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Happy turkeying
An old joke: what is the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? A pessimist says, well, at least it cannot get any worse. An optimist says, oh yes, it can!
Not a lot went right this year, so in line with being an optimist and a mathematically inclined person*, I'll be thankful for all the things that could have gone wrong but did not.
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personality funnies
Me, after a communications-type class at work: "So, I don't really take criticism well"
Husband: "BWAHAHAHAHAHA, you don't?! really? BWAHAHAHA!"
So, uh, yes, that's something I might want to work on. Some time next century. -
I detest suburbs
I used to suspect that I was not fond of suburbs, but now I know for sure.
Hygienic pads? Oh, none sold at the (expensive, dammit) hotel. You have to drive to get to the nearest pharmacy -- easy, if you have a car. Without a car, it's a 1 mile treck alongside of and across highways. And back. About 50% of the route has sidewalks.
Grrreat.
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Wow, good service from a credit card company?!
Just called AmEx to change my name, and was pleasantly surprised with ( Read more... ) -
Sleepy.
I thought that I would feel more awake if I ate something.
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Positive influence. LOLCats haz it.
So, I was freaking out about plumbing problems (about which I may complain later) and decided that the best outlet would be to make a "Stress. I has it" LOLCat. But after looking through 5 pages of cute, relaxed cat pictures, trying to find a scared-looking cat to stick the caption on, I am no longer stressed ( Read more... ) -
2008 Primaries
Exciting times ( Read more... ) -
WTF of the day
Young Female Voice: Hi, my name is ... and I would like to conduct a survey. We will not sell... blah... information ( Read more... ) -
compliment of the day
Colleague (commenting on a problem with $X): Yeah, this is definitely a problem. When Mr. $another_colleague said he was having problems, I was doubtful, but when you said you were, I knew it wasn't you, it was me. -
Things I've learned after the return flight from SF
My luggage is quite possibly in South Africa right now, although it could also plausibly be in Atlanta or San Francisco. One place where it most certainly is not? New York ( Read more... )