Monthly Archives: November 2003

It’s more turkey than I can handle.

President Bush snuck into Iraq today to wish the troops a Happy Thanksgiving. (He’s our wish-granting President, you know.) The trip was made secretly ‘for security reasons.’ Contrary to what I’m sure many Republicans are going to claim, this is … Continue reading

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As if there’s not enough paperwork in my life.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360° had a segment on “sexual consent contracts” last night. (The topic was so jaw-dropping insane that I waited until they put the episode’s transcript online before I wrote about it, because I was afraid I might … Continue reading

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Like Microsoft really needed the money.

The trackball on my PC mysteriously died last night, just as I was finishing a touch-up of Lens Filter Advisor. Too stubborn to wait until I could buy a new pointing device, I tried to reactivate the “Microsoft Accessibility” software … Continue reading

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It’s like three blondes for the price of one.

I stayed up late enough last night to actually see some music videos on VH1. (You pretty much have to be an insomniac to see videos on VH1.) I caught the clip for New Doubt’s cover of Talk Talk‘s “It’s … Continue reading

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I can’t wait to see my FBI file.

Back when I was living in Phoenix, I protested the then-impending invasion of Iraq at three different rallies. The third time around, a woman walked up to me asked “What’s your name?” I told her, she wrote it down, then … Continue reading

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I got kicked off an island once, too.

Rupert, the emotionally-volatile, skirt-wearing, hippie-king of Survivor: Pearl Islands got voted off the island tonight. Everyone who watches Survivor agrees Rupert was the most competant player. (Among other things, he was the only one who could fish worth a damn.) … Continue reading

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I’m not cynical; I’m just too honest.

Back when I worked at GoDaddy, my fellow tech support drones would joke about my negative assessments of Microsoft and its software. As one co-worker put it, “If Bill Gates ever gets assassinated, I know who to blame.” (The management, … Continue reading

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Who’s afraid of Christi Paul? I am!

When I first moved to Phoenix in 1998, I started watching the Channel 3 news a lot, mostly because it repeated all day long on cable. Much of Phoenix has a love/hate relationship with the Channel 3 News; it acutally … Continue reading

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Q-tip revelations!

That Q-tips® instruction manual I ordered showed up a couple of days ago, but I just now got around to looking at it. Guess what? I apparently have been using Q-tips wrong all these years. The booklet had eight pages … Continue reading

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Election Day in Nowheresville.

I only live four blocks from Trenton City Hall, so I walked to the polling place. The 2003 election in Trenton was close to pointless, with only Treasurer and three City Council seats contested. (As evidence of exactly how much … Continue reading

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