"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake on Jul 8th, 2008
I’m not a real regular reader of Jezebel; I check in weekly to see if there’s a new Fine Lines book review, and then I scram. Most of the site just isn’t my style. It’s very glib, kind of snotty, and often “dishes” about celebrities and microcelebrities of the New York party scene. It can […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake on Apr 11th, 2008
Oh yes, I am ever and ever so annoyed! Still no bank card. Once again, the fucking thing was returned without notice. I just happened to be so lucky as to get to the bank just before closing to learn this. Apparently, they are going to hold it at the office for me. The department […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Apr 7th, 2008
(I’m still working out a few snags with my cable modem, so the pics and write-up from Ouachita will have to wait) – In the meantime: I’ve had a couple of experiences just recently that have brought to my attention how much of customer-service is simply the application of good communication. It is now almost […]
Posted in Adventures, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Well I'll Be Darned on Feb 10th, 2008
Well, my computer has upped and died. It’s not a big shock nor surprise – it had been acting shaky and shady for a while, and it hadn’t been built by a professional initially anyhow. So, the ol’ beast finally went toes-up. Because I had an inkling this day would be coming sooner rather than […]
Posted in Oh, for fuck's sake, Other Bike Stuff on Jan 24th, 2008
My winter helmet is a real beaut. It’s a Nutcase bmx/skateboard helmet I lucked into at Cranksgiving. They had a raffle going on, and a fellow Earthrider had won this helmet, but it was too small for him. Also he wasn’t real sold on the style – he called it a “hippie helmet” because it […]
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Jan 11th, 2008
I’m a nosy piece of work, and I dig other folks’ “what’s in my bag” posts and pictures on Flickr, so I thought I would do my own. Also, I had to clean my bag yesterday (Exxon-style glitter spill), so I figured since everything was out of it, I might as well take a picture […]
Posted in Adventures, bike commuting, Distractions, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Dec 27th, 2007
And today I come bearing photographic evidence of the unexpected urban ungulates: Behold! The zoomed-in pictures kind of suck because I had to use my digital zoom which means the image quality suffers. But. Goats! I created a set and called it Goatography. I hope to get some better shots another day.
Posted in Distractions, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Too lazy to classify on Dec 11th, 2007
My current job falls roughly within the realms of “PR and Marketing.” Technically I’m in communications, though mostly what I do is business-writing, which suits me fine. Because the work that I do fits best in the pigeonhole marked “PR and Marketing,” I occasionally receive fliers and professional publications from the real PR and Marketing […]
Posted in meta, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 26th, 2007
I will admit that I am a regular viewer of my own website’s statistics, ESPECIALLY the search engine terms. Most of them are either pervalicious or statistically improbably. In the past week, for instance, we have “cat kicking head,” “i like swirly in toilet sensual” and “why is the left sie (sic) of my head […]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Nov 2nd, 2007
Yesterday I felt terribly smug about how my journal has become significantly less whiney in recent times. I sure set myself up for something, let me tell you. I had something akin to the adult version of Alexander’s Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day today.  It was a day of bungling, being thwarted, and […]