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Forty-four degrees with the humidex rating, and I'm watching a drop of water run down the side of my beer glass, fleeing for somewhere colder where it can put off evaporation for a few extra seconds.

It's too damn hot. I'm trying to remember what 44 degrees works out to in Fahrenheit and all my brain will come up with are the words shooting spree ( Read more... )

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"Yeah, we're going to knock out this wall, make this a sitting room. Then she's buying me a gas range for the kitchen so I can do some fancy cooking. We're probably going to re-do the deck, and we know this guy who's selling a hot tub, so we're thinking about putting that in at the same time ( Read more... )

"So, how about you? Married yet?"

"Nope."

"No kids?"

"Nope."

"Baggage?"

"No more than anyone else."

"Career?"

"Fast-tracking. Should be a director inside of three years."

"That'll make you, what, 32?"

"Yep."

"Oooh. You're going to be the darling of the divorcée set."

"Don't I know it."

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"Well, yeah, but if you're willing to lock in for 90 days, then they give you four per cent."

"Really? I think I'm getting like two per cent on my deposit account."

"Yeah. That's why I opened an ING Direct account. Good interest, no minimum. Plus their GIC rates are a little higher."

"Hey, uh, guys?"

"Yeah?"

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Here's the good thing about not having a washer and dryer in your apartment: it forces you to deal with the laundry and fold and hang it right away.

Here's the annoying things about not having a washer and dryer in your apartment: everything else.

Baby, if you've ever wondered,
Wondered whatever became of me,
I'm living on the air in Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, WKRP.

Got kind of tired packing and unpacking,
Town to town and up and down the dial
Maybe you and me were never meant to be,
But baby think of me once in awhile.

I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati...

Wild-eyed, she pulled at his sleeve. "Let's go," she said, the knife-edge of panic turning her voice to a near-scream. "We have to leave now!"

Finally starting to understand, he nodded slowly, and they turned to run.

By then, of course, it was already far too late.