So, I had this raging hatred of koala bears. And I was just on ABC.com and there's a link "Koalas Homeless After Australian Fires."

And I'm like, GOOD. EVIL, FURRY BASTARDS. DIAF, literally ( Read more... )

I've been watering the dying plant at work with Mountain Dew and now it's getting better.

Coworkers are astounded by my mysterious plant whisperer ways. They want to know the secret. It's dispassionate curiosity, and the Dew.

How horrible is this: Zebra fur corset skirt

AND HOW BADLY DO I WANT IT, OMG?!

It would totally match the new fucshia eye glasses I just ordered.

...There is a drag queen inside me just dying to get out.

And then Lula Dog got sprayed by a skunk.  In the face.

God hates me.

The subject line is the title of a great short story by Vonnegut, in which society strives to make everything fair and everyone equal by handicapping people who are exceptional, i.e. "too good."

What made me think of it is this story out of New Haven, CT:
9 Nine Old Told He's Too Good to Play BallThis kid pitches so well that the Little League ( Read more... )

 Excerpt from email to 
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I was trying to grow out my bangs. But I hate what they're doing right now. It's very, very upsetting and I'm sooooooo-oh-oh tempted to cut them back into a Bettie.

Wait or snip! Can't decide!

At work (as a claims adjuster) on the phone with this lady from a hospital regarding an appeal on her patients' claims.

I said, "When you fax in the claim forms, you just need to reference case number 1933691 on the cover sheet."

Lady said, "Oh, I'll just put it to your attention."

"Actually, in order to have the fax attached to the case, you need ( Read more... )

 Me: Dude.  We come from an entirely unclassy city.

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"I cried for my conscience and my faith.  I cried for my dreams.  I was quite a basketcase that day, when amnesia broke and I remembered again; I cried for all my failures, and for that moment's failure in particular: the failure to transcend memory."

"I wait for wisdom; and still wait.  It may be awhile."

- Steve Erickson