Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Down on Her Luck

I was walking back to work from lunch and I passed by a girl sitting under the payphone at the convenience store. She had a couple of bags with her and was sitting there crying. It looked like she had either left someone, or been kicked out of her apartment. I wanted to go over and ask her what the... Sign in to see full entry.

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A Matter of Public Record

I just got a letter from a roofing company with a printed label stuck to the outside and I just thought of this: If you're curious about the origin of SPAM, look no further than the telephone company, and your local county records department. Were it not for the white pages and certain types of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Mini Vacation?

This past week I have done a lot less physical activity. My numbers are down to almost half what they were two weeks ago. It is probably going to show tomorrow at weigh in. Part of the problem is that I've been spending more time at the computer. The other part is that I have gotten really tired... Sign in to see full entry.

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Should I Feel Honoured or Offended?

I'm 42. I seem to be getting more and more snailmail crap addressed to me from the "Senior Benefits Department" of various concerns. Some of it specifies that the recipient needs to be 50 or over. Looks like companies are just randomly scattering mail in hopes that someone will respond. Seems like... Sign in to see full entry.

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SCAM II: From Ghana With Love

I think I mentioned briefly in the previous post on this topic that I had also been contacted by someone claiming to be from Ghana. I never responded to that email. The way this starts out is that I get an email through the match.com email system. The email will contain an email address for me to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

I guess that means I'm nobody

I used to have this friend who whatever you were doing, if it wasn't something he would do, he'd say, "nobody does that." For example, I carry a flashlight and a pocket knife with me at all times. He'd say, "well Raymond nobody carries a flashlight with them." Or once I took out a Leatherman Tool... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 11, 2005

Department Noodge

I particpated in Walk Texas, a program put on by the City of Austin to encourage people to increase their physical activity. It goes in 10wk rounds. Well now I am group leader for my department during this 10 week round. So I am noodging people to sign up and participate. Sign in to see full entry.

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LEGO CHURCH

A few quick facts: How long to build it? It was about a year and a half of planning, building and photographing. How many pieces of LEGO to build it? more than 75,000 How big is it? About 7 feet by 5 1/2 feet by 30 inches (2.2 m x 1.7 m x.76 m) How many LEGO people does it seat? 1372 How many... Sign in to see full entry.

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Garment Shrinkage

I really wish the garment industry would come up with a fabric such that the clothing would shrink uniformly. I went to the storage unit and got out some old clothes that I will be fitting into soon. There are a few items that I'm just going to toss because they are still the same width but have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Bulky Items Pickup

We just threw out a few things that were just taking up space here. There's a carcass to a PC, a blender, a coffee maker, a card table, and some other junk out at the curb now. It will be gone by sundown. The city does this every few weeks. It allows people to get rid of stuff that won't sell at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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