( I don't normally do this, but... )

I've almost exclusively held jobs where the standard dress code is "jeans and t-shirts", which is pretty fortunate, I suppose. I've met only a few people who actually enjoy dressing up and wearing suits and ties. However, this leaves me somewhat screwed when encountering situations where the expected attire is somewhat stricter. I have two ( Read more... )

Dear Microsoft,

Please stop randomly coming up with new incompatible file types for shits and giggles. It's pissing us off.

- A person who is never ever upgrading to Office 2007. Ever.

Why are new releases on DVD now almost $30? I was browsing Borders just now, and I reflected on how only several years ago DVDs would be sold for about half of that, so I am really curious why it has doubled in this time. I don't think we've had over 100% inflation over the last several years, so that option is out. Are DVDs that expensive to ( Read more... )

I'd like to add to the list of people who should be shot the dumbass who came up with the insert key. I have observed no other purpose for this key other than to be accidentally hit at random, so that the unsuspecting user then overwrites part of what he was typing ( Read more... )

( though thankfully it's unlikely either of you will be reading this )

One giant post to make up for the last month of silence.

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( zug zug )

( There is much anger in you, young padawan )

For some strange reason, my insomnia persists, despite my not being at home, and having finished all that crap over break. Thankfully sheer exhaustion and willpower has been forcing me to go to bed earlier, so I'm sure it's just a problem of time zone adjustment. I normally get it every time I head east, but my sleep pattern was so warped this ( Read more... )

Please stop writing trashy demagoguery-filled political books about the people on the opposite end of political spectrum from you. Besides subtracting from the total intelligence of the human race, it is very depressing browsing the "history" section of barnesandnoble.com, now that 1 in every 4-5 books in this section is yet another political book ( Read more... )