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Archive for August 2007

Twitter Updates for 2007-08-28

The amount of effort I spend daily trying not to complain is a useful indicator of a few things, methinks. #
Trying to understand why someone would choose to become a police officer and yet seem not to aspire to being helpful. #

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An Open Letter to Whomever Stole My Bike

Thank you for taking my bike, either this morning or last night (I assume). I’ve been almost embarrassed to ride the thing for some time now. Anyone who knows me knows I’m a man of culture, style, and grace, and that bike would never have been confused with any of those. By [...]

Twitter Updates for 2007-08-27

Wondering what a 3-day notice allows the electric company to prepare for. Ninjas? Definitely ninjas. #
Suffocating under the weight of mundanity and gross incompetence. Welcome to America! #
One of the subtlest, and therefore most difficult, parts of any sort of endeavor, is prioritization. Anyone have useful tricks? #
Leaving…finally. #

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Twitter Updates for 2007-08-22

Er…I have no desire. #
"I wasn’t really expecting to learn anything from your presentation, but, surprisingly, I did. Thanks!" #
I’m facing admittedly anecdotal evidence, but evidence still, that the oft praised beauty of the human mind is…not quite. #
I think I might eventually develop a soup organ. <shakes fist> Campbell’s! #
I’ve decided that, [...]

In Motion

I am off in mere minutes to a 7-person road trip, including me, Danielle, Danielle’s mom, my girls, two of our boys, and, well, me. For 14 hours. Or more.
14.
Hours.
7 people.
I’m sure there’s something quite appropriately quotable here. It probably came from Groucho or Karl Marx. Some Marx. Hell, maybe [...]

Twitter Updates for 2007-08-21

Check out The Design Canopy: www.designcanopy.com #
When I’m tempted to whine, I think, ‘There are people still ‘employed’ as slaves as I sit and breathe." Still, this sucks. #
HR can’t seem to find on my PPO plan the co-pay for trepanation. I guess it’s back to the Electro-Soothing Device. #
@alexkingorg Don’t you mean [...]

Aggrandize Softly

Why Puffing Out Your Chest is Always Puffing Out Your Chest
I was watching a French black & white movie tonight, and in the introductory scene, a young rebellious hipster poet assures his friend that he doesn’t want to become a famous poet. He wants to remain anonymous. I found this a curious statement.
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