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Happy New Year's (+5)
Well, I've been a slacker about LJ lately but, life is back to normal now so time for an update. First off, I did actually write my new year's resolutions out but I've kept them private so, we'll see if I can actually pull them off over the next 360 days. Now, onto the update:
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Ideas for your next job
Dear President Bush,
You should think about taking up dodgeball once your term is up. You've got some pretty good moves. -
Santa Claus will take you to Hell
Ah, the fiasco that is Olympia this time of year. I'm sure plenty of you have heard of the church that wants to put this sign up at the capitol.
Here's a converation with Shirley Phelps-Roper, a spokesperson of the church in question. I laughed at the absolute insanity of this person but, at the same time, it scares me when I think of all the ( Read more... ) -
Let your fingers do the tossing
An interesting question came up on our home owners discussion today. Someone was asking about how to stop getting Yellow Pages dropped on their front doorstep. This annoys me quite a bit as well as I have an internet connection and, therefore, no use for this massive tome (thus, it ends up directly in the recycle bin). This prompted a little ( Read more... ) -
...and no religion too
The circus that is going on down in Olympia right now has brought up a lot of religious discussion as of late. Outside of the whole debate over Christmas (which I think is absurd because Christmas is a pretty secular holiday in this country), there's a lot of talk about the "majority of Americans are Christian" and the "small minority of non- ( Read more... ) -
High as a kite
I seems all of the years of bypassing medication to get well has really lowered my tolerance. Looking at pretty colors today...
At least I don't feel like I'm coughing up body parts anymore. -
Bleh
I'm so sick I actually went to the doctor. I never go to the doctor. I actually got drugs. I never get drugs.
I'm going to go die now. -
Test Methodology and Dogs
One thing I've learned as a software tester (and actually, even in support), is that people tend to make assumptions that all "obvious" things have been tried. This is actually not exclusive to my particular job but, it is a pet peeve of mine. So, I guess I shouldn't be suprised when I see it in other aspects of life ( Read more... ) -
Shop till you drop (or someone else does)
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals..."
I love this quote from Men in Black. Aside from many Darwin award winners and nominees, I think a good majority of people are relatively rational and intellegent human beings. The flip side to this is that, in groups, the sum of their parts often falls way below standard. This ( Read more... ) -
Dave Ross - Bailout fill in the blanks
This just brought me to tears this morning. Dave Ross' 101 lecture on bailouts:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=75&sid=109286
