Yesterday, Nell and I discovered that someone has been stealing the handsoap bottles in the kitchen and in the coffee bar behind our reception desk at work (yes, we have a coffee bar behind the reception desk). Now we’re missing a huge jug of Jergens lotion. We have no idea who’s doing this, or why […]
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Surprise! If you write from a male POV, you must be a male writer, and if you write from a female POV, you must be a female writer. All hail the gender genie! I think this would have been more amusing if I didn’t peg the whole insert male POV scene followed by “try again”
… but when I was a kid, I didn’t think, “Golly gee, I want to be a professional Executive Assistant!” And yet, these people exist. Granted, in downtown Chicago they’re making six figures. But really, who would have thunk it?
… than a 52 number right after you’ve brushed your teeth. Dammit.
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… or I’m going to need to get a weekend gig at Starbucks.
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I have been trying to write up a post about writing and trauma for the last hour, inspired by this post. I guess I’m still in a bad enough place that I don’t feel like I can talk about it. Of course, much of my reluctance is that so much of the current situation would
"Girlfriend in a Coma, I Know/I Know – It’s Serious"* Read More »
I was never one of those people who had names for my cars, mainly because I never actually owned them – my parents did. I got my first laptop as a graduation present when I finished highschool, and though I never named it at the time, the person I gave it to when I upgraded
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I’ve been trying to get through Martha Wells’s City of Bones for a while now, mainly because it’s got a blasted-out desert setting with Old Ruines, bugs, mutants, and pirates, which sounded a lot like GW’s world to me, and I wanted to see how somebody else handled that sort of setting. And yea, you
When the Plucky Heroine Stomps Her Foot and Tosses Her Hair, You Know She Means Business Read More »
I received a bill in the mail today for $1617.73. This is the amount of money I owe to COBRA if I’d like to have continuing medical coverage through March. I have paid $360 of that, which leaves me to come up with roughly $1250 by March 10th or forfeit my ability to be insured
The Mounting Cost of Living Read More »