I have now successfully paid (or partially paid, in the case of the doctors’ bills), all of my bills except for the one from unemployment. The Office says they “overpaid” me by $65, and they’d like that money back. During the 4 weeks I was out of work, I received a whopping $655 from the […]
The company I work for leases the top ten or twelve floors of a big high rise downtown, and my co-receptionist, Nell, and I receive all of the FedEx, DHL, UPS and messenger deliveries for all ten floors on our floor. We serve as the public reception desk – there’s another one on the Executive
Speed-reading test. The problem is, you’ve gotta test for comprehension. It’s like asking someone to take a typing test and then not subtracting from their score based on mistakes they make. Hey, I can type 300 words a minute going ASOWHOHD nsdoafnsohf[oweihf aosdjfao sidkjf fajsd pfajsodf!!! Cheerful hamster for breakfast! The Speech Accent Archive. English
It’s snowing again. In March. The thing is, when I got back to the lower 48 after my two-year stint in Alaska, I got into the habit of assuming that Spring came in… March. This is because in WA State, where I’m originally from, the Spring bulbs spring in… March. But here in Chicago, Spring
When I’m feeling really down about my work, I go to the bookstore downtown or down the street and I stand in front of the SF/F section. Then I open books at random and read the first few lines, the first paragraph. 98% of the time, it makes me feel a lot better. The rest
So, I cashed out my 401(K) so I could pay $360 a month for “catastrophic” health insurance, which means they don’t pay anything toward any of my medical costs until after I pay $2500 out of pocket. No co-pays, no 50% and certainly no 80% of anything, until I cough $2500 out of my ass
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One of the first things you learn, as a traveler, one of the hardest lessons, is that you always take yourself with you. This sometimes really sucks. You default to the best and worst in yourself when you strip everything else away, and you figure out how much of who you are is tied to
Including dictionaries of all-vowel words, all-consonant words, and one letter words.
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Note to self: yea, you know, all those complex carbs you know you can’t eat anymore but you decided to get all pissed off and eat anyway? Yea, that’s why you had headaches all last week and felt like your feet were going to fall off at night. A bagel once a week is fine.