylight into near-night, and incidentally dumping about a quarter-inch… Read.
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heads
“Airline Worker Stumbles Across Box of Heads” – now there’s a headline you can’t read without feeling compelled to find out more. How does anybody “stumble across” a box filled with severed heads? Do they routinely open boxes at the Southwest air freight terminal as a quality check, or maybe to break up the monotony?… Read.
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gum
Are you the kind of person who can walk & chew gum at the same time? I ask in all seriousness because I am apparently no longer in this category. I once possessed this super-power up until a few years ago, then somehow lost said skill. And by “walk & chew gum” I mean “[do… Read.
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dream
I think I’ve found my dream job. Ideally, my dream job would allow me to work from the comfort of my basement lair, where I’d be able to sit back with a cup o’ joe and listen to Handel’s Water Music or whatever was on the turntable until the urge to start working again made… Read.
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immunity
I took my lunch hour in a coffee shop on State Street, where I could get refill price if I presented my travel mug, and they had a big circle of overstuffed chairs in the front. I slouched back in one, propped a book on my knee and passed the better part of an hour… Read.
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pissed
I just narrowly avoided a pants-wetting event this evening: After spending an hour and change polishing my resume, then closing the editor to upload the finished doc to my LinkedIn profile, I couldn’t find it anywhere! Even after taking a deep breath, getting up out of my chair and stepping away from the keyboard for… Read.
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patch
One of the unusual features of Our Humble O’Bode is a dining room that was once a hallway into the house from the back door. Some people call it a mud room. I like to think it was a breezeway because I like that word a lot, but I think a breezeway is open to… Read.
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nettled
I do love Ubuntu (like Windows, but free) (yes, free), but getting it to talk to my wireless network is going to drive me to drink. Or something. What do maddening things drive you to when you already drink? After spending about an hour and a half trying to get my laptop to talk to… Read.
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lightning bug day
We made out like bandits at the thrift store this morning! You’re pretty excited for us, I know. Both of us managed to get out of bed very early and get to the farmer’s market before the foot traffic was shoulder-to-shoulder all the way around the square, so we were able to finish up our… Read.
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