August 23, 2005
Overheard at the office
Me: Is "ballsacks" one word or two?
Coworker: Just one.
Me: Are you sure? Spellcheck says it's two.
Coworker: Try spellchecking "spellcheck".
[Pause]
Me: Oh. I see.
Coworker: Yeah. If the damn thing can't even recognize it's own name you can be pretty sure it's clueless about ballsacks.
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I think there was a toy by hazbro or matel called Bazzack.
Posted by: pylorns at August 23, 2005 09:49 AM (FTYER)
Posted by: vw bug at August 25, 2005 07:05 PM (coJPb)
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It's "Balzac's".
Huh?
What's that?
...oh.
Nevermind.
Posted by: Amber at August 30, 2005 06:07 PM (zQE5D)
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All right, we'll call it a draw
Three weeks of the most intense development imaginable. Two separate groups of subject matter experts flown in. Two UI developers, 2 DBAs and 4 contractors working hell shifts and weekends for 10 days. Three completely new component systems learned and implemented. Four new technologies developed. A last minute 100% setback. A brief reprieve. And then...
The demo was a smashing success.
The top 20 officers in the company saw just what our developers can do when given their heads and qualified direction. There was oohing and aahing. There were exclamations at the speed of our product (504 page reports off a 17 million record set live database in under 4 seconds).
They did not approve our proof of concept for development. Although we met every reporting requirement we were tasked with we failed to meet the invisible requirements of matching the back-office capability of the very expensive preferred vendor. That capability took a score of hungry Romanians two years to develop so there's no way we could do it inside the 6 month implementation deadline. 7 months, maybe - they're only Romanians after all.
But all is not lost. Enterprise Development got to show off big time for the biggest brass in the company. Many of the tech advances and components from the proof of concept will get used in other applications. Our street cred is huge now. Our collective ballsacks are silky smooth and engorged with massive testosterone loads ready to fire at the slightest provocation.
We kicked serious ass.
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Congratulations! It's always great when one kicks ass!
On another note: I thought the official SBD phrase for "ballsack" was "sack of balls." And are they shaved, or furry? Any of 'em blue?
Jim, it's the details that make the story interesting.
Posted by: Victor at August 23, 2005 08:45 AM (L3qPK)
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Aah those invisble Romanian vendors ... you've got to love them.
Still, congrats for a succesful project and well done getting top brass to engorge your collective ballsack ...
Posted by: Rob at August 23, 2005 08:55 AM (kXZI6)
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Victor - I'm all about the variety.
Thanks, Rob!
Posted by: Jim at August 23, 2005 09:04 AM (tyQ8y)
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Congratulations, Jim! You must feel wonderful!
Posted by: RP at August 23, 2005 10:26 AM (LlPKh)
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Tell them thats why its called "PROOF OF CONCEPT". After watching the demo the brass is supposed to say "oh, I see what you guys can produce in a limited time (and don't forget the damn budget) now lets get some real legs behind this project and take it across the goal line" or some kind of a BS Dilbert type phrase. Hey if you you show up to the dance you should be allowed to dance.
Posted by: Frick at August 23, 2005 08:35 PM (p2wJK)
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Tell them thats why its called "PROOF OF CONCEPT". After watching the demo the brass is supposed to say "oh, I see what you guys can produce in a limited time (and don't forget the damn budget) now lets get some real legs behind this project and take it across the goal line" or some kind of a BS Dilbert type phrase. Hey if you you show up to the dance you should be allowed to dance.
Congratulations, may the ballsack swell with pride
Posted by: Frick at August 23, 2005 08:37 PM (p2wJK)
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Way to go. Good job with that ballsack thing, glad to hear it.
And i bet the team liked not having some total prick running the show, trying to micromanage and whatnot.
Kudos (or Scotch, if granola's not your thing)
:-D
Posted by: tommy at August 23, 2005 08:56 PM (EhwJT)
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504 page reports off a 17 million record set live database in under 4 seconds
That made me shiver. Fuckin' sweet, Jim!
Posted by: ilyka at August 23, 2005 09:12 PM (z+oQt)
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All i wanna know is does this mean you can come out and play again?
Posted by: Pam at August 24, 2005 04:45 PM (J+Hqo)
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The Legend of Curly-Pop
Last week my wife forgot to turn her cell phone off and the damned thing started ringing about 4:00 AM. I got up, turned it off and went back to sleep. It could only be a wrong number.
I forgot all about until the next day when my wife insisted that I listen to two messages left by the caller. She was giddy with excitement. She hit the switch and then came the voice. It was a woman who sounded exactly like Wanda Sykes, except it was no joke. Regardless, it was arguably the funniest thing IÂ’ve ever heard. She was
pissed and it went like this:
“I don’t know where you is, but I hope it was worth it. I’m tired of y’all leaving them kids with any mother-fuckin-body who’ll take them. You left the door to my house unlocked and somebody coulda’ come and steal my kids. I don’t know how many niggers you fuckin, but I seen that last bitch. And now you done gone too far. Now Curly-Pop is gonna find you and bust yo ass!”
Did I mention she was pissed?
I canÂ’t reproduce it accurately with words, and thatÂ’s where I need your help. If someone could tell me how to capture it into a file, youÂ’ll be treated to the real thing. IÂ’ve listened to these messages at least ten times and IÂ’m here to tell you, itÂ’s funny shit. Shit you just canÂ’t make up. So how do I save and post these gems?
I should mention that the actual calls are somewhat longer and a lot more profane.
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I don't know if there's a simple way to rip them directly off the phone, best bet might be to find someone with a mic and record them as MP3's.
Posted by: shank at August 23, 2005 08:18 AM (+H1yK)
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You could buy one of those phone tap things from Radio Shack, plug it into the computer, call the voice mail from a land line and record the message to a file (.wav or .mp3).
I've never tried that but it makes sense to me.
That IS the funniest shit I've heard.
Curly Pop? Awesome!
Posted by: De at August 23, 2005 11:18 AM (IdVP4)
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All you had to say was 'Wanda Sykes' and I heard her voice through the whole thing. Where'd that bitch go, anyway? I haven't heard anything from her on Comedy Central or nothin for a while.
Posted by: Bane at August 23, 2005 08:45 PM (JO5DH)
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August 22, 2005
Invitations
Wedding invitations are
by far the most infuriating waste of money on the face of this Earth. They're like hundreds and hundreds of dollars!
The entire design is completely retarded. Firstly, you put the invitation in an envelope right. Then, you put this thingie into another envelope, along with this stupid card and
another fricken envelope! What the hell people?
I mean, when I was a kid the local skating rink used to host birthday parties. If you had your party there, the rink would send these little postcard invites to all your little crumb-snatching, rugrat friends. It doesn't really take three fucking envelopes and three sheets of paper to invite someone to a shindig am I right? Or email. Why can't we just send a mass email to everyone, and have them RSVP?
Well, apparently women are insane. Did you know when they're little girls they starts planning and thinking about their wedding? Like how they want it to be and all that? Okay, show of hands, how many of the men here ever thought about what kind of cake they wanted at their wedding say, more than a year before they got married? Yeah, that's what I thought. I mean, I don't even know what I'm going to wear each day until I get up, and the women are planning this wedding thing like decades in advance. The only thing I've ever planned more than a year in advance was a car loan or a mortgage. And I only did that because I had to.
So in the end, I've concluded what every married man already knew: You can't fight 'em on anything. A logical appeal doesn't register when they've spent years living their wedding day in their minds, yapping it up with other women about how they're getting married. It's like a fucking cult man; and my fiancee is only a fraction of the freak that some of these other women are. I agree with her, and count my blessings that she's not completely lost her mind.
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i am one chick who has never "dreamed/planned" my wedding since childhood. in fact, the thought of being permanently attached to someone frightens the hell out of me!
Posted by: jenE at August 22, 2005 05:39 PM (K0Tmz)
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Id, are you registered at LintBrushes'R'Us? I mean, in case we want to buy you a wedding gift or something.
Posted by: Ted at August 22, 2005 09:38 PM (+OVgL)
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As a matter of fact I am, for one of those large diameter jobs with gripping ribs on the handle. Woo-hoo!
Posted by: shank at August 22, 2005 09:46 PM (jfEhX)
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We had the whole wedding/reception/honeymoon thing going on and I for one could have cared less. I had never really given any thought to a wedding and then when I had to I found it to be a big pain in the ass. Would have preferred to spend all that money on something else, just elope and have the honeymoon.
Have you decided on the honeymoon? We went to St. Barth in the French West Indies. Very nice and romantic.
Posted by: Jackie at August 23, 2005 10:54 AM (eHSsi)
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Heh. Getting married is a racket; the trick is figuring out how to push it off on someone else.
In the time I've been dating my girlfriend, she's been a bridesmaid twice. The first time, she spent hours, and hours, and hours hand-cutting an intricate design (kindof like a celtic knot) into wedding invitation cards that were then calligrafied by another bridesmaid. The second time, she designed the invites on the computer, bought the card stock, and ran 'em all off on the printer.
Each time, it cost her a fortune in time, cash and energy. Each time, the cost to the bride was zippo. She cursed the bride the whole way through it each time, but I'm sure the bride didn't mind, as it saved her the aggrivation of doing it herself. After all, that's what bridesmaids are for; much like how groomsmen are there simply to rent the strippers for the bachelor party. Doing shit the bride dosen't want to do herself is their sole function.
Posted by: francis at August 25, 2005 02:55 AM (gWG8s)
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This is exactly why God invented eloping. Or was it shotgun weddings? Can't ever tell those two apart.
Posted by: Jim at August 25, 2005 04:49 PM (tyQ8y)
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House cleaning
First thingÂ’s first. I added
De to the main blogroll, because anybody
who writes a post containing the line,
"When i'm masturbating the only time i can come is if i have a lint brush stuck in my ass" certainly deserves to be there.
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First things first...
Let it be known that I am not the one that masturbates with a lint brush. I actually buy sex toys that are sex toys. LOL
Secondly:
OH MY GOD! I'm so glad you're back, Paul! It's a good day is the blogosphere!
Posted by: De at August 22, 2005 04:04 PM (IdVP4)
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My Triumphant Return
Hi. My name is Paul. You might remember me from a blog called
SanityÂ’s-Edge.
IÂ’ve decided to come out of retirement. My loathing of the masses in general is fairly unhealthy and needs an outlet. IÂ’ve also noticed a lack of quality blogging lately. WhatÂ’s happened to the scorn and disgust in the blogosphere? Wherever I look I see cats and quizzes. And thatÂ’s not fucking good enough. WhereÂ’s the humiliation? The honesty? The name calling?
I remember a blogosphere full of heroes, unafraid to write about shitting themselves in public. Honest folks who questioned the wisdom of conventional blogging and resorted to cheap tricks to get traffic. People like this
butt-nut, whoÂ’s every embarrassing bodily function became not only public knowledge, but a source of material for every wiseass with a blog.
IÂ’ve decided to park my ass here because I like the man. He doesnÂ’t pull any punches. I do regret, however, not checking the site meter before I signed the contract. WeÂ’ll have to do something about that. Ever noticed how somebody elseÂ’s house always looks good until you move and see all the flaws? You know, clean enough at first glance, but after you spend a few nights there you realize they never cleaned the baseboards or dusted the top of the fridge? What this place needs is a fresh coat of paint and some fucking blogroll tweaking. WeÂ’ll get to that soon enough, but first IÂ’ve got a backlog of posts and some name calling to do.
Welcome me the fuck back.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only, Paul.
And in defense of my seemingly shitty stats, mind you that sitemeter's only a few months old, and it doesn't reflect the fact that I ditched my old site without telling very many people where I was moving to.
It also doesn't account for taste, the lowbrow bastard.
Posted by: shank at August 22, 2005 09:28 AM (+H1yK)
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Well, I've never posted anything about a cat except this:
http://rocketjones.mu.nu/archives/011480.php
Other than that, I'm an upbeat guy. So with a big ol' smile, I say: Fuck you.
'sides, I'd rather leave my trashy shit in other people's comments, it keeps the ol' home base clean don'tcha know.
Posted by: Ted at August 22, 2005 09:58 AM (blNMI)
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Welcome the FUCK back, Paul!
I would talk about shitting myself but I won't get an asshole til I get married....OUCH!
Posted by: De at August 22, 2005 04:08 PM (IdVP4)
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And my heart goes... flutter, flutter. Happy to see your return!
Posted by: Jackie at August 22, 2005 08:57 PM (eHSsi)
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Well well well look what the shank dragged in.
Shitterously though, welcome back man.
I would have had you join my blog but ... you now.. and the .. yeah.. those things. um. Welcome back.
Posted by: Oorgo at August 23, 2005 03:58 AM (1JIkb)
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It's good to be back!
Thanks, all.
Posted by: Paul at August 23, 2005 07:49 AM (vbP6L)
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Paul's back one day and Munuviana crashes. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Jim at August 23, 2005 06:45 PM (oqu5j)
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Actually, I told Paul I had some grade A pr0n laying around, but the directory was too big to email. So I uploaded it all onto our site, and he tried to dowload it all at once. The greedy, sticky-palmed wacko.
Posted by: shank at August 23, 2005 07:48 PM (jfEhX)
Posted by: Victor at August 24, 2005 02:30 PM (L3qPK)
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Welcome the fuck back, Jack!
Er. . .Paul.
I expect to see some humiliation and some name-calling by 9:00 p.m. every day.
Yeah, I know. I meant on this blog. Let's leave my house outta this.
Posted by: Margi at August 24, 2005 02:59 PM (nwEQH)
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Thank God someone has brought back vile, vindictiveness and vice back to blogging.
Shame it has to be Paul that does it.
Posted by: Simon at August 24, 2005 05:15 PM (cxbPQ)
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Who the heck gave Paul a blog?
Oh... Yeah.
Hey, welcome back!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 25, 2005 01:19 AM (RbYVY)
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I'm gettin the warm fuzzies.
Unfortunately, I suppose I'm expected to actually produce something...
Posted by: Paul at August 25, 2005 08:04 AM (vbP6L)
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Well hell. Here I thought we were SUPPOSED to be all "touchy-feely" and P.C. in our blogging. Who knew?! Guess I better start getting my act together.
Posted by: Koolaid at August 25, 2005 01:11 PM (nwEQH)
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I just want to put a note on this. Paul seems to be missed, but why? Everyone has shit themselves. We were all babies at some point so yes, we shit ourselves. What is so special about that? In the 2nd paragraph of your return, you write about heroes talk about shitting themselves I ask you..who hasn't shit themselves in public?
Posted by: Firstfreak at August 28, 2005 12:23 AM (ApN8O)
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August 19, 2005
Wouldn't You Just Know It
So the weather was gorgeous today. Highs in the mid nineties, sunny, a nice 2 to 3 foot easterly swell rolling in. So I blast out of work. I push a racing line through the parking lot, damn near taking a few slowpokes out at the knees. I blaze home taking corners at 30 or 40 mph, checking blindspots, working the clutch like a one-legged man on a unicycle. I slide up into the driveway, haul ass into the house and start changing clothes. I don't even get into my bathing suit and rash guard before the floodgates open. It's friggin pouring.
That's the thing about the southeast coast in the summer time. The air gets so humid, that if it didn't rain before 4:30 everyday we'd rowing home in rush hour instead of driving. It's that damn humid.
The good thing is that usually these storms blow over in about thirty minutes, and then I can hit the beach. I just fucking hate waiting.
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It was pouring all bloody week, cold, shitty, and today it cleared up, sunny and nice.. Lucky for me it's also signifying the start of my week off! Woot!
Maybe if the Alberta gods are smiling on me (damn that's one greedy money grubbing smile) I will win the lottery tonight and it'll be an even longer holiday ... oh yeah, and nice weather fail the lottery thing.
Posted by: Oorgo at August 19, 2005 06:47 PM (lM0qs)
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August 18, 2005
"man rape movies"
Since my post about
Deliverance went over so well, I thought I'd try to do a series of posts about the male-rape-by-hillbilly
outre of movies. I thought you all might enjoy it, plus it would certainly boost the gayness rating of Jim's blog.
Folks, don't ever google the phrase "man rape movies." Just trust me on this one.
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The one that has left the deepest scar, pulp fiction. There's just something about the violation plus the gimp ball in the mouth that makes me want to yak.
Thanks for bringing back the memories!
Posted by: phin at August 18, 2005 06:44 PM (DGPlf)
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Phin, I'm always happy to help!
Posted by: Victor at August 18, 2005 10:26 PM (l+W8Z)
Posted by: songstress7 at August 19, 2005 12:40 AM (ie93s)
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Stop with the gay! I will never make it onto the gay search engines if Jim's site keeps stealing my hits!
Posted by: Trey Givens at August 19, 2005 08:43 AM (yaMs/)
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All time worst one: Vulgar. Written and Driected by Kevin Smith. This one came out after Clerks and stared the guy who played Dante. He dresses up like a clown in lingere and gets raped.
Posted by: pylorns at August 19, 2005 11:28 AM (FTYER)
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I'm with phin - Pulp Fiction definitely left scares...
Posted by: Clancy at August 19, 2005 01:27 PM (JxYJc)
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I was doing ok until I made the mistake of opening up and reading the comments.
I have to go wash my mind out, now.
Posted by: RP at August 19, 2005 02:10 PM (LlPKh)
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RP, you might wish to use a steel brush.
Just a thought. :~)
Posted by: Victor at August 19, 2005 02:14 PM (L3qPK)
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Shawshank Redemption was probably the classiest man-rape movie.
How about movies that could have had a man-rape in there but missed the boat? I bet they could have stuck one into*
Usual Suspects or
Reservoir Dogs without any problem at all.
* No pun intended.
Posted by: Jim at August 20, 2005 11:08 AM (oqu5j)
Posted by: annika at August 20, 2005 12:40 PM (N7kta)
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I couldn't help but remember this Kids In The Hall sketch (on topic!):
http://www.kithfan.org/work/transcripts/five/filmbuff.html
(If you're not familiar with the "Kids", well...you've been missing out. *g*)
Posted by: Amber at August 20, 2005 06:16 PM (zQE5D)
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I'm thinking it's time to bump this off the front page. Everytime I visit and see that title I feel somewhat...unsettled.
Posted by: Paul at August 22, 2005 02:14 PM (vbP6L)
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I can only imgaine the google hits Jim's getting.
Posted by: shank at August 22, 2005 07:19 PM (jfEhX)
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Man, if this post is freakin' you out, you shoulda seen the one I decided *not* to post!
Still might...maybe when this one drops off the page...
Posted by: Victor at August 23, 2005 08:48 AM (L3qPK)
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August 16, 2005
Dentist Visit
I'd originally posted this on
my blog and since I'm sure Jim's legions of fans are itching for a post, much like heroin addicts waiting for their next boost of smack, I figured I'd share.
I was recently discussing dentist appointments with the guys at work one of them mentioned he'd rather have his nads waxed than go to the dentist. Dentist visits donÂ’t bother me, maybe itÂ’s that my dentist is an attractive lady or that most of her assistants have always been attractive women.
I'd defiantly take a trip to visit them over a nad waxing, especially after catching a couple of stray hairs in my zipper this morning.
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I never realized that I had a choice.
Posted by: Jim at August 17, 2005 05:22 AM (oqu5j)
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Good God nad waxing? That makes me cringe. How was growing the hair back anyway, James? Painful I bet. I can't believe I just asked you how the hair was growing on you balls.
I need help. But, I'm oddly curious.
Posted by: tlopriore@salesconceptsinc.com at August 17, 2005 12:02 PM (KE4Gu)
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Jim, if you answer a rather attractive blonde instead of
me, I'll...uhhh...understand completely.
Posted by: Victor at August 18, 2005 02:32 PM (L3qPK)
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Yeah Jim answer the question. Too ashamed?
Posted by: Tiffani at August 19, 2005 09:07 AM (KE4Gu)
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August 15, 2005
Doesn't it figure?
Just when I say I'm on hiatus, I make a post. Behold the dichotomy of Jim.
I give you...Xtreme Paper Disposal:

By the way, I got me a new mini-digital.
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You may have noticed...
I haven't been posting much. The rather massive project I previously mentioned (the one that went nuclear) is demanding seriously large chuncks of my free time. Enough chunks where I've fallen behind on my blogreading by about 300 posts and haven't put out anything worthwhile here since my promotion came through.
So let's make it official - I'm on blog hiatus until things calm down and I get some of my free time back. For those of you who are calendar oriented that will be Aug 23 at the earliest (as the presentation to senior management is Aug 22).
In the meantime, anybody who has author rights here (hello, Snooze Crew&trade
is encouraged to post. It's a shame to let this prime real estate lie fallow.
And I'll leave you with this little gem:
Burger: Girls don't have penises.
Lovely Wife: That's true. What do they have instead?
Burger: Belly buttons!
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My son finished 4th grade last May and during the last week of school that had some kind of a basic "sex-ed/health/make sure you wash your hands after you go to the bathroom" class. "The Wife" said you may want to talk to "H" too see if he has any questions. OK, hey "H" what did you learn about this last week? We learned that boys had penises and that girls had "Virginias". Virginias, I quickly ran back and told the wife it's all good.
Posted by: Frick at August 15, 2005 09:01 AM (Zw2NB)
Posted by: pylorns at August 15, 2005 10:11 AM (FTYER)
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Hopefully, Burger will learn different sometime. Not necesarilly *soon* but sometime.
Posted by: Victor at August 15, 2005 10:17 AM (L3qPK)
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Yesterday he caught me again on the toilet.He said "are you peeing?" and I said YES.He goes "out of WHAT?Your butt?? Oh no!Your belly button!!!!!"Me....NO......he "OK,I am going to tell on you!!!Brotherrrrrrrrrrrrsssssssss!!!!!Mama is peeing out of her belly button!"
It was also recently inquired if he may or may not be allowed to lick my boobs,followed by walking up to two of my friends and asking them where their boobs are......That kid's a PERVERT!!!!!
Posted by: LW at August 15, 2005 10:39 AM (oqu5j)
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Could that possibly have anything to do with his father?
Posted by: diamond dave at August 15, 2005 04:19 PM (gkwrQ)
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Double D, you sayin' Jim has an innie?
Posted by: Victor at August 15, 2005 08:12 PM (l+W8Z)
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I wouldn't know that, but it seems that Jim's apples don't fall far from the tree...
Posted by: diamond dave at August 15, 2005 09:01 PM (zxjPs)
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By apple do you mean undescended testicle? 'cause if you do thatÂ’s just mean.
Posted by: phin at August 15, 2005 09:43 PM (DGPlf)
Posted by: diamond dave at August 15, 2005 11:16 PM (kt/ag)
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i hate when you suck. ;-) :-P
Posted by: Pam at August 15, 2005 11:47 PM (PfGjA)
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I'll have you know that all of my testicles are fully extended.
I mean descended.
My boys hang low.
Posted by: Jim at August 16, 2005 05:23 AM (oqu5j)
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August 12, 2005
"Deliverance" through a twenty year-old filter
Victor here, taking up the slack in Jim's blog while ignoring my
own. Since it seems no one got the last stealth point (except for me) I thought I'd give you a quick summary of the Academy Award-nominated movie
Deliverance, as remembered through a twenty+ year-old filter:
Ok. These four city guys go on a canoe trip down a river in Georgia or Alabama or West Virginia--someplace where there's a lot of hillbillies. One dude meets this weird-looking kid with a banjo so he pulls out his guitar and they play Dueling Banjos. Then the four guys go down the river some more, but they stop because Ned Beatty has to take a dump or something.
Ned is accosted by these two hillbillies (who, between the both of them, have about three teeth) who force him to undress, then they rape him while making him squeal like a pig. Then the four guys decide to hunt down the rapists. I remember one of them was using a bow and arrow, and I think one of them died, but that's about it. The End.
If you want the full, correct story, it might be best if you just bought it.
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I think the other guys were Burt Reynolds, one of the original Dukes (of Hazzard County) and Bronson Pinchot.
Posted by: Jim at August 13, 2005 06:59 AM (oqu5j)
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I saw this on
link Boing Boing yesterday, timing is everything. You did a good job with you CliffsNotes version of Deliverance.
Posted by: Frick at August 13, 2005 07:49 AM (p2wJK)
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Bronson Pinchot? If that were true, the hillbillys would've NEVER let him go. His mouth would've been WAAAY too purty.
Actually, the other character was Ronny Cox.
And I thought the fat guy getting raped was Michael Moore.
Posted by: diamond dave at August 13, 2005 09:00 AM (2cDmC)
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I looked up the
imdb entry and the principles are Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox, and Ned Beatty. And a weird-looking kid and a toothless hillbilly. And a river.
I think I'll see if Blockbuster has it. Now I'm all intrigued.
Posted by: Victor at August 13, 2005 11:10 AM (l+W8Z)
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Frick, that's one of the greatest videos ever made! I like the little clip from Deliverance in the middle (the old man dancing; Ned Beatty clapping his hands before he was borehogged, and Burt Reynolds is recognizable in the background wearing a sleeveless shirt). Absolutely fantastic. More from the IMDB entry: That's Ronny Cox's character playing guitar in the "Dueling Banjos" scene. Darned if I can remember what Jon Voight did.
Posted by: Victor at August 13, 2005 11:19 AM (l+W8Z)
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I think Jon Voight paddled the canoe and oh yeah I think he smoked a pipe
Posted by: Frick at August 13, 2005 05:28 PM (p2wJK)
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Frick's link from BoingBoing is excellent. Thx Frick. Can we all say, "SQUEEL lahk a pig!"? Yikes.
Posted by: Tim at August 19, 2005 08:27 PM (tgQyD)
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Bane
Bane rhymes with insane (and rightly so
it seems) which is why he's getting a link here. Well okay, he's funny and crazy and cunningly sharp, like the serrated edge of a survival knife, but scarier.
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Great. Just Great.
Okay, I don't usually wash my hands after taking a leak. Mostly because I don't piss on them, but also because it's not like I'm going straight from the urinal tothe kitchen sounter to knead some dough. Anyways, I was just in the bathroom a few minutes ago, and there was another guy in there. We both finished about the same time, and he went for the sink to wash his hands. I didn't want him tot hink I was some kind of germy bastard, so I washed my hands too. He leaves, I get up to the sink and being rinsing and lathering my hands. Well, the sink in the bathroom is one of those gooseneck ones typically seen in a hospital setting. The water comes out in a definied stream. It hits my hands and I just get water all
over the front of my pants. I mean, I'm looking down at my crotch laughing, becuase I have no other option. There's water droplets from my fly all the was to about mid calve, I look like I didn't even bother to unbutton my pants at the urinal. SO I grab some paper towels and I'm furiously rubbing away at my pants, hoping to get some of the water out. I'm terrified someone's going to walk in, so I figure it's well enough camoflauged after a few minutes, and head back tot eh office. I round the corner and look at the last 25 feet to my door. no one. Sweet. I walk briskly down the hall, just
knowing that Dan or someone is going to catch me with piss all over my pants, I hit the doornob and don't even stop moving.
Which is why I walked square into Josie, one of the managers who was coming out of the doorway, causing her to literally
throw her coffee in the air; creating this
Barrettesque coffee rainstorm. At least I don't look like I pissed my pants anymore.
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August 07, 2005
For Sale
One 4th generation
Prelude, 4-wheel steering, I/H/E, JDM H22A engine, JDM tranny, many many extras. Only rolled once. $3,000 obo.
Met with some fellow Preluders this weekend and drove up into the NC mountains to drive a section of road known as the Tail of the Dragon. 11 miles, 318 turns, 1,000 feet of elevation change. It is by all accounts the penultimate driver's challenge available outside a race track.
As my buddy David here
shows us, it is also the perfect spot to attempt difficult manuevers like the midair double barrel roll. Because of the lack of experience and care of some of the drivers that were with us, the car that Dave's put countless hours and dollars into is reduced to a pile of very nice, expensive car parts.
The other guy? Well, he was only
worse because he didn't have
any insurance at all. But because of some extenuating circumstances, the person who actually caused this wreck did not for some reason get a ticket. I'm not sure how he slipped through. If I hadn't been so happy that I didn't have to pick up David's various body parts and take them home to his momma in a fuckin' Hefty cinch sack, I would've jumped so far down his throat my Nike's would be sticking out his ass. As for the guy without insurance, Dave said the statey that handed out the tickets was chewing him out so bad his little brown statey hat almost shook off his little bald statey head. Cause an accident and you have no auto insurance. That's a whole 'nother entry.
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The Dragon is rought. A friend of mine went up there last year with his biking group. He had a blast but there were two near death incidences in the group, both caused by people driving little cars.
Posted by: Jim at August 08, 2005 06:37 AM (oqu5j)
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Yeah, the cops on scene said they average a fatality every two weeks in the county, and an accident every week on the Dragon. Jinkies!
Posted by: shank at August 08, 2005 08:18 AM (+H1yK)
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Hey, girl. You shore do got a purdy mouth.
Well, usually she does. Right now she's
not feeling too happy about it.
In brief, Venomous Kate and her Venomous Hubby pinched the pocketbook to get her teeth fixed. Mere days before she was to receive her new pearly whites she had a bike accident and knocked out about half a score of teeth. She's now the proud owner of 6 grand worth of dental appliances that can't be used because of the new tooth loss and eight grand away from fixing the new mouthal problems.
This is very sad. When Kate smiles the blogosphere is a brighter place. If you'd like to help restore Electric Venom's bite just head on over to the Fang Fund.
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Just in case those are stealth points--the title of this post is derived from "Deliverance."
Posted by: Victor at August 09, 2005 09:22 AM (L3qPK)
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Damn skippy! 2 points for Victor.
Posted by: Jim at August 09, 2005 11:32 AM (tyQ8y)
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What's funny is I saw that and thought it was too obvious. I came back and decided I had nothing to lose.
Posted by: Victor at August 09, 2005 04:50 PM (l+W8Z)
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The wise Ms.Q (acatnamedpi.blogspot.com) said, "I am starting to figure out that what the Beatles said applies to blog love: The love you take is equal to the love you make."
So, I wanted to stop by today and just say "Hi" because I enjoy your blog, but don't stop often enough and leave a comment. Also, I wanted to invite you to contribute to my "Bloggers Summer Photo Album." Read more about it at mooalex.blogspot.com. I hope you'll want to share your summer fun with the Moo!
(Yes, this is a "form comment," but I mean every word! I swear!)
Posted by: mooalex at August 12, 2005 10:42 AM (lCwbU)
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August 06, 2005
Disjointed news in brief
I just got a trackback spam for "oral sex for women". What the hell is that?
Tuesday through Friday were all-day meetings at work. Every day. The whole day.
On Tuesday I went out for some celebration drinks after work. It was much fun but I payed the price on Wednesday. If Lovely Wife hadn't woken me up I would have missed the beginning of the Wednesday meeting.
There's a decent chance that if she hadn't woken me up I would have missed a significant portion of that meeting.
Wednesday's meeting was 11 hours and then dinner afterward.
I worked from home until 2:30 today to catch up some of the critical stuff I missed while I was in the critical all day meetings.
I'm wrecked and once again 150 odd posts behind in my blog reading.
The celebration drinks on Tuesday were because I officially got my Project Manager title on Monday. Yay!
We have three dogs now. We got a new lab/Aussie mutt puppy a couple of weeks ago. Pictures soon, I promise.
We have 8 cats now. Stitch, slut that she is, went into heat some time after we pulled out of the driveway for our Spokane trip. She spit out the bebe kats a week and a half ago.
I still have Morrigan's microwave plate.
I'm now three of the top application development projects at work.
And will be adding another next week.
One of those three became an emergency last week - this accounts for two of the four meeting days this week. And two more next week. [sigh]
Three of the five kittens have adoption promises already. All to women who work at the same office.
One of their clients is one of our biggest clients. Small world.
We may be boarding another lab for one of the folks who's taking a kitten.
I'm not sure that trading a kitten for an adult dog gets us out ahead anywhere, pet-wise.
Both of my parents tried to call me on my birthday. They called at home. While I was at work. This bummed me out severely.
I got my favorite selection of tasty beers for one of my birthday presents. This cheered me up considerably.
Lovely Wife rocks.
At the dinner on Wednesday I had enough prime beef to compact a tiger's colon.
There's something oddly satisfying about letting loose a $40 beef shit.
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Dude! you need a vacation!
Posted by: Pam at August 07, 2005 02:10 AM (jR5Mt)
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Beer is God's way of saying "You have been good".
Posted by: Frick at August 07, 2005 12:45 PM (p2wJK)
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Ahh, beer, beef and business meetings.
Two outa three ain't bad.
Congrats on PM, by the way.
:-D
Posted by: tommy at August 07, 2005 11:54 PM (OJ+GI)
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Now get your cat fixed will you???
Posted by: Greta (Hooah Wife) at August 08, 2005 11:31 PM (yXmOj)
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Beer is God's way of saying, "Have another beer."
Posted by: Victor at August 09, 2005 09:53 AM (L3qPK)
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With the exception of the beef shit, your life is sounding a lot like mine-overworked, underpaid, too stressed to even book a waxing?
Posted by: Helen at August 09, 2005 12:17 PM (ATx6T)
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That last line had me ROFLOL! Thanks for that. Sorry it's been so busy; I guess the price you pay when you're good at what you do.
BTW, thanks for the scipt and link - YOU ROCK!!!
Sorry I can't take any cats/dogs off your hands. Can't send you any beer or wine either...NY Law.
But perhaps I can send you a nice NYC trinket to cheer you up. Think about and let me know. After all you only turn 50 once. Heh, heh heh! *evil grin*
In all seriousness, I'll keep you in my prayers for smooth and easy sailing on your project.
PS. At munuviana I learned that due to spamming hell for many of us Pixy can turn off trackbacks starting and extending to any date - see 8/9 entry.
Posted by: michele at August 10, 2005 10:51 PM (ht2RK)
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August 03, 2005
It's official
I'm old. As evidence I present this conversational snippet from Monday:
Bear: Do you know what tomorrow is?
Me: What's tomorrow?
Bear: Tuesday!
Me: Yeah, the chances are high that tomorrow will be a Tuesday.
Bear: Do you know what else is tomorrow?
Me: The day before Wednesday?
Bear: Your birthday!
Me: It is? Are you sure?
Bear: Yeah!!
Me: How about that... Hey, how old will I be?
Bear: Real old. Sixty-three.
Me: Sixty...three...??
Bear: I meant thirty-six! It just looks almost the same as sixty-three!
So there you have it out of the mouths of babes. Or at least out of the mouth of a cheeky six year-old. I'm just hoping that "it" was the numerals and not my aging carcass.
Hmmm...I'd better be careful around the homestead. I can now be legally exchanged for two eighteen year-olds...
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Happy Birthday Jim!
Don't worry Jim she won't trade you in, old age and treachery win out over youth and enthusiasm every time.
Especially with the creation of "the little blue pill".
Posted by: phin at August 03, 2005 05:51 AM (DGPlf)
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Happy Birthday! You youngster!
Posted by: vw bug at August 03, 2005 06:38 AM (dkZJv)
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Happy Belated Birthday!
Posted by: Machelle at August 03, 2005 09:06 AM (ZAyoW)
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Happy Birthday!!!! I'll have a shot in your honor!
Posted by: Tiffani at August 03, 2005 09:31 AM (KE4Gu)
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Have a wonderful birthday!
Posted by: kitty at August 03, 2005 11:31 AM (uFhgB)
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Happy Birthday, Jim.
Geez, all these late July/early August birthdays. Sounds like your parents had a fun Thanksgiving... ;-)
Posted by: Bou at August 03, 2005 02:23 PM (5JHEt)
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How mean! I give everyone plenty of notice before my birthday for gift getting...
Now, all you get is my sincerest HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Posted by: DeAnna at August 03, 2005 02:56 PM (IdVP4)
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Happy belated birthday.
No matter how old I get, you'll always be 5 years older. I like that in a person.
Posted by: Jennifer at August 03, 2005 03:43 PM (FfRxo)
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My very best belated happy birthday wishes! When you coming to NY so we can drink to your birthday?
Posted by: RP at August 03, 2005 03:45 PM (LlPKh)
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Never,NY is just not on the list anymore unless its Niagara Falls.LOL
Posted by: LW at August 03, 2005 05:16 PM (oqu5j)
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I'm late in saying it publicly, but on the day? I was early.
Happy birthday, babes
Posted by: Helen at August 03, 2005 05:37 PM (ATx6T)
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Happy Birthday, old man!
Posted by: Pam at August 03, 2005 05:38 PM (zelz2)
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Happy birthday, Jim.
But come on, what would LW want with 2 18year olds? She already has you trained and with two it'd be like puppies, the hedaches are exponential, not additive.
Nah, don't worry something like that until you're at least 50.
:-D
Posted by: tommy at August 03, 2005 08:51 PM (OJ+GI)
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Happy Belated Jim.
Posted by: Denise at August 04, 2005 06:27 AM (JTlEe)
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happy bday! although a day late and a dollar short...
Posted by: pylorns at August 04, 2005 08:22 AM (FTYER)
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Happy Birthday... late... again... as usual.
Posted by: Contagion at August 04, 2005 08:34 AM (Q5WxB)
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Did you get Bubbleman for your birthday?
Happy B-Day Jim!
Posted by: Morrigan at August 04, 2005 10:39 PM (Qwj4T)
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Thanks, y'all!
Mo - No Bubbleman for me but I did get a selection of very tasty beers. I can make my own bubbles with that. ;-)
Posted by: Jim at August 05, 2005 07:46 AM (tyQ8y)
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Happy Belated Birthday!
Posted by: pam at August 05, 2005 01:40 PM (l6NIn)
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Happy belated birthday! I know it ain't easy being 63. Now I understand why you don't post frequently. Too many bathroom visits and you can't find your glasses.
Posted by: Michele at August 05, 2005 11:55 PM (ht2RK)
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August 01, 2005
Office Emails
Goddammit, if i get
one more email at work from some farflung coworker, asking me to contribute to some cause, check out some dumbass cubicle humor, support some
extracurricular bullshit, or buy a fucking candybar so help me God for their kid's fundraiser, I'm going to lay waste upon the landscape with a firestorm of ash and brimstone.
And don't even
think about getting your nannystate biodegradeable panties in a twist about me voicing my opinions; I'm only equally invading your life as you have done mine. If you're going to hoist your pathetic personal life on thousands of people you don't know by clicking the 'Send' button on that network-wide email, you better be prepared from some honest reponses. That's fucking
garbage email and I'm not going to accept the fact that you're allowed to fill my inbox with pleas to come check out the play you wrote or give to your local chapter of the Coalition to Save the Three Legged Lama's. Fucking post a flyer in the lounge, so that if I choose to ignore it, I don't have to expend the effort to delete it from my inbox. I don't have time for this shit at work, and if you do then maybe we should consolidate your position under an existing one; and you can pursue your frickin' beat poetry career with gusto, instead of sending out invites via my personal workspace.
Bitch.
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Well, I happen to like Beat poetry. And he occasional email with pictures of boobies.
Posted by: Jeff G at August 02, 2005 01:31 AM (e306x)
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Notice I didn't take up an argument with the harmless sort of boobery that circulates among coworkers. A little boobage never hurt anyone. It may even be some type of bonding experience, but it's an understudied phenomena.
Posted by: shank at August 02, 2005 07:55 AM (+H1yK)
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Dude, the answer to surviving in the corporate world is quite simple. Make an appointment with your regular doctor and tell him your under a great deal of stress at work.
An hour after the pharmacy drive-through you'll be suprised how much better you feel about these things.
Posted by: Wolf at August 02, 2005 08:41 AM (vbP6L)
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