Life is good. That is all. . . for now.

I was raised with the work-ethic that, if you worked diligently and intelligently, applied yourself 100% and produced the highest quality work with the fewest mistakes, success in the work-place was inevitable. I have since learned that this is not actually the case. Sure, your direct manager and all the people that you make look good will think ( Read more... )

An elderly but surly woman forced my hapless co-worker to hook up each and every one of the clock radios in turn today. She kept insisting that we find the local classical station and test the radio/alarm functions. They were playing a rather long piece by Vivaldi during this rigorous examination period ( Read more... )

Work is fun, but scary at the moment ( Read more... )

I had an interview yesterday with Radio Shack: in short, it sucked ( Read more... )

I received several phone calls this morning, one from my brother-in-law, to whom I have not spoken in half a year or more (he wants help cleaning up his new place which happens to be a shit-hole), another from my friend with whom T and I are going to Chicago next weekend (he bought the contents and fixtures of another shop in his area and needs ( Read more... )

As with many things in my life, the seemingly simple act of acquiring pets turned into an epic quest frought with tribulations, amusements, and madcap mis-adventures, and I wouldn't have it any other way. It all started with the Year of the Rat... this fanned into an inferno, the gently-smoldering urge in my lovely bride's psyche to acquire 2 rats ( Read more... )

Ok... weird year so far.

The Kirkwood massacre took the life of one of my coworkers... she was getting ready to run for mayor, and now she is dead... it is going to be really weird walking past her empty office everyday.

I have to get back to work now... even saying that seems a bit surreal.

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave ( Read more... )

I have been plagued with a novella that I could never complete... I have had an idea in my head for years without ever being able to realize it into a finished work, no matter how hard I tried... and I can't write anything until it is out of my head. Now I find out that someone has turned the exact idea that I had (the parts that I have written ( Read more... )