A SECRETARY'S DESK. JURPH is walking past the CRAZY SECRETARY as she hangs up the phone. She appears dazed, distracted by something. She stammers a few non-words, "ums" and "ahs", and the following dialogue ensues:

Crazy Secretary: Hey, ah, hey. You're from the program office, right?
Jurph: Yes.
CS: You guys have recycling bins over there, ( Read more... )

So, maybe I forgot to mention that my Halloween costume got first prize at our office party. First prize was a few doodads of contractor swag, nothing special. Still, it was nice getting to come to work as someone whose motto is "I Hate This Place".


( Read more... )

( Read more... )

A collision is a "near miss": BOOM! "Ohhhh... they nearly missed."
-George Carlin0743, US-29S: The road is four lanes wide here. The leftmost lane is for turning left. I am in the second lane because I don't want to be behind someone turning left. Someone ten cars up decides to turn left from my lane. He fails to check his blind spot, has a ( Read more... )

Auspicious Signs- last set of underwear in my dresser are Halloween boxers; tomorrow is Halloween party ( Read more... )

Saw Death Cab for Cutie last night at the 9:30 Club, with one of my co-workers. Of particular note to DC concertgoers: the phrase "sold out" has ceased having any meaning since the advent of internet ticketing and craigslist -- I walked the line 30 minutes before doors and got my ticket very easily. I could have picked up as many as six, all for ( Read more... )

Okay, so my current job sucks. On the other hand, my shares in Google (NASD: GOOG) are up almost $40/share today. Okay, sure, the internet is falling apart. But... but... GOOGLE!

Also, my loyalty to Google has been slightly altered. In the immortal words of Sean, "Blingo are Google more plusser." I still Google for most things, but ten times ( Read more... )

( The job hunt is going well. )

Found out I've got a meeting at HCHB next week. "What the hell is HCHB?", I wondered. So I Googled it:

Homecare Homebase?
Hemichorea-Hemiballismus?
Hot Crushing and Hot Boxing?
A four-letter designator for a series of Self-Clinching Studs? (make your own joke hereI'm sure my new boss is totally into all of that stuff, but I think it actually ( Read more... )

So, I don't post memes. I just don't. This one is particularly silly, but harmless, and I am so psyched to see Serenity that it's time for me to get over my meme-snobbery and cave in. The meme is via sollitaire and the music is via the_in_sound; you can download the song and have a listen. And now, without further ado:
When you see this meme, post a quotation from ( Read more... )