Hello, blog ( Read more... )

I was given notice last week, so my last official day of employment, for now, is next Friday, January 11. I'm excited. The start of the new year, losing my loser job -- the sense of possibility is almost tangible. What's next? Anything could be next ( Read more... )

Ok, so I'm e-mailing they guy with the piercings and chain. He tells me it's a ritual in the Austrian village he's from, to pierce the nipples of the first-born. To remove the rings/studs/whatever is bad luck ( Read more... )

I winked at a guy on match.com... and he wrote back:

"I just wanted to let you know that I have nipple piercings with a chain between the two, as well as a tattoo on my upper right arm of a Dachshund. I wasn't sure if you would approve so I thought I would check before I tell you much more about myself. I hope you can see past these?"

Is he

Alright, alright... this is really too funny not to post...

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

Too cool...

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In 2007, ( Read more... )

When is the German "Buß- und Bettag" -- day of prayer and repentance? I have no idea anymore. But according to my Google calendar, which automatically updates the German holidays, it's every Wednesday of every year:


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Twenty years ago I had my first "boyfriend ( Read more... )

Our CEO just stormed into our office (the one I share with my boss), all irate, yelling that the sales team is not selling his product because they don't have the right materials from us. Of course, we don't have the technical specs or a demo of the product, because it's broken and not ready for market. Hmmm ( Read more... )

I've known for years that 9-5 office jobs drive me batty. The only exception was the job that involved some hard publishing deadlines with interesting (at least non-technical) content, that actually ran 6-6 most days. I was so stressed and busy and beating the deadlines that I forgot that I hate office jobs ( Read more... )