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Goodbye Grandma
In: Life
6 Apr 2008On Friday morning, my brother called to tell me that Grandma Isa had passed away overnight.
Isa was my father’s mother, and was one of the most amazing people in my life. In her life, she had survived poverty that few of us can imagine, seen 5 children die in infancy while raising 5 of the [...]
You know you have reached middle age when…
9 Mar 2008You hear a song off Bob Mould’s album Workbook used in a TIAA-CREF commercial.
I think I’ll just nip off and shoot myself.
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Some days you look outside…
2 Mar 2008Most days, I look inside. And that’s part of the problem I suppose. That’s why I haven’t posted in so long: there has been no inspiration to stand and shout about anything.
I suppose that’s why I have been so viciously depressed these last few weeks. There has been nothing to write of. My life [...]
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Many, many years ago, I started my depressing voyage through the world of work at an Overwaitea food store in my home town. As a teenager, I expected to work so weird hours, and accept some level of abuse from the “adults” I worked with.
However, it seems that the organization now expects all their employees [...]
The music of Iceland
In: Life
3 Feb 2008I don’t often (ever) talk about my musical taste. It is unremarkable for the most part, with flights into madness and impulsiveness.
Lately, I have discovered Icelandic music. Mainly Sigur Ros, Mum, Apparat Organ Quartet, Aniima, and (of course) Bjork. Apparently Icelandic music is all the rage, with people trying to understand how such a small [...]
7 Hours at Sea-Tac on New years Eve
In: Life
29 Dec 2007So, on New Years Eve, due to the vagaries of modern air travel, the family will be spending seven hours at Sea-Tac waiting for the second leg of our trip home.
For me, this is usually not an issue, as I can huddle up in a corner with my wireless connection and while away the hours [...]
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San Francisco 1, Wasteful Excess 0
28 Dec 2007
Don’t really need to explain this, do we?
Via Core77 and LuxuryLaunches
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There is a 12-step program to help even you…
24 Dec 2007I am often chided for my 5-shot, Venti Latte.
Then I saw this.
Yup, it’s a “a 13 shot Venti soy hazelnut vanilla cinnamon white mocha with extra white mocha and caramel”.
Lord help this person when they wake up in the alley behind Starbucks on Christmas Day.
Original image from Core77.
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Cyber Monday: Tiger Direct today’s victim
In: Life
26 Nov 2007Want to follow all the Holiday Retail Fun? Check out the GrabPERF Black Friday Dashboard! Follow the Web performance of your favorite retailer all the time!
New and updated for 2008!
This morning, Tiger Direct effectively imploded.
Bad day.
UPDATE: Looks like they found the solution to their problem.
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Off to…Columbus?
In: Life
13 Nov 2007Ok, for my birthday (November 14), I am going to Columbus, OH.
Could be worse.
Couldn’t it?
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