Dear American Idol,
Africa is a continent. Not a country. That is all.
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Grindhouse
Like everything I’ve seen of Tarantino’s, Grindhouse is a rollicking good ride, but a disturbing, uncomfortable one that remixes cliches and then one-ups them by taking everything just that much further than anybody else does. You want blood and gore? Oh, indeed, there will be blood! Buckets! Cheesy dialogue? You bet! Strippers with hearts of
Creativity and Education
“If you’re afraid to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”
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Math is Hard
One of the toughest things I’ve been dealing with the last month – aside from (and relating to) negotiating personal relationships – is depression. It’s not bad enough that I can’t function, but the longer I go without a job, the worse my health gets, the less money I have for stuff like meds and
Not Much Worse…
… than wacky sugar numbers and the resulting cognitive fuzz that makes you just not care. So tired.
Minimum Credit Card Payments for April:
$410.00 Yup, that’s the last time I can pay those without being employed. If nothing comes up next week, I’ll pick up those food service applications. I’m not going to make it, otherwise.
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International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day
In honor of the first annual International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, here’s Two Girls. This story’s been freely available on and off for years, but never sold. In addition, of course, there are the stories freely available on the sidebar.
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Decision
I turned down the job offer yesterday morning, after speaking with family and friends about it. As much as I need the money, and the first-day health benefits, well, if I took that job, packed up my shit, and started Monday, I would *really* need the health benefits because I’d break myself down. It took
Struck Dead By Technology
For various reasons, I’m up late tonight, unable to sleep, and began obsessively clicking on my “stumbleupon” button in the upper right hand corner of my toolbar. Suddenly, I was brought up short with a pop-up window stating, “Unknown error – database failure.” I continued obsessively clicking on the button, and continued to get the
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Job Offer
Well, my old boss back in Chicago pulled through and made me a job offer. I asked for 45K and a 5K moving bonus. I received a job offer letter for 43K and a 4K moving bonus and a 30-day “free stay” at the company residential “service center” place. Medical starts right away. 3 weeks