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A Day of Disappointments
I didn't get the gig. Their rejection letter was actually very nice. And I'm trying not to take it personally. But... well.... when have I ever not taken something personally?…
Holiday Drama
Reading this blog entry got me thinking about holiday plans and how complicated they are now that I've become some sort of approximation of a real adult. When I was…
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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…
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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…
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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't fucking…
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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…
In Which I Further Humiliate Myself
Ok, so I already posted once today about being all farty. So, I suppose that the bar has been set rather low for blog posts today. Why not strike while…