"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Gratuitous Cussing, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Aug 24th, 2010
I was in a colossally bad mood yesterday after having to work on my day off, plus learning that I didn’t get the promotion I’d applied for (one which would have gotten me off the phone lines and allowed me to wear ear-protectors at work and not have to listen to my co-workers gabbling at […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jun 23rd, 2010
An adaptation of one of the golden lines from one of my favorite dumb movies, Zack & Miri Make A Porno. I got to thinking this the other day when, in the midst of a call, one of my customers hacked a big, throaty loogie while conducting business with me. Because I am the consummate […]
Posted in bike commuting, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Ruby the Dog, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Apr 16th, 2010
Man, oh man, yesterday I had two flats at once and it was a pain in the ass. I picked up some goat-head thorns during one of Ruby’s and my excursions into the West Bottoms. The dog likes to run, and I don’t, so what we do to compromise is I leash her up and […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Hair issues, meta, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Feb 2nd, 2010
Any woodchucks poking their heads out here in KC today weren’t too likely to see any shadows…it was overcast and kind of grimy today. Winter in Kansas City, when it isn’t snowy, is not an aesthetic triumph. I’ve been hunkered down pretty deep lately…gone to ground so you might say. Here I am popping my […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Nov 12th, 2009
Years ago, there was an online advice column called Etiquette Grrls, wherein two kind of snotty preppy girls dished out snarky etiquette and lifestyle advice to a clueless write-in audience. Then, they got a book deal and published two different etiquette books titled Things You Need To Be Told, and More Things You Need To […]
Posted in Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Sep 28th, 2009
Dude, those are four words, spoken in conjunction, that I was wondering if I’d ever hear again applied to whatever I was doing to earn my keep. Late-08 and most of ’09 have been some rough miles on the employment front. I was looking for work and out of a job from late November ’08 […]
Posted in Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Sep 25th, 2009
Wow, today was pretty disgusting. I guess it started off when I got shat upon on my way to work. Some sort of bird which had been eating lots of something chock full of chlorophyll took a big ol’ juicy, seedy dump on my right shoulder as I rode in to work. I kind of […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, beer and/or homebrewing, Distractions, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Lists, Other Bike Stuff, Trashboat Shenanigans, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jun 5th, 2009
Yep, it’s gonna be one of those days and one of these entries. 1. They’ve been playing some butt-ass-awful music at work lately. Like worse than usual, and usual appears to be Adult-Contemporary Hits of the 1980s and ’90s. The recent streak of aural atrocities however, really has me scratching my head. Are they trying […]
Posted in Family, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Apr 15th, 2009
Well, I’ve finally got a new job! I can’t even begin to express how very relieved and happy I am to be back amongst the employed again. Even if the work becomes stressful, it won’t be a patch on the stresses of knowing that you are steadily and inexorably going broke. Of course before I […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Party, Playing With Weather, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jan 23rd, 2009
Well, we’re back to winter again. Yesterday it was around 60, and I rode around town sans jacket, gloves, and hat. Today it is around 30, and I will be bundling up right and proper to head out to a job interview this afternoon. But yesterday was so gorgeous you could easily forget that we’re […]