When I was about seven years old, my mom and dad sat me down out of the blue one day and explained to me that, even though they loved me very very much, they didn’t love each other anymore and so they wouldn’t be living together anymore. I listened very intently, nodded a lot, cried […]
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It seems like every time I go in here to write something, it looks different. And why would I want to change the color of my text anyway? And yet it still insists that using the Ctrl key will do useful things like save and publish. I can’t say I concur. I was going grocery […]
So five years ago today, we lost one of the greats: Paul Wellstone, US Senator for Minnesota. He was killed along with his wife, daughter and several staffers when his plane went down near Eveleth, MN. There’s nothing that can be said about him that someone hasn’t already done a much better job. So I […]
My site is currently 150% down down down. Which is a perfect excuse not to work (“but gosh, I can’t send email!”). Random Story: I’m attempting to come up with some new curse words. I was driving home tonight and was watching this car weave violently and haphazardly from lane to lane, nearly clipping a […]
White Castle and New Drive Throughs
So I had assumed that once we moved into our new building, the craziness would die down. No armed robber running around the block after robbing the corner store, no natural disasters and (sadly) no SWAT teaming swarming the building looking for a tenant. But I assumed wrong. I got into work today and as […]
Well I’ll be snookered. I had to install a new browser this weekend, since my installing/uninstalling of various and sundry applications—which were totally totally absolutely 100% legal—appeared to have killed my ability to view Google pages. Other sites, just fine, but no Google. I thought maybe the internet pixies were punishing me for usage of […]
Ah, the after-birthday letdown. I think that’s why I hate them so (birthdays that is). There’s all this build-up and then It’s! Your! Day! And then the day after you go back to be nobody. Except you’re a year older. Ain’t that a gas. I did have a nice birthday, if unexpected. I ended up […]
I’m feeling thankful for the small things today. I’m feeling thankful for the small things today. Happy, Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday to me. And to you. Happy Birthday, baby, to me. […]
I don’t know who looks stupider on The World’s Most Smartingest Modelers—the models (they all come off as stupid but some are both stupid and oddly arrogant), the hosts, or me for suffering through it whilst trying to find the next airing of the Rock of Love Reunion. Okay, it’s on mute. Heavenly heavenly silence. […]
I’ve been going through my old rants and moving them to the new format. And I had completely forgotten about this ad from Channel 4 featuring a number of celebrities sharing their favorite curse words. It’s worth reposting. Even if it means I have the pretty vacant Mischa Barton on my rant page. […]
Sounds like there are more hearings on the sex and violence in hip hop. And what can be done about it. I’ve never been a big fan of censorship. And I don’t think an artist should have to hold back with what they have to say just to make sure they’re not offending people. Are […]
Did you make it over here with me? I suppose if you’re reading this, the answer would be “yes”. My mom got a new car this week. Finally. She’s been driving this white minivan for years, which seriously downgraded her coolness. So she bought a Toyota Matrix. I think mainly because the trunkage area is […]
What’s going on here, you ask? I’m in the middle of changing over my old rant to a new format. It’s just too hard to organize the thing anymore. So all old posts are being added in little by little until I’ve moved everything. Which should be completed sometime after never. […]
I made a field trip this afternoon to the local courthouse. It was slightly unscheduled (and a boring story to boot) but there you go. I had to take care of a ticket that I thought I’d already taken care of. Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t frequent local courthouses. So I […]
My car, while parked out in the suburbs at my mom’s, was broken into this weekend. Or… got into this weekend. They didn’t break anything. At least that I can tell. I haven’t looked in my trunk for fear of a dead body stowed away. In fact, the only evidence that something was amiss was […]
I’ve been wildly attempting to get organized this week. It’s not going well. But that’s okay. Things will sort themselves out eventually. I think. I’ve already had several sales at my newly updated and expanded store, thank you very much. Including my new favorite: the towel tee. Twelve more and the initial expense will be […]
I had my cellphone off for the latter half of the weekend. I would like to tell you it was because the battery was dead, but in actuality it was because I was trying to get work done in peace. So I checked messages today and have a mysterious call. It was either a wrong […]
I’m still struggling with the loss of my laptop. Along with some old files and accounts that I’ve had for ever. Which is so whiny. How many people open some stupid account and then forget the password and just open a new one? Like every day? And here I am all hung up on a […]
I want to write a story just so I can have the whole “Is that a threat?” “No. It’s a promise.” Exchange. Except it would just be: “Is that a threat?” “No. *beat* Yes, of course that’s a threat. What are you, slow?” I’ll work it in somewhere along the way. I got a call […]
The Jose Chung episode of X-Files is on right now. Classic—classic!—episode. A must-watch. I saw on the news tonight that the state is offering a $27 million bonus to the company rebuilding the 35W bridge if they come in under time. Now that’s an awesome idea! If it’s Opposites Day. Let’s just give the company […]
I’m sitting in the lobby of some random ass car place getting my… Something’s getting fixed. It was broken. Now they’re fixing it. Whatever. It’s a running theme these days. Saturday night, my laptop (the planetclaire.org satellite station) took a turn for the worse and is now waiting for its own exploratory whatever. In the […]