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Time to give up comics... again?
So yeah, I'm seriously considering quitting comic books again. I did it once before in the mid 1990s, when things really began to spiral out of control in the business, and now I'm considering it again for a very familiar reason.
I'm just not reading them anymore.
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Need advice from the massage-minded among us, please
Very stressful week at work today, which hit its peak for me on Wednesday when a co-worker of mine got his Very Last Warning. I consider this guy a friend, and I know enough to know that he can't afford to lose this job. And additionally, it got me worried about the tenuousness of my own situation: while I am in nowhere near the trouble this guy ( Read more... ) -
Post-stress stress is stressful!
So where have I been? Yeah, long story ( Read more... ) -
Things I'm Thankful For
In no particular order ( Read more... ) -
And what did you do for your birthday, Mr. [Fletcher]?
I got an H1N1 vaccine up the nose.
So, um, happy birthday to me? -
Know what's fun?
Working in a hospital during a pandemic scare. -
Hello (from the) Bay Area!
Arrived safe and sound in San Mateo last night, and will be here through the weekend. Maggie and Ivy are in desperate need of a park, or something similar, so that they may run around like crazy things and work off some of the energy they saved up by spending all of yesterday in the car.
Wheeeee! -
Quick fury
Our new Senior Analyst left several hours early today without taking PTO, saying as he left "It's my daughter's birthday, so I'm going to spend the rest of the day at (offsite clinic for which I don't have any actual tickets)." Which is basically code for "leaving for the day," because this jackass has also used the phrase Going To Offsite to mean ( Read more... ) -
Nine years ago...
...we said we would.
(And we still are, which is pretty darn cool.)
Happy Anniversary, Ra. Wubs. -
Your Second Tech Support Minute, with Rain
Second ticket: "Ever since customer put in new toner cartridge, a SUPPLY MEMORY ERROR has been coming up on the printer. Please come fix ASAP, as this is a critical printer ( Read more... )