Economy Blues

It's impossible to listen to/watch/read the news these days without hearing/seeing/reading some depressing story about the current state of our economy. There's no way around it, our current economic is…

I Have Nothing to Say…

... But it's still NaBloPoMo, which means that I have to say something. So I will say this. I have a sinus headache so bad that I suspect that little…

Yet Another Letter to the MBTA

Previous letter is here. If I keep sending these, they're eventually going to write me off as a crackpot. But it's not my fault that they suck! Details changed to…

Grumpy Gus

My day began today with (yet another) person sending me an email addressed, "Dear Ruth..." Why must people call me Ruth? Why? Oh, I know why, it's because people don'tĀ fucking…

Perspective, Please

Ok, I'm feeling grumpy. And I really have no reason to be grumpy. Because I loved my training session and I got another free dinner and my hotel room gets…

That’s a LOT of H2O

We just got our first water bill. It was $1,565.15 Allow me to let that sit in for a moment. *Ahem* $1,565.15 We were expecting to have a rather large…

Mulligan

Do you ever have one of those days? I think that I am having one of those days. Any day that begins at 2am with a nasty stomach ache qualifies…

2AM is Such a Cliche

It's 2am and I am wide awake. If I had accomplished my dreams of becoming a rock star, this probably wouldn't be a problem, but I am still an IT…