Yeah, I’ll get right on that.

So, I pulled some quick economic stats from CNN this morning. In the first six months of 2008: 438,000 jobs in the US disappeared 343,159 Americans lost their homes Today, the union asked us to vote to give them the ability to take us out on strike next month. The stupid…it burns!

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Because a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Twenty-one years. That’s how long I’ve been with my employer as of today. I spent a bit of the day considering where I’ve gotten through those years. I had a brief moment where I actually got to flex my geek muscles and play tech support. The rest of the time, I’ve been in one customer [...]

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Let me count the ways…

I was poking around on the Apple site to find new webapps for my iPhone when I stumbled across Digicounter. It’s a handy enough app, but I had to laugh when I read the description:  Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Count the number of times a coworker did something annoying? Jeebus…I’d burn my phone out before [...]

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An open note to Annoying Co-worker #3

Dearest AC#3, Due to the banter between you and the other ACs, I have taken to wearing sound-isolating earbuds at my desk. This, in itself, is not a bad thing. Listening to podcasts all day gives me an opportunity to learn, whereas listening to you people prattling on would surely destroy more brain cells than [...]

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