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Archive for January, 2007

Hearts and Flowers

Already I’m beginning to see the hearts and flowers and chocolate that augur Valentine’s Day. This is one of the things I despise about our society: we can love and goodwill into specific events so we can feel good and righteous. Love mankind at Christmas, love your spouse at Valentines. Only have to do it [...]

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Tower: “TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees.”
TWA 2341: “Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?”
Tower: “Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?”

That, and many other funny/scary exchanges between tower and pilot(s) kinda made my day. My fave [...]

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Felt right at home at The Cynic’s Sanctuary. Took the test, and surprise, I’m right up there. They’ve also got a list up of 714 things to by cynical about. Here’s my own list:

sincere-looking clients
neighbors
the universe
holidays
holiday music
money
free lunches (they don’t exist)
country music
bigots and homophobes
politicians (that one was easy)

That should keep my cynic-o-meter (pun intended) busy.

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Stress Relief

I must admit, it feels satisfying, even simply watching it.
Guy Takes Care Of Annoying Girl In The Office

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Some people have no common sense, and this picture is definitely proof of that.
Apart from the clichéed comment about fingers and electrical outlet, this family looks like they’re hosts to a large family of rodents. I have this image of Willard, nibbling on a piece of cheese, saying to his buddies:
“They’ll do anything I [...]

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Dear asshole,
I just wanted to let you know that you have completely fucked up my life. If you had any balls you would be dangerous. I have a daily appointment with my therapist now because you have misled me one too many times. I have frequently looked the other way, which makes me almost [...]

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My good buddy, Dr. Paul Tran, pointed me to this site for a visual of how an autopsy’s done. I found it useful to watch before I had to watch my first real autopsy.
More anticipation of all the gory stuff, that way, but at least I didn’t pass out an take a ribbing for the [...]

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After that job with the Kayzar and the Phoenix I just finished, I decided I needed a bit of R&R, so I went back to the Mill Inn at Wakefield and see if Laura had had any more mischief occur.
It turned out the murder there increased business so much she didn’t even have a room [...]

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