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Yesterday I had a half-day at work due to the market closing early (when the NYSE closes early, we close early). I came home, ate a delicious lunch of Wawa Italian Hoagie and chippies, then laid down on the couch and proceeded to take a 3-hour nap. Of course, this makes me think, when does a "nap" become something else? I have slept less before ( Read more... )

This past Wednesday I had my wisdom teeth extracted -- an operation I had put off for as long as I could (I am sad to admit that the prospect of not smoking for any extended period of time did not necessarily appeal to me). Since I am very likely going to get laid off from work, I realized that, while I have rockin' dental and medical insurance ( ( Read more... )

So, I have been taking these classes through Villanova to help me gain my certification in Human Resources (the cert. is called a PHR -- Professional of Human Resources). Basically I have to study a crap-load of HR-related information and pass a big test to gain my credentials. The study materials that support the class are a stack of six books ( ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I was involved in a Bachelor Party (a college friend of mine is getting married next Saturday) The party involved a morning of deep-sea fishing which was followed up with an evening of a not-so-conventional nature. ( Details lj-cutted for your convenience )

Yesterday evening, _antipathy_ and I went to Mad 4 Mex as part of her birthday (the service was extraordinary at the restaurant which is such a change from the Philadelphia standard... but I digress). For my entrée, I decided to step outside of my all-food-must-be-bland PA Dutch box and I ordered a Taco Salad that was rife with jalapeno peppers ( Read more... )

I would like to extend my most sincere apologies for the abject triteness of my last inane post. It was more of an experiment than a real post. The results were rather interesting.

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My cat’s breath smells like cat food.

My Grandmother died this morning ( Read more... )

Work sucks, yet it rocks sometimes... like on Monday. But before I explain, a touch of background is necessary.

Come January 2004, I'm getting shit-canned (or, as it is known in CorpWorld, "downsized" or "job eliminated"). Basically, some smooth exec at IBM was whispering in the ear of the Parent Company and convinced the CEO that big money can ( Read more... )