February 2011
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January 2011
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I am trying to book a flight for March. Trying.
I got all the way to billing, typed in my address, hit the no-turning-back confirm purchase button.
And it says it can’t verify my address. Try again. I did. Three times.
Now I have to start over, because I’ve exceeded the maximum amount of payment attempts.
I’m not really sure what I’m doing wrong with my address....
I just got a voice mail notification on my phone. The phone didn’t ring. There’s no missed call.
Check the voice mail, and it’s nothing but static and weird noises.
This isn’t creepy at all.
If anyone needs me, I’ll be lining my doorways and window sills with salt, burning sage, and eHow’ing exorcisms.
If I Ruled the World...
Perhaps we can cut spending by eliminating subsidies to corn farmers.
Which would drastically decrease the production of high fructose corn syrup, since subsidies are the only thing keeping it cheaper than sugar.
Which would, I am 99% sure, reduce the obesity rate in the United States.
Which would cut down on heart disease and diabetes and complications of both across the board.
Which would...
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Internet Debating: 101
If you make a statement and someone offers a counterpoint that you can’t give a sound argument against, wait a week and post it again. Or just go post your original statement on a different website.
Type in all caps.
Remember that everyone with a different opinion is an idiot who hates America and Baby Jesus. They are destroying your country. They probably love Hitler.
Poor spelling and...
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Next Up On The Secret Lives of Social Workers...
It would be wonderful to live in a magical land of ponies and rainbows and unlimited state funding but, alas. We don’t. Perhaps until we do, the people at the resource center could be a little bit better trained in the fine art of actually taking a passing glance at their own handbook to determine the services the case management team does and does not provide. Then they can give an accurate...
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“Oh what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The...”
– John Keats - La Belle Dame Sans Merci, 1819
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“Sometimes people are layered like that. There’s something totally different underneath than what’s on the surface.” “And sometimes there’s a third even deeper level and that’s the same as the top surface one.” “Huh?” “Like with pie.”
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Watchmeganelaineclarke:
A VERY important public service announcement.
Reblogging for @SaraSantiago. Because it’s never to early to have ‘The Talk’ with your kids.
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Sometimes I just get things. Pieces just fall into place in my head and let me see a bigger picture. And it just seems so ridiculously simple that it blows my mind how no one else can see it too. Not even if I try to explain it. Explaining often just makes it worse. And it’s hard to accept that. And it’s not because I’m smarter than everyone (usually), I just think differently.
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I’m trying to wear a button down shirt like a proper pseudo-hipster and I run into the same problem I always do.
Having a chest size bigger than flat produces a gaping hole right at boob level.
I cannot be the only one with the Button Down Shirt Blues.
Surely, some fashion company somewhere can address this issue successfully.
I mean someone besides New York & Co. I want to be able...
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“I think my blood type changed too,” she thought to no one in particular, as the life-saving transfusion slowly killed her. “If only I had read the right horoscope, I might have known.”
Things I Hate About Meetings
Conference rooms without clocks.
The words “We’ll just wait a few more minutes for people to show up.” How about not? Some of us have schedules we need to keep. We need to get back to our work day. We got here on time. There’s this thing called The Future. We live in it. We have calendars in our email and on our phones. We can even set alarms to remind us we have a...
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I Am A Military Brat
I am a Military Brat. My hometown is nowhere, my friends are everywhere, and if I haven’t been someplace yesterday, I am sure to go there tomorrow. I grew up with bugle calls and artillery salutes and the knowledge that home is where the heart is and the family—with no dependence on the dwelling.Mobility is my way of life. I have found security and happiness in motels and guest houses,...
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You wanna know what I think?
Taking a tragedy and using it for your own political agenda is just as cowardly as being the shooter.
My thoughts and prayers go out to those who’s lives have been affected by the shootings of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today’s horrible tragedy. They were trying to make our country a better place. They might want to do that in a different way than you...
We go through this every election. Democrat or Republican, it doesn’t matter. It’s the end of the goddamn world because the wrong party is in office. Cry about. Yell at your friends. Move to Canada. Light some candles. Hold up signs. Type in all caps on the internet. Anything to keep from having to deal with someone not agreeing with your opinions for a few years.
I wonder who held...
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…Be More Interesting - It’s all in your... →
1. Listen more than you talk.
2. If you notice yourself getting bored with what you’re saying, stop talking. Acknowledge the situation. Smile. Move on.
3. Know a few historical anecdotes. Like this one: To enhance creativity, surrealist painter Salvador Dalí recommended afternoon naps lasting less than a second. He would lie in his chair, arms outstretched, holding a metal key in his left...
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