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Category Archives: Rage Against the Machine
Hypertension not only kills, it annoys
On my way home from school the other day I was reminded why I’ve always loved this neighborhood. Our community is situated next to a pond which is home to a large flock of waterfowl. Sometimes they look like geese … Continue reading
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Tagged duck crossing, picturesque community, rude drivers
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What’s Mine is Yours
I was thrilled today at school because I felt like I was coming out of a performance slump and if life is a mind game then today I was a charging Bishop instead of a checkmated King. In the very … Continue reading
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Tagged campus crime, campus theft, stolen GPS
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Welcome to Night Court
My traffic court date came up and I went last night to take care of it. This was one of the tickets I wrote about in No Stupid Children a while back, the ticket I got when I pulled in the railroad … Continue reading
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Tagged Dodd's Farm, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, traffic court, traffic ticket
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This Call May Be Used for Training Purposes
I had cause to look through the past few years’ bank statements recently to track certain payments and I noticed in so doing that the bank had charged us for checks several times for our free checking account. I highlighted … Continue reading
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Tagged bank customer service, phone rage, Verizon customer service
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Six Degrees of Connection
Earlier this week, I read a newspaper piece about how accessible we all are these days with our cell phone and BlackBerry and email and on and on. The author created various ranks of technology users ranging from Call of … Continue reading
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Tagged Craigslist, dogged by technology, JazzFest, lost cell phone, New Orleans
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No Longer Available
I was all set to recommend this new razor I just used but I’m going to hold off. I took it in the shower this morning and couldn’t believe how the blades slid across my skin like there was no … Continue reading
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Tagged 2003 East Coast blackout, 59th Street Bridge, fears of terrorism, New York blackout
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Dear Mr. Fairbank
This letter was sent to the Chairman and CEO of Capital One Bank on February 15th. All employee names have been changed to protect the helpful but ineffective. Should a response arrive I will print it. Mr. Richard Fairbank Chairman and CEO Capital … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital One Bank, No Hassle Cash Visa, security breach, what's in your wallet?
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Dropping Like Cyber Flies
I began blogging here about four months ago, October 2006 according to my Quick Blog administration page. A friend and former colleague helped me set up this site in her office one day during some down time and since neither … Continue reading
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Tagged blog hosting, blog statistics, GoDaddy
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