You know you're in the ghetto when...even the ice-cream trucks have subwoofers (you haven't heard anything 'till you've heard "pop goes the weasel" played with the base maxed out)

I'm sensing that I am again at the but end of some sort of joke ( Read more... )

Important lessons for stage-hands ( Read more... )

The biggest problem with keeping your tea on the shelf next to your spices: Accidentally making a pot of rosemary tea in the morning.

Blech!

I should really work on my labeling system I guess.

Few things are more outright violent than a playful kitten. Anything within reach will be mauled. Amazing how ferocious a creature that weighs only a pound can be. Laptop computers and feet seem to be its two primary targets.

So far every day this week I've had someone come to my door trying to get my money for some damn thing or another. "buy our candy", "subscribe to our newspaper", "believe in our dumb god" and so forth. I'd put up a "NO SOLICITORS" sign up but I've learned that people don't actually read. Plus I doubt most of them would know what "solicitor" means ( Read more... )

My back porch started mewing at me afew days ago and I soon discovered that it had come down with a case of kittens. Unfortunatly it turns out that the only person I know who isn't full up on pets right now is me. Unless I can find someone who wants (and is allowed to) another kitty, I may be stuck with a cat again. And I was doing so well avoiding ( Read more... )

We recently tried to build an empire on apathy. Things didn't turn out quite the way we planned ( Read more... )

I know that the sound quality is low but, there is still a wonderful charm to old records. Some things just sound better with the pops and hisses built into them. It's sort of like playing old DOS games, there is something you just can't get with newer media.

I've determined that its not so much my job I have a problem with but my co-workers. There are actually many times I enjoy my job, most everything that happens there that sucks the big one is a result of someone I work with. This is perhaps one of the biggest problems with attempting to find a replacement job because I am unlikely to find a job ( Read more... )