I know you've all been at the edge of your collective seat waiting to hear about my current molasses-treading existence.  I did end up getting down to Charity Motors and bought a '02 Chrysler Sebring for about $1500 after all taxes and fees.  This pretty much wiped out the severance pay I was saving, but for an 8 year old car with 201,000 miles on ( Read more... )

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Well, I've been at the same job for three years.  Time to get downsized again, evidently.

At least I get a decent severance this time.  Time to call LiquidWeb.

This is allegedly a commercial for Nutri-Grain bars, but if you cut off the first 5 seconds and last still frame showing the product logo, it would make a lot more sense as an ad for the US Cocaine Council

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As of Saturday, I'm going on vacation for two weeks.  One of my two cousins on my father's side (as compared to the 20 or so on mom's side) is getting married, and she (and my dad's only brother) has requested that we all try to make it ( Read more... )

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I pass a church on my way to work that has a signboard out front.  Outside of holiday Mass announcements, they generally use it for inspirational messages that they change out every week or so.  This week's message:

"Temptation bangs forever."

Ooh, baby.

This has evidently been going around the Intarwebs at some speed, but I have not yet seen it cross my Friends list.  This is a crime, as all lovers of fine literature should see this and rejoice.  Gentlemen and ladies, I present to you:

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski

Yes, that is the full script of The Big Lebowski, translated very well indeed into ( Read more... )

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