Monthly Archives: October 2004

It’s not the first time I’ve bled for the Democratic Party.

Today, I got up bright and early planning to volunteer at the DDO, but developed a stomach ache immediately after breakfast. So I downed some Pepto Bismol, waited a few hours, then drove to the office. I’m still not sure … Continue reading

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It’s been a couple of years for me, too.

So I’m sitting around my house, umemployed, bored, and freaking out from pre-election anxiety, when I finally get angry enough (at myself; I accomplish a lot more when I’m angry) to go volunteer with the local Democratic “organization”. I take … Continue reading

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Don’t feel bad Jesse; I can never tell, either.

I have no gaydar. (All of my friends, and many former co-workers, could vouch for this.) Maybe it’s because I grew up in boring little Republican town where all the homosexuals had to be extra-deeply closeted. Maybe it’s because I … Continue reading

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A useless achievement!

The first time I had a job where I could work at home, I had to uninstall all of Window 98’s pre-installed games, because they really are tremendous time-wasters. Everytime I got bored trying to optimize a mediocre web page … Continue reading

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Walking in Brownstown.

This weekend, the local Democrats decided it was time to drop off literature in Brownstown Township, one of those confusing municipalities that refuses to be contiguous. I actually lived in Brownstown for two years in the 1970s, so I volunteered … Continue reading

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Revenge of the old liberals.

I got a postcard (union-printed, on recycled paper, with soy ink, even) today from a former employer, Clean Water Action asking me to join their campaign to tell people about the Bush Administration attacks on public health and environmental protections. … Continue reading

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Walking in Trenton.

Today was the day the local Democrats decided to waste two hours handing out campaign literature door-to-door in the town I live in. (Notice that I avoid the use of the word “hometown”, because I still don’t like thinking of … Continue reading

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News of the Obvious!

Lou Dobbs reported today that the company producing MREs for the U.S. military was caught using undocumented workers at the the MRE plant. Gosh, a food-packaging industry in Texas is using undocumented workers? That’s such a shock….

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Return of the The Easiest Job in the World.

My bank called me at home today as part of a customer satisfaction survey. Just like the survey two months ago, this survey was only one question long. Man, I have really got to find out how to get that … Continue reading

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