Random Rants

Backups? Real men don’t need backups!

I noticed that I couldn’t retrieve my e-mail this past Wednesday. I blew it off because my current hosting provider has been dodgy since I signed on with them almost 2 years ago. I’ll have 3 months of flawless service where I can always retrieve my e-mails and my weblog is available to all (for heckling). Then there’ll be periods where every other day, I’ll get sporadic e-mail service and loads at a pace on…

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Daily Life Random Rants

Tofurkeys are faux turkeys!

To all my Family and Friends, I wish you a safe and gluttonousThanksgiving. For those you who are vegetarians, I wish you only a safe Thanksgiving. To add gluttonous would be considered cruel. I’ll explain. Last year around this time of the year, I heard one of those holiday type stories where they bring up some interesting subject concerning said holiday. This story was in regards to the turkey preparation itself and how vegetarians felt…

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High gas price . . . not so bad after all

All of you out there who depend on some mode of transportation that requires fossil fuel have probably notice the price of the stuff lately. Even I who’ve been hiding under a rock have noticed it. One of the signs is that some of the drivers on the freeway are actually driving slower. I thought I’d never see a day when people are driving 10 miles per hour under the speed limit. An optimistic person…

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Daily Life Job Random Rants

Introduction to adulthood

They say that the average person will have 7 jobs in his life. I’m in the middle of my 3rd job, and I’m only 32. Today is officially my 4 year anniversary at The Company. Four years is the longest I’ve ever stayed anywhere, post-college. This is a rare moment in my life. The first time since college where I’m not anxious about my place in the world. To give you an idea why, I’m…

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More morbid than death

When one has no social life to speak of, one must find other substitutes. For me it’s work. I can trace the root cause of this all the way back to when I was still a boy. This was around the time when our guidance counselor brought up the subject of careers. Most normal boys at this age would’ve blown it off and went off and flirted with girls, and teasing girls and basically just…

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