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Month: April 2004

UPS Tracking and the Art of Having No Life.

The most startling indication that I have no life is my recent purchase: a used, Apple G3 desktop unit. Well, actually, it’s a bit more complicated than that, but the purchase is a good starting point. You see, I’m a subscriber to an email list–several actually. There’s the Atlantis_II list, full of fans of Ayn…
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Business Etiquette 101 or “Whu’ up nigguh”.

There is one thing that I know beyond all doubt: Donald Trump did not train the workers at my local DQ. As if there were some intergalacting conspiracy against me eating tonight, I made three stops on my way home and still did not get what I wanted for dinner. I wanted a greek salad.…
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Sorry for no posts…

I’ve just been swamped with work, with life. Nothing major, just no time. I’ll get caught up tomorrow or Thursday, with a major post by the weekend. md

Damn.

I had a really great post about a horrid experience with a closed checkout line at the retail horror of a Hell but an unfortunate touchpad-keystroke combo wiped out three paragraphs of it. C’est la vie. I’m going to watch “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Go see “The Girl Next Door.” Now why couldn’t that have…
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Why oh why oh why?

A Drive in the Country….or….

Why I am so glad to be back in civilization. I don’t know quite what overcame me this morning when a friend asked me if I would like to ride with them to drop another friend off in the country. I guess it was the nostalgia of “Wow, a ride in the country on a…
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