Every single local moron was in the store tonight. Supertech left and these masses of stupidity showed up to give us examples of new lows in intelligence. We had someone in there arguing with me about brand vs. generic, bitching about how he was on the generic and it didn't work, so now he's on the brand (not true - he was on a short-acting ( Read more... )

There is a giant TV in my kitchen. It’s blocking access to my sink. It’s been in my kitchen since we moved in, and I’m getting really, really tired of it. It’s really not something that I can just stick on the counter top and watch reruns of Two and a Half Men on while cooking dinner, because (a) Mom cooks dinner upstairs and (b) we don’t cook ( Read more... )

A new sign showed up along the highway over the last week or so, and it frightens me. No, it wasn’t a billboard from God or one of those fanatical anti-choice groups, it was just one of those blinking signs they use to alert drivers about accidents. In big orange lights it proclaimed NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN - DEC 6 - EXIT 20.

Now, in most cases, this ( Read more... )

','caption', 'My fantastic husband' );">Eddie, Mom, and I trekked down to Newport yesterday to exchange her bag, get some lunch, and do some window shopping. We hit up a couple of shops on Belleview Ave and checked out the Tennis Hall of Fame. It was also the day that they were doing “Art on the Lawn”, so we checked out some of the artists and ( Read more... )

Robin made a post on her site today - not even an entire post, just a bullet in one of her lists - saying how bored she was with Plurk. ','caption', 'My fantastic husband' );">Eddie and I were talking about it this morning and he and Robin were commenting back and forth about it as well, and we’re also a little disenchanted with the site. It’s ( Read more... )

We arrived at work this week to be told that we had to take an employee survey about what we think about our workplace and the company as a whole. The survey was your typical bullshit about whether or not we strongly agree or disagree with a series of statements such as “My manager gives me the tools I need to succeed” and “I feel that there is ( Read more... )

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I had a terrible day, and I’m not entirely certain why it was so bad. I had a good sleep, I didn’t have any crazy nightmares involving people dying (or waiting for people to die), and it wasn’t insane at work. But lately I’ve been not-quite-right, and I know it, and I feel powerless to actually fix it right now. There’s too much going on, even ( Read more... )

Dear customers,

In an effort to preserve the sanity of my coworkers and myself, here is a small list of requests and rules that we think you should abide by.

Regarding your directions.... Please understand that when your doctor writes a script with the directions "1 tablet at bedtime," it means your main bedtime and does not include your ( Read more... )

The proper reponse when someone tells you that a close relative died is "I'm sorry for your loss." Don't ask how old she was and then tell me "well, she had a good life." The fact that she had a good life doesn't change the fact that she's gone now.