Stopped into Target today, and when I came outside, the weather had gone from pleasantly warm to stiflyingly humid. Came home and joined the spousal unit in a gin and tonic. Just sitting here now listening to the thunder, a sound I very much missed in two decades in California. The fog is beautiful, but [...]
Entries from May 2008
Ready or not, here comes summer
May 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: North Carolina · Weather
Token post
May 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments
This is just a post to remind myself yes, I do have a blog, and I should post on it once in a blue moon. Been uber-focused on learning how to create templates in Joomla lately, with my own site and a couple of pro bono sites as fodder. And if you have no idea [...]
Tags: Geek stuff · Working World
Grouse grouse grump grump
May 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
I just spent over 2 hours trying to correct overcharges on both my Verizon bill (2nd month running) and a Bank of America balance transfer. I’m really sick and tired of companies that basically flat out lie to you, and then make you jump through hoops to get your money back.
And yes, Alltel, I’m looking [...]
Tags: pet peeves
The small print
May 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments
From a credit card offer, which includes 0% APR on transfers until 2009: “We may change your account terms, including rates, at any time for any reason. This means that your account rates, including any promotional rates offered, are not guaranteed.”
In other words: whatever we promise you today, we could be lying through our teeth [...]
Tags: Communications · Politics · Working World
Scariest thing I’ve seen in Durham
May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I was just accosted by a Moonie. In the lobby of the Snow Building.
As soon as he said he was from the Unification Church, I just said two words. “Please leave.”
I knew people who were suckered into going to their “ranch” in Boonville, only to find that they were never left alone with their thoughts, [...]
Tags: 27701 · Atheism · Durham, NC · Society · Weird shit
Haiku: 5 Years Later
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
“Mission Accomplished”
What kind of bullshit was that?
Lying piece of shit
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Haiku
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Roast beef wrap tonight
Tortilla tastes like paper
Tossed it in the can
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Tags: Daily Life · Food · Haiku
Haiku
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
9 a.m. already.
Write proposal or pay bills?
I need more coffee.
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Tags: Daily Life · Haiku · Working World