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Happy New Brunswick Day

One again, I was at work all day, we were busy the whole time and I never got a chance to investigate anything of interest. This seems to happen every Monday. It's like out customers don't realize we're open every day.…
Happy Bounty Day (Norfolk Island Edition)

Bounty Day auto-filled. I may have mentioned it before. This is a holiday for all you mutineers. I had a big update plan with several anecdotes, but then the storms came, tens of thousands of people lost power and my …
Happy Xenia Name Day

Apparently, in parts of Europe, days are given personal names. In Slovakia, today is Xenia's day. Xena is a variant of Xenia, and was a television show instrumental in shaping my young worldview. Sometimes I wonder if…
Memorial Day 2008

Have you ever noticed that for a country that's only ever been attacked two to four times (depending how you count the Civil and Revolutionary Wars), the U.S. sure has had a lot of people die defending her? Any similar …
Happy Youth and Sports Day to Turkey

I am exhausted. Homework, housework and keep me awake at all hours. I finished my homework less than ten minutes before midnight, when it was due. Last week I worked 52 hours. That was a slow week. This week, I am w…
Happy Black Day

Yes, in Korea, they actually have a singles awareness day. On April 14th, singles get together and eat noodles with black bean sauce.Don't take my complaints about gaming subculture as a knock against video games. i we…
Happy International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

There's not a lot of time to write today because my birthday is in a month and I was updating my wishlist. Here are my lists from Amazon and MobyGames.Overtime sign-up is a bitch at my work. it seems to be first come f…
The IAFF has determined that Oscar Pistorius's prosthetic legs do give him an advantage as they have less wind resistance than natural legs. My response is, "Less wind resistance than whose legs?" which is exactly the p…
Cheapassing, race, gays and cheerleaders

I have a PlayStation 3 less than a week and they announce a $100 price-drop and 5 free Blu-Rays with purchase. Granted, I didn't pay retail price, but I am still irritated. When I go back over what I got, I still thank…
Today was a good day at work, not that anything especially great happened. But I worked four and a half hours of overtime at weekend volunteer rates. During the overtime, that over $22/hour. The good part is there wer…