October 2008
42 posts
Don’t Mistake Ambition for Entitlement →
Adventures in Blackberry Emailing
“Hey I am ins brief that is supposed 2 wrap in a few minutes. What is your number it will be easier 4 me 2 call you. I have some guidance 4 you that will hopefully make things easier.” - my manager
Ugh, I thought qwerty keyboards would spell the end of this kind of sloppy communication. Guess it will when “the end’ can be abbreviated by some number.
The Once-A-Day Ball and Chain: Rock the Ring,...
myabortion:
“The genius of this ad is that it makes something as simple as swallowing a pill once a day seem arduous..” Slate.
Ugh. Here’s some fucking news: taking a dose of hormones every day is not simple. I dosed myself everyday for 12 years and I had a really hard time with it.
You see I am blessed with a Jewish Stomach. I have a weak constitution, so I could be sure every day that...
Robocop on a Unicorn →
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True Love
Tim: Are you going to be working at Starbucks this weekend?
Me: Yeah, prolly. I get so much done there cuz there's no internet.
Tim: Cuz I was thinking you could do work at my desk and I could turn off the wireless and laugh at you.
Me: ....
Tim: And the XBOX doesn't need the wireless.
My client has a Windows service account called...
The Other White Meat
dihard:
[The Wall Street Bailout] is also stuffed with what people like to call PORK. $150 BILLION worth of tax provisions for some rather random parties. Here’s the list of recipients:
Wind Power
Solar Power
Disaster Victims
College Students
Teachers
NASCAR Racetrack Owners - $128 million
Small- to Medium-budget Film and Television Productions - $10 million
Bicycle Commuters
Makers...
The Great Schlep →
I'll try to remain civil
I just re-watched Biden’s stance on gay marriage from the debate last night. He said something that doesn’t make any sense…
He talks about how he and Barak support granting the same civil benefits of marriage to gay couples: “There will be absolutely no distinction from a constitutional standpoint or a legal standpoint between a same-sex and a heterosexual couple.”
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She couldn't just say Newsweek, Time, and the...
Palin: I've read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.
Couric: What, specifically?
Palin: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.
Couric: Can you name a few?
Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, "Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?" Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.