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Forgive me, guys. It has been a hard week or so. Ugh. I’ll keep it short and sweet and then get back to regular posting. Last Wednesday, I managed to shatter a molar leading to an emergency dental appointment, leading to the discovery that I would need to have said molar extracted. Thank God I [...]
April 10, 2010
I am against requiring a credit check for employment. Whether or not I can (or do) pay my bills with any regularity has no bearing on whether or not I am a capable, competent worker. There is no evidence to support that those with bad credit performer poorly, nor is there any evidence that those [...]
April 9, 2010
My meeting with Becky and trip up to Republic was the beginning of the end for me. She was going to go with me up to Republic, Washington in an attempt to expand our territory to right near the Canada border. It was Becky, Raj, and myself in the car. Becky began the 2 hour [...]
April 8, 2010
Part I of My Brush With a Cult I had successfully “passed” by “Day of O” and was invited to return the next day to do the real work. I would need to arrive at 7am and take part in the a.m. “social” time and “team meeting.” Excited and ready to start this new challenge, I arrived [...]
April 7, 2010
I was 17 years old and fresh out of high school. It seems so very long ago now. I had just quit my job at a local casual dining place and was looking for something new and exciting that could usher me into untold riches as I started college. What I found was something so [...]
April 7, 2010
It started in Thailand. Anti-government protests in Bangkok have continued to escalate and, most recently, have resulted in grenade blasts in the capital city. The so-called “red shirt” anti-government protesters have been linked to the grenade blast that occurred outside the party headquarters of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Many of the protesters are calling for action from [...]
April 4, 2010
Easter, once again, and I lack a congregation in which I can celebrate this Holiest of days. I wonder if that is not actually a good thing, however, since I don’t fit into the typical faiths – I may not care for their mode of celebration? I recall the only Easter service I have attended as [...]
April 2, 2010
Oh, noes! Our President, who is half Kenyan, has self-identified as African-American on the United States Census form. The horror! The horror! I think the true story here is that I thought those forms were supposed to be confidential. What the hell is the White House doing revealing how the President filled out his Census paperwork? According [...]
April 2, 2010
Wow. 500 posts. That is kind of awesome, right? When I started this blog in July of 2008, I figured it would just be a way for me to bitch about being unemployed. It has been that and so much more. This site has become a place for me to express my deepest thoughts, fears, frustrations, [...]
April 2, 2010
The Pope’s personal Preacher actually compared the sex abuse scandal accusations against Pope Johnny Ratzinger to antisemitism. Really? You think it is appropriate to mention antisemitism in the same conversation as the Pope? The same Pope that was apart of Hitler’s Youth and has still refused to truly apologize for his actions? Really? On top of which, it does [...]
April 21, 2010
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