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QotD: What Can Blogging Do for You?

Jul 1, 2008
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What does blogging do for you?
Submitted by Madeleine Rose.

Two things:

1) Lets me actually work things out in print, such that I can articulate my thoughts and work on developing them to a logical and coherent point. Which is generally a good thing and prevents rambling on.

2) Lets me get feedback on these thoughts such that I know that I'm not alone and not crazy, and that there are other people who concur with my opinion and indeed are pleased with my elucidation.

OK, three things:

3) Lets me drop words like "elucidation."

QotD: Procrastinating...

Jun 29, 2008
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What have you been putting off all weekend?

Bathing. SRSLY.

QotD: Words to Live By

Jun 27, 2008
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What is your personal motto?

See above.

QotD: Favorite Time of Day

Jun 25, 2008
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What's your favorite time of day and why?

Sunset. Going back to my days in school, that generally meant the working day (with homework) was done and the rest of the night was free and clear, up well past midnight. I miss keeping vampire's hours.

QotD: Glazed Over

Jun 22, 2008
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What's your favorite type of donut?
Submitted by tomatshonino.

Powdered lemon-filled. however, I can eat the little mini-powdered ones a dozen at a time, and when in London at Harrods Knightsbridge I always stop in for Krispy Kreme. No rilly!

QotD: Time Changes Things

Jun 20, 2008
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How have you changed in the past year?
Submitted by littleduckling.

I haven't. Not even a little bit. That bothers me, because last summer kind of sucked.

I think I traded one set of job-related miseries for another. This one is less physically debilitating, but the lack of benefits and primitive working conditions don't help. (Hello, is it too much to ask for an office phone with internal caller ID in 2008? I've only had that for ten years previously at work...) More annoying is the fact that this is the third or fourth day this year where I didn't feel like I could get out of bed, let alone come to work, because I felt horrible and was in pain - but came in anyway, because I have 3 sick days a year.

So, right where we were in 2007: hot, miserable, and desperately searching for another job.

Nope. NO change.

QotD: Lessons from Dad

Jun 15, 2008
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What lesson did your father teach you that still helps you in life?

"Do the best you can and don't be a horse's ass."

Happy Father's Day, old man. You deserved better.

QotD: Friday the 13th

Jun 13, 2008
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Has anything unlucky happened to you today?

Oh HELL yes. I'm seriously considering going home and phoning it in the rest of the way.

In 2008, there's a minimum standard of computer literacy for a contemporary business environment. If you don't meet it, you seriously need to either take a class or find another job. Here's a guideline: if you're putting in a new help call every other day because you don't know how to do something, you shouldn't be using a computer.

QotD: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...

Jun 11, 2008
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Every new "Today" seems more anxious than ever. Do you find more solace in "Yesterday" or "Tomorrow"? Why?
Submitted by Bee Whisperer.

Has to be Tomorrow...largely because my Yesterday has a way of vanishing down the black hole. Besides, you can actually get to Tomorrow without too much effort. No amount of anything will reverse the direction of travel.