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Call-Forwarding; A Techno-Shamanic Fantasy
Dammit. It’s been an ongoing problem for weeks now.


It started when I forwarded my desk-phone to my company-issued cellphone before leaving work one night. It’s part of my routine, and I do it every evening.


But this time…the phone system suffered some kind of hiccup. My phone stayed in call-forwarding mode, while every other phone on my floor seemed to lose their call-forwarding capabilities.


Whatever. The prob has been logged with the helpdesk, numerous follow-up queries have... read more
Wed, August 8, 2007 - 6:54 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
Really Bad Week
It's probably premature to call this The Worst Week Ever (it is, after all, only Thursday), but it sure as hell ain't been a joyous one.

On Monday I was anally raped by a fiber optic cable. On Tuesday I made a teeny weeny work-error, that crashed a global network.

Today I forgot our wedding anniversary (how sitcom cliche of me).

Since a 7-day do-over is probably out of the question, I guess I'll settle for this week being over and done with, ASAP. Selah.
Thu, August 2, 2007 - 9:57 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
A Writer's Epitaph
Writing one's own epitaph: that's a macabre effort that writers especially are tempted into. Thankfully, wiser heads usually prevail and more traditional chiselings usually end up on the stone.

But for whatever it's worth, here are my favorites:
H.G. Wells: "Goddamn you all, I told you so."
Dorothy Parker: "Pardon my dust."
Dorothy Parker (yeah, she was noir enough to write multiples): "Everywhere she went, including here, was against her better judgment."

And mine? (Without claiming... read more
Thu, July 26, 2007 - 12:11 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
awesome technology in the palm of my hand
I now have the ability to pause live TV. I ain't sayin I'm Master of the Universe...but I'm closer now than ever before.

Screwed up world we got, yeah, but we sure do have some sweet toys to ease the pain.
Sun, July 22, 2007 - 8:05 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
A few questions for the gentleman from Louisiana (which should be asked on the floor of the Senate, but won't be)
I know the gentleman from Louisiana, and his wife, would like to put the subject of his, er, indiscretions behind them...but I'm afraid it won't be that easy. It has been well said by myriad others that Mr. Vitters has invited this scrutiny through his past moral hypocrisy in pronouncing stern judgment on a single case of adultery. One signature difference, a difference that doesn't invite this scrutiny but rather demands it, between that indiscretion and Mr. Vitter's, is that Mr. Vitter's... read more
Fri, July 20, 2007 - 2:35 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
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