A cure for the common cold
So according to word of mouth (but not the Internet because I’m too lazy to look it up), this is a really bad flu season. I believe it; I know at work various bugs have gone around frequently. Not counting …
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A cure for freezing to death
My paternal aunt and uncle are…eccentric. In an awesome way, mind. In addition to teaching me to identify Cob trees, my uncle taught me to drive stickshift on his farm…using a Japanese Isuzu, wherein the steering wheel is on the …
How to Make a Major Decision (A Christmas Story)
1. Know what you’re looking for. My parents have a tradition. The day after Thanksgiving, they go to a local Christmas tree farm and select a live tree for the family room. For the last two years, I have gotten …
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Stuff I’ve Done: Taken a Contest-Winning Photo
So this post is sheer bragging on my part, but hey, it’s cool and it helps make up for some of the bad news I’ve gotten this week. Back in March, at the request of her owners, I snapped what …
You know you read too much in the Cthulhu Mythos when…
…this happens. Source image from NASA.
A Very Marketing Christmas
So. First blog post in over a year. Better make it a good one, eh? One of my workplace’s traditions is a Christmas decorating contest. We’re encouraged to go all out on decorations, and one day at lunch the executive …
Scapegoats and Vampire Sporks
I have to admit, I kind of feel bad for akoimeexx. He’s had a rough week. Like, seriously rough. Like, caught himself on fire and got chased by killer bees rough. Like, that wasn’t a hyperbolic statement rough. These things …
Coffee Cup Shenanigans: An Epilogue
On Friday, our UX Lead having been out sick for three days straight and us being, well, bored and left to our own devices over lunch, Alaina and I decided to kidnap his coffee mug and take pictures of it …
Life on a North Woods Farm
I have an uncle who lives on a farm in northern Wisconsin. He’s been sending weekly missives for ages, but he recently started a blog: oldgrayegg.blogspot.com. Go read it. His life is more interesting than mine.
As a lit major, I can only say that this is entirely too true.
Source: xkcd.com