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Entries from January 2003

Wow! THAT Was A Marathon

January 31st, 2003 · 1 Comment

Wow! I just won the ass-in-chair marathon. Non-stop work from 8AM yesterday until 7PM today. Nearly 36 straight hours. Only a short sleep the previous night (about 3 hours) and you can repeat today in yesterday’s slot. For those keeping score, draw a smiley with 2 ‘x’-es for eyes. [...]

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Tags: Work

F*cking Computers!

January 31st, 2003 ·

Something about having to start all over at 4 in the morning just doesn’t seem right.

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Tags: Work

Micklethwait’s Law of Negotiated Misery

January 31st, 2003 · 1 Comment

“the ‘self-managed’ classes negotiate themselves into lives of permanent misery.”

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Tags: Capitalism · Culture · Opinions · Theories · Work

Hey man, shut the fuck up.

January 30th, 2003 · 8 Comments

A matter of time before some joker made some puerile comment about the WWII atomic bomb-drops. What would clownie-boy be saying about the United States’ human rights record had the U.S. invaded Japan to end the war and millions and millions would have lost their lives?

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Tags: General

Microlinguistics

January 30th, 2003 ·

My son, he takes a stuffed elephant, puts it under a pillow, and calls it suitcase.

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Tags: Grammar and Words

Software Support

January 30th, 2003 · 1 Comment

Three nights, five calls, one rebooted PC, two bugs: I work from home, but I don’t set my own hours.

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Tags: Work

Atlantan Superhumans

January 30th, 2003 · 2 Comments

What’s up with all of these super-babies? Unbelievable! What’d you feed ‘em, raw egg milk shakes and slimfast between meals?

I think Atlanta is breeding the next generation of SuperHumans.

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Tags: Life

This’ll Send Ted Into A Tissy

January 30th, 2003 · 2 Comments

AOL/Time Warner reported the single-largest annual loss for a corporation in history, largely due to a $35B write-down of the value of AOL. The total reduction in the value of the company’s assets for the year: $100B. Ted, exit stage left.
Now that’s HUGE, folks.
I’ve read a few articles on this, and [...]

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Tags: Economy

Why The Fuck?

January 30th, 2003 ·

Why the fuck am I still working after midnight?
I screwed myself over at work today by being a dumbass. It could have been exhaustion or starvation, but it was totally my fault. That was fun.
I didn’t drink anything for 14 straight hours in a de-humidified, freezing environment and my lips got so chapped [...]

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Tags: Work

Tension and Fame’s a Career Korea Korea Korea

January 29th, 2003 ·

Days like today make me wonder about my career choice. Or more accurately, lack thereof because I never chose it, it chose me.
The day started out fine and dandy enough. My commute was extra special. I stepped to the East Lake MARTA station’s platform just as the westbound train pulled in. [...]

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Tags: Work

Glenwood Park

January 29th, 2003 · 10 Comments

I just found this web site for Charles Brewer’s (former Mindspring CEO and Mullet-head) new development project, Glenwood Park.
This development is located very near our old house in a disused section of urban Atlanta and, quite frankly, looks really kick ass. One could dis for the “theme park” quality, but hey, it’s better [...]

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Tags: Architecture · Atlanta

We’re Screwed

January 29th, 2003 · 1 Comment

Ass in Chair Disease.

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Tags: General

More Wackiness from the UN

January 29th, 2003 · 4 Comments

Those UN bureaucrats must have a great sense of irony. This is worse than Libya: Iraq will soon be the chair of the UN Conference on Disarmament.

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Tags: General

Two Things Annoying Me Right Now

January 28th, 2003 ·

Books about weblogs—Sorry to anyone who has written one of these or contributed to one. In fact, I respect you for doing so and read many of your weblogs on a regular basis. However, it’s just not… there. I don’t see much reason for a book about weblogs, nor am I [...]

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Tags: Observations

No wonder Bo never let him drive

January 27th, 2003 · 1 Comment

http://www.wopat.com/

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Tags: Culture