Monthly Archives: December 2007

Oh Facebook. You Sadden Me.

From my Facebook “news feed” which tells me who among my friends is SOOOO EXCITED FOR NEW YEARS!!!!!! or “tired of the dumb asses” or “watching TV,” comes this poignant piece of news: Joe Blowe (not his real name) updated … Continue reading

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Hott Tipp

If you, like me, try to use our local transit authority’s website to figure out how to get from point A to point B and curse in frustration each time when it (the website) does not recognize either of your … Continue reading

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Carry On Up the Wayward Son

I have a relationship with portable music players that dates back to my first Sony Walkman and 1987 when I took it, Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet” and my surliest teenage face to Italy for the summer. From then until … Continue reading

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False Advertising, or: Non-Sequitur Monday

For example: Cheez Whiz adds Personality. I mean, isn’t Cheez Whiz pretty much synonymous with bland, flavourless plastic? Is that the kind of personality you want on your celery (which, in itself is rather blah, though crunchy)? Was it the … Continue reading

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Against All Odds

Despite the following: – I have a cold (so far, not terribly disabling [or surprising, given the time of year and my track record with Christmas Illness]) – it snowed this morning (WTF?) – I needed two items from the … Continue reading

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