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First day of work!
Well, I'm not drinking from the fire hose. I'm not drinking from the garden hose. I'm not even drinking from the frelling water fountain. I'm drinking from the frelling Chinese water torture ( Read more... ) -
More unexpected results from the War on Some Drugs...
So I went to CVS this afternoon because I was out of pseudo-ephedrine. Pulled the card off the shelf for a 20-count 12-hour store brand. Noted that the shelf tag announced a buy 2, get 1 free sale. Wondered about that, because I thought that three 20-counts would be more than could be purchased at a time. Got to the front of the pharmacy line, ( Read more... ) -
W00t!!
I have been cleared! Tomorrow morning I schedule a time to be sworn in, and then presumably Monday I start work. -
Praise the Lord and pass the LART ammunition!
I have received an offer letter! My enforced vacation will end on All Souls Day, as I will resume gainful employment on the third of November. It is a temp to perm situation, so for 19 weeks or so (720 hours worked, and I think there will be five holidays in that time) I will be earning an hourly higher than I was earning at my last job but with ( Read more... ) -
Electoral fallout from the financial crisis
Wonderful quote from Electoral-vote.com:
President Bush has said that there will be dire consequences if the Paulson plan is not adopted immediately. However, even legislators who were easily cowed during the run-up to the Iraq war are beginning to show something that might, given enough time, possibly, eventually develop into something resembling ( Read more... ) -
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From nostasia:
Comment and I'll give you a letter. You'll then have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. After that, post this meme in your journal to give out letters of your own.
I was given 'S':- Spouse (mine, that is)
- Surfing the web
- Stick shifts
- Science fiction
- Stout
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Meme: Top 100 books
its the book meme..... (nicked from fabricdragonThe Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they've printed below. (Note that they cheat -- in some cases they list series instead of individual books ( Read more... ) -
Meme: AFI 10 Top Ten
The AFI periodically makes lists of movies in various categories. One of them is the top 10 films in 10 genres.
So, here's the meme. Bold the ones you've seen, italicize the ones you own.
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Looking for the use of a large vehicle
Could someone with a van or pickup give us assistance on a Saturday before the end of July? We need one trip from our old storage unit in Alexandria (a couple of blocks from Edsall Road and I-395) to our new storage unit in Burke (Fairfax County Pkwy near 123) and then back to our apartment (Leesburg Pike near Columbia Pike) to empty the old unit ( Read more... )