The TV that I own is pretty old, I think I got it 5th hand, and it's got it's quirks; if you're watching something and there's a sudden spike in sound it automatically mutes itself and, over the past year, it gets the periodic case of measles and red flecks dance across the screen.  The red was getting pretty bad of late so Lins. bought a new one ( Read more... )

Some guy just came in and up to my desk, opens his wallet and pulls out his health care card handing it to me.

I looked at him and said, "Why are you giving me this?"

"I'm here for my urine exam." He slurs while looking at me blankly.

"I'm sorry? What?" I reply.

"I'm here for the urine exam, I have to come in every week and give urine." He ( Read more... )

 I need to stop playing WoW just before bed.  I had fitfull dreams until about 2 am when I just couldn't even sleep anymore, got up and flipped chanels for 2 hrs. then tried to go back to sleep and continued to have weird Zul'Farrak dreams.  Work has been crazy and the cold of last week has come back with a vengence.  Over all, today has not been ( Read more... )

blargh.

2 cancellations in one weekend (both for decent to good reasons) but still...

is it so very selfish to wish I was a priority on someone's list?

I take the street car along Queen, eastbound, every morning to get to work.  Along that route there is an ice arena or something at Queen and Sherborne; there's usually piles of snow or ice shavings dumped in the back so it's something that uses a zamboni ( Read more... )

 WoW's new patch was frightfully annoying last night.  For some reason it kept jamming up somewhere and the only resoluton was to unistall and then reinstall the whole game...all five discs of WoW plus the 4 discs of Burning Crusades...then I had to leave my computer on all night while it was uploading every patch since the dawn of time.  It ( Read more... )

I love epiphanies...the good ones always bring such joyful satisfaction! 

I have some amazing friends, and those friends have amazing families!!!

Thank you so much!

Best blunder EVER ( Read more... )

The grotesquely intimidating thing about email that I will never be able to shake is the profundity of the "no takes back" element.  Hit send and it's gone...shit...too late now to think better of your impetuous decision, you're locked into it now...

bollocks.