Rewriting fiction

OK, I’ve been slacking off the posting lately, and it has to stop. Things at work have been stressful on the one hand, and boring on the other. Stressful because people are being let go and my department tends to get hit pretty hard when the company is doing badly. Boring because at least half [...]

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Argh! Cello!

One of our neighbors is apparently a professional cello player. I know this not only because I saw him going into the apartment carrying a cello on his back, but because I can hear him practicing morning, noon, and night through the paper-thin walls that seperate our apartments. At first I didn’t mind, at least [...]

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Drunken Monkeys

Just saw a nature show that showed some monkeys in the Caribbean who have learned to go to resorts and steal unwatched drinks. Watching those intoxicated monkeys stagger around and fall over was the funniest thing I have ever seen. Apparently, there are the same percentages of teetotalers, alcoholics, and moderate drinkers among monkeys and [...]

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The Daily Show is the greatest

Know what the greatest thing about the Daily Show website is though? That it’s video feed is described as “gallantly streaming”. I’m feeling a lot better today. Yesterday was a hell of emotional turmoil, which I am prone to since my involvement with the former guy, and which I am starting to think has more [...]

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