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Fatty, fatty, two by four

First, some background: 1.  Holly uses Jill’s blog to rant in a poorly-written post about fat people in scooters at Disney. It’s not funny, it misses the mark, and the comments go from cruel to butt-hurt to insane. 2.  Jenny … Continue reading

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Things I hate less than Progress Energy

Progress Energy is the utilities company for Florida and the Carolinas, and the worst one I’ve ever had the displeasure of relying on to provide my electricity.  Their standards are so poor that even on mild days, transformers blow and … Continue reading

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My Dating Deal Breakers

Almost two years ago I wrote a relatively pessimistic (and hilariously retrospectively ironic) post about my dating deal breakers. Since that post, I’ve grown as a person, and I think I’ve learned to appreciate the differences in people a little … Continue reading

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Going postal apparently means not working on Saturdays anymore

According to CNN, the United States Postal Service will shortly be announcing their plan to cease Saturday mail delivery starting next year. In my opinion, it’s a combination of poor management, antiquated procedures, and recockulous amounts of red tape that … Continue reading

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Five things I hate about blogging

Saw this over here at SoMi Speaks. SoMi wrote about a post she had read where the author challenged people to write interesting content by discussing a viewpoint counter to your typical opinion. She chose to write about reasons to … Continue reading

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Watch Adam’s Head Explode

Someone who is not at all my younger 25-year old brother manages to almost make my head explode using only good old-fashioned ignorance and Yahoo Messenger: NotMyBrother:

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Treasure among trash: the London Symphony Orchestra in Daytona Beach

Saturday night, as Amy’s birthday present, I bought tickets to go see the London Symphony Orchestra perform in Daytona Beach, during the Daytona Beach International Festival. The show, called “LSO Pops! Celebration of Speed”, took place at the Ocean Center, … Continue reading

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It’s all relative

Just an excerpt of a frustrating, hair-rending, exasperating, interminable instant message conversation with a close relative of mine: Me: you have some type of spam on your computer Me: every now and then i get a random IM from you … Continue reading

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A cat named Twitter

About two months ago, I was suffering from some serious Twitter fatigue. Since then, I’ve learned more efficient ways to use programs like TweetDeck and use filters, groups and other techniques to alleviate the pressure I felt. It’s worked great, … Continue reading

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What else do I dislike?

Yesterday’s post got me thinking. Even though a lot of people, both in the comments and via email, communicated that they agreed with me (and it was weird how many of them were mothers), I still wondered if maybe I … Continue reading

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