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Things I Hate: Working Nights

Posted on August 17, 2009
Since the middle of July I’ve been working the most ridiculous schedule. I am working twelve-hour shifts, four days on, four days off. Yes, an eight-day work week. I started on a Monday. The next week I worked Tuesday-Friday. As the quicker among you have deduced: this means that several weeks after that, I had [...

Discrimination: A Cornerstone of American Successs

Posted on August 16, 2009
For all of the good that civil rights crusaders have done over the years, one of the few disservices I believe they’ve rendered to our society is the vilification of the word “discriminate.” At it’s core, “discrimination” is not inherently evil...

Michael Vick to Philly

Posted on August 14, 2009
I’m still not sure what I think about Vick’s reinstatement. I’m really, really happy that Atlanta released him. I’m not really much of a Falcons fan, but if they had let him back on the roster, there’s no way I’d ever be able to cheer for them...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-10

Posted on August 10, 2009
Day o’ Scout: trips to the pet store and to the dog park. Would retrieve balls for other dog owners but not me. Ingrate. # LOST is now on Netflix Instant. Maybe now is a good time to start figuring out what this show is about? [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-03

Posted on August 03, 2009
Service has been crap for a week and Thursday is the soonest comcast can get a tech out?? # Hmmm… DSL looks to be about half the price of Comcast. Slower rated speed, but has to be faster than what I’m dealing with this week. # [.....

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-27

Posted on July 27, 2009
Going to try starting the hundred push-ups plan again, shloulder be damned. (6/6/4/4/14) # I’m not sure if I’d rather have Comcast be totally down or frustratingly spotty like it is now. Terrible. # Day 2 of the overnight shift. Not liking it [...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-20

Posted on July 20, 2009
I love when the amount of time someone spends trying to convince you to do something for them is less time than it would take them to do it. # A woman at this MARTA station smells very strongly of those valentine’s candy hearts. Weird. # [...

On Strained Shoulders

Posted on July 10, 2009
A few months ago I sprained my rotator cuff playing ultimate. that caused me to do a little digging to find out just what that injury was all about. I found that that it can take quite a while to heal back to 100%. I recall one source saying “up to six months...

Scout Update

Posted on June 24, 2009
Lest you think he had gotten sick of me and run off, I thought I’d fill you in: Scout’s still around.

80 Days

Posted on June 23, 2009
So in February and March I went on a tear, blogging almost every day. Don’t Break the Chain was quite happy with me. Then in April and May I posted a combined total of once. Now DBtC is griping that I’ve been dropping the ball for 80 days...

Baby?s Got It

Posted on April 23, 2009
This song has been stuck in my head all morning. Baby’s Got It by Roman Candle This week has been a little crazy. Lots of stuff to do at work. Ultimate this past weekend wasn’t particularly good for the shoulder, but more on that another time.

Happy Earth Day!

Posted on April 22, 2009
Remember to observe the Three D’s:

This Guy Stops Traffic

Posted on April 19, 2009
So there I am, on my way home from a successful attempt at walking Scout around Piedmont park with Ollie and Hattie1. I’m driving down the road at a reasonable, and legal, speed. Somewhere in the 35-40mph range, I believe. All of a sudden, some middle-aged former hippie steps out into the street holding out [...

Dear Asshole at Quiznos

Posted on April 02, 2009
Today I walked down the street to Quiznos (They have a pepper bar) for lunch. This is a pretty happenin’ place most days. Lots of business folks, bums, college students, etc. The line can be long, but it tends to move pretty quickly. Today the line did not move as quickly as it should...

Resurrection Provides Lots of Legal Questions

Posted on March 31, 2009
You know there’s a prosecutor somewhere in Maryland who is going to be telling this story at Bar Association mixers for the rest of his life: Accepting a plea bargain that her attorney described as unprecedented in American jurisprudence, a 22-year-old Maryland woman yesterday agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of other defendants [...

The 28th Amendment

Posted on March 26, 2009
It’s not an interesting day on the internet unless someone has threatened to sue you. Lately I’ve been in the market for a roommate. To facilitate that, I’ve been keeping an eye on Craigslist. Unfortunately, my user experience over there has been negatively impacted by one particular realtor...

Ying-Yang Twins: A Translation

Posted on March 23, 2009
Someone got the bright idea to translate an episode of Cribs from whatever language the Ying-Yang Twis were speaking into honest-to-goodness English. The result is hilarious. If the video isn’t big enough to read the words on the bottom, you’re missing out...

Scout Turns 3

Posted on March 22, 2009
Today Scout is three years old. If that whole thing about dog years being people years times seven is actually true, we’re going to have to get wasted tonight to celebrate! In honor of the furry beast, I figured I’d post a nice selection of pictures from his first day at home to his recent [...

You?re Out of What?

Posted on March 21, 2009
Today was the first weekend of AFDC Spring League. Lots of fun. I ended up landing funny during the first game and doing something bizarre to my (right) shoulder. Smart Pete would have stopped playing, iced it, and rested. Smart Pete doesn’t play ultimate frisbee, though, so he was at home...

30 Seconds With Your Daughter

Posted on March 20, 2009
The human body is an amazing thing. All of the outrage and hand-wringing about the AIG bonuses has caused me to roll my eyes so many times that I’d have thought for sure they’d have fallen completely out of my head but, alas, they have not...

Gold Star Fail

Posted on March 19, 2009
Yesterday I had all kinds of things I could have written about. There’s a Furry Convention in town this weekend, for example. I’d venture to guess that most of you don’t even know what a Furry is. I came up with one of my best ideas ever, which was quickly given away to anyone who wants [...

Falling Behind

Posted on March 17, 2009
The sisters were in town this past weekend, which was great. On account of the new job, I wasn’t able to spend Friday hanging out, but we got lots of quality time in on Saturday and Sunday before they left. Reese is adorable, of course (would you expect any less out of a Holiday?)...

Oh Boy, Oh Boy

Posted on March 17, 2009
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Five points to anyone who finds three people to recreate this in a bar tonight and uploads it to YouTube.

If You?re Bored

Posted on March 16, 2009
Here’s a giant list of things you should have already seen on the internet: YouShouldHaveSeenThis.com. There were five or ten things on that list that I hadn’t seen before, like George Lucas in Love. There were also a few old favorites like Bubb Rubb and gay Mount Everest, but there were some left off, like The Song [...

Who All Seen The Leprechaun, Say Yah!

Posted on March 14, 2009
Kecia, Ara, and Reese have made it into town. We chilled yesterday after they got into town and watched every funny YouTube video ever. I’ve posted this one before, but it never gets old . . . Tomorrow I think we’re going to see what Reese thinks of the aquarium and hopefully get to see a law [...

Reese!

Posted on March 14, 2009

Finding My Keys

Posted on March 12, 2009
I was making good time this morning. I woke up basically when I wanted to, I didn’t waste too much time going through my daily website visits, and Scout was being reasonable. I was on my way out the door when I realized that I didn’t have my keys...

Excitement Abounds

Posted on March 11, 2009
Tomorrow my sisters get to town for a weekend of family bonding. They’ll have my freakin’ adorable niece in tow, which will be awesome. I’m really looking forward to seeing the three of them. This week has been odd. Getting used to going back to work, trying to get back on a sleep schedule, working on [...

Daylight Savings Time

Posted on March 10, 2009
I absolutely love that it’s light out when I get home from work right now. Speaking of work, today was the first day on the job. More or less exactly what I expected, a little better in some spots. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about this at some point in the not-too-distant future...

Obama on Education

Posted on March 10, 2009
President Obama laid out his education plan today, and I’m a little confused by it. Specifically, I’m looking for the part that is completely bizarre and makes no sense. I’m not seeing it. I’m not sure that this will ever be anything but rhetoric, though: he urged states to develop standards “that don’t simply measure [...

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