Tag Archive: conversation

A Stranger in Texas

I gave SXSW (South by Southwest) every chance I could. Endless panels that taught me nothing, failed or missed networking opportunities that came and went, people that didn’t even want free stuff I was offering them, parties I weren’t invited to, and meetups where apparently everyone already knew everyone else, while I myself knew no…

My name? Sure, my name is *hangs up*

I hate it when people demand to know my name every time I take a call at work. I don’t like giving my name to complete strangers when for all I know they could be cracknuts crazypants, and now they not only know where I work, but they know my name too. Sure I’m a…

Why doesn’t the world explode into a fiery, pus filled death.

Ok, so I was daydreaming yesterday on having a successful encounter with a cutie at the supermarket, right? Well today reality saw an opportunity to bite me in the wango bangos for daring to pollute its existence with my fantasies. I was at Starbucks and waiting in line for a gingerbread latte, and I happened…

How I got snowed by an old lady

So I was in Panera Bread last night, relaxing and enjoying a bagel sandwich (that I brought from a real bagel shop), when a nice old lady approached me and began to sign in ASL. She had seen that I was hard of hearing and wanted to know if I signed too. Since I had…

A Contract in Limbo

A recent morning conversation at work: “Dude, what is up with our union contract? Is it still in arbitration?” “Yep.” “Well I’m getting sick of this cloak and dagger crap and them telling us nothing about nothing. I want to see what it looks like so far.” “Why?” “I wanna know what my rights are.”…

Stocks Drop, The Apocalypse Looms, And I’m Still Single

A conversation I had on IM today: Lincoln: so hey i see that bailout is working wonders Casey: what did I tell you? It would make things worse Casey: We’ve just socialized much of Wall Street, and a good portion of our financial system…a further economic collapse will have a liberal government taking over transaction…

I need to work on my social skills

There are some days when God just seems to smile on me… almost as if He had forgotten that I was supposed to be a marked man and as a result let a blessing through by accident. :-D This one came in the form of only having to pay $300 for auto body work which…

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