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The N-Word, A Users Guide for White People

Recently, Dr. Laura Schlessinger has come under fire for using the N-word on her syndicated radio show. To be honest, I don’t like Dr. Laura. I don’t listen to her show. The few times I’ve heard her, she has struck me as a complete idiot. The fact that she feels the need to give [...]

Extended Warranty

A little over a week ago I bought a smoker, basically a barbecue, but designed to cook with smoke rather than directly with fire.  The way it works is that the cooking surface is in a large barrel and off to the one side is the firebox, a smaller barrel where you have the charcoal [...]

Tax Night Post Office Trip

So last night, Tax Day, April 15, I found out at about 8:30 pm the my Federal tax e-file was rejected. This was the first time I had ever e-filed. I forgot to check my personal e-mail during the day, not surprising, because I never check my personal e-mail. The issue was that my date [...]

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

For the last about two months or so, I’ve been listening to my MP3 player, in alphabetical order by song title. With over three thousand songs, the effect is similar to random, but you never hear the same song you heard yesterday, which will happen on Shuffle mode. I started at the beginning of the [...]

Carol King

I’m listenting to my mp3 player today. For the last month or so, I’ve been listening in alphabetical order by song title.  I started in W and have made it around to I.  I figure this way it’s more or less random, but I don’t miss anything or have anything repeat, unless I have two [...]

Winter Olympics and Dragons

I’ve been watching the Winter Olympics, and I do have my normal complaints. I would like to see all of the events, not just the ones that Americans don’t suck balls at. But there’s something else that is bothering me more at the moment. NBC has been treating commercials for the new Dreamworks film like [...]

Ah, the Dutch

Before I start, I should probably let you know my prejudices. I used to work for a publishing company and was let go (twice) after the company was acquired by a Dutch company. My fault for coming back in the first place. One time during the question-an-answer part of one of those [...]

Revenge is a Dish Best Served …

At our Christmas party this year, we did a white elephant gift exchange. One of my bosses brought this USB rocket launcher, basically, a nerf dart gun, powered by USB. Still, pretty darn cool. Turns out she got it at thinkgeek.com. I had never heard of the site, but when I checked [...]

One Man’s Bizarre Reaction to Fear

I saw on the Daily Show last night that Keith Olbermann from MSNBC said of the new Republican Senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, that he was “irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.”
Now, I don’t care that he said it.  “News people” on [...]

Pixelated, Word Spellcheck Has Me Pixilated

I’m an editor by trade, and as a rule, I’m a pretty good speller.  I work for a wireless company,  editing software documentation.  Every now and then, I’ll see a word spelled so far wrong that I need to look it up, even though, I would normally know how to spell it. That happened last [...]