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Archive for February, 2008

Just So You Know: You’re Failing
Monday, February 25th, 2008

Just so you know, trying to impersonate someone in email requires more than simply accessing their email account, sending mail and signing their name to the message. First, you need to figure out what font they would use and how they would stylize their message. Second, you need to learn how to write in their [...]

Vacation Blues
Sunday, February 24th, 2008

The problem with vacations is that you must return from them. Unfortunately for me, while I was on vacation in Whistler, BC, I did not win the lotto back in Seattle. This means I must also return to work. While it is true that I love what I do for a living, it is also [...]

Unraveling Shoelaces
Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Sometimes my shoelaces unravel at inconvenient times. It seems inappropriate, at the time, to pause whatever I’m doing to drop to my knees and tie my shoe. I might be in line at the bank, in a meeting with my peers, sitting at the bar of my favorite brewery. If I drop down or bend [...]

Three Frogs Froggy Style
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

My digital karma continues its hiatus, and I am slowly inching my way toward acceptance of my digitally stagnant life. I continue to resist, however, because it adds an element of chaos to my life that I am unable to live without.
For whatever reason, the relationship I have with my cell phone has been [...]

Portland, My Portland
Friday, February 1st, 2008

Portland, WA—The problem with moving to a city that you love is finding a job that you think you can mildly tolerate for as long as it takes to get over the fact that you only mildly love it. I love Portland, and I love being a paramedic. Too bad there’s a lot of bullshit [...]