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My boss is an a**hole

Posted in July 15th, 2007
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I am self-employed, but he’s such a jerk I’ve kinda been on strike for 6 months. I’ve still been trying to keep up on forum/support questions, but no new posts.
Had to move, as well. Really move, like furniture and stuff.
Updated back-end to WordPress 2.2.1. Been away from the About Me widget for so long [...]

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Guide to using the WordPress Support Forums

Posted in July 19th, 2006
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Which of the following is true?

The Wordpress Support Forums can be a wonderful resource, a gold mine of wisdom and technical expertise, with quick, salient responses that get me right back on track…
The WordPress Support Forums can be a black hole you drop questions into, never to be responded to, or the responses seem to [...]

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I find greed disgusting (or: Bausch&Lomb…)

Posted in May 20th, 2006
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I think the definition of Incorporated is 'self-centered'. Isn't a corporation really just an attempt to remove any personal responsibility by creating an entity unto itself? bleh.
I watched with disgust as Ron Zarrella , CEO of B&L displayed confidence (denial) and purpose (minimizing, denial) on B&L's recent TV commercial (PR rescue attempt).

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A sense of comfort…

Posted in April 24th, 2006
Published in Computers, Things

Made changes/customizations and am feeling comfy with the site right now. Ask me again next week ;') Feeling good about the change of hosting as well. I moved from APlus.net to Network Solutions. Aplus.net is not customer friendly at all, and it's not simply because their tech support is overseas. Their support people are [...]

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Just figured out the meaning of life!

Posted in April 2nd, 2006
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Or so it seemed in this picture:

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First day of school!

Posted in August 31st, 2004
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Not for me. Samantha was running late. Big surprise. Not. Drove her to school and as she stepped out of the car she hesitated, turned to me and said:
“I think I’m gonna puke…”
Ahhhh, those wonder years!!!
After school three boys walked her home. geez.

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wheee…

Posted in August 20th, 2004
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Had fun talking to needa (name tweaked to protect the innocent) last night about epiphanies, vibrations (molecular through emotional), sonar and zen. She had some neat stories about doing artwork with others, particularly others who are not ‘normally’ artistic. Good stuff, wish I had my recorder ;’)
My teenage daughter got in the shower before 10am [...]

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What a day…

Posted in August 16th, 2004
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Last Thursday the shop below me had some phone lines put in, and mine stopped working. Like the technician just decided he didn't have enough wire for their job so he took mine. Figured it out Friday, then had to go through something like Kafka's 'The Trial' to convince RCN that no, I did [...]

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