Bad news at work today. Holiday pay has been discontinued ( Read more... )

Waiting for the Resolutions
New Year Vision - Ostracize
Computerize God - it's the new religion
Post an update - not a visit

It's time for my 2011 New Year's Resolutions! I meant to do this in January, but I was... delayed.

The good news is that I can post the resolutions AND my success rate in the same entry! Efficient.

This is not ( Read more... )

The following story takes place on a Friday in the summer of 2011 ( Read more... )

Unsurprising: June credit card statement has $9.99 charge for Xbox Live. They were using the same trick as everybody who offers a free membership. Auto renewal. Yeah, it's only $10, but I can't let people think it's okay to start taking my money ( Read more... )

As I exit the bank's revolving doors and prepare to gaily prance down the stairs, I pause to avoid trampling a woman on the sidewalk. She smiles awkwardly without stopping. I descend the stairs and turn toward work which happens to be the same direction ( Read more... )

I hate Christmas. This wasn't a conscious decision; emotions come and go as they please. I've simply concluded that hate is the only way to describe a holiday that makes me feel how Christmas does.

Magic Jesus

I don't identify myself as a Christian. I wrote about this before, so I'll keep it brief. I do not celebrate the birth of Jesus. I think ( Read more... )

Okay, breast cancer itself is not a scam, but breast cancer awareness month surely is. For one thing, the name is misleading. Is there anybody who isn't aware of breast cancer? You can get cancer in any part of your body. Your breasts are a part of your body. You can get cancer there. Got it ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know. It's St. Patrick's Day. I missed the Ides of March. I've got a frickin' job, okay? I don't have time post on theme. So please, cut me some slack, laddie. Besides, everybody's too bloody drunk to know the difference ( Read more... )

I just spent the past four hours reading the past 5 1/2 years of my Live Journal. I miss the person I used to be. I'm not completely different. If you replace cocksucker with douchebag, most of my opinions are still the same. What's missing is the crazy ( Read more... )

NPR was in Marquette doing a story on the Upper Peninsula. They even came into Getzs to do an interview. They even interviewed me, but (fortunately) that material was not used.

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