People have seemed odd lately. Down. Low energy. I think that the death and pollen in the air are getting to us.
Therefore, I shall indulge in a rare repeat posting:
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I now possess a new telephone. It cost me $6 to upgrade from my old and busted RAZR to my new and unbelievably hot KRAZR. Thank you, Verizon. I don’t know yet about the many ways in which this will screw up my account … so I’m still thrilled. I’m shuffling around the house, calling . . . → Read More: New Phone justkidding_nr and I were discussing the internet this weekend. The fact that, sometimes, there’s a funny story out there, and there’s no dignified way to admit how it was that you found yourself looking at a particular website. I mean, damn, that website might be funny … but how exactly did you find your way . . . → Read More: Bean Excellent weekend with the fam, down in VA. redmed and I got the hell out of DC just before a series of traffic accidents closed the roads that we used, like, literally just behind us. At least, that’s what the radio said. I was pleased. We got out to the country and had a grand . . . → Read More: Hello world Exciting day at work today. The real high point was an officemate declaring that he was only there because he was “out of sick days,” but that he was still “real sick,” and had been “sneezing up blood,” earlier in the day. He then seated himself and turned on a fan that blew air out . . . → Read More: Various, from DC Okay, I’m irritated. Doesn’t help that I’m in DC, still working at 7:20 in the evening, having caught the 7:55am flight down here. I’m irritated at Apple. . . . → Read More: Dear Apple. Went to yoga church this morning and was surprised to see that the inspirational quote of the day was from the bible: The kingdom of heaven is within you (Luke, 17-21) The teacher (Tom, who owns the place) started class by saying “I get a lot of evangelical materials shared with me through the mail . . . → Read More: Balance If you really want to change someone’s mind, to truly communicate with them, you need to understand their point of view. Simply bludgeoning a person with logic or volume will never do anything beyond forcing them to fall silent when you’re around. This is not a long term victory. This makes communicating across the deep . . . → Read More: Communication |
