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Category Archives: The Modern Condition
Clothes make the man
Back when I was a young buck, I was skinny. When I bought suits, I had them remade to fit very slim. Some people thought such skinny suits looked funny, but, well, they fit me. I’m not so skinny anymore, … Continue reading
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Are you 0- or 1-based?
The wife and I were at the shopping mall today when we passed the vacuum cleaner store. I remembered that I had put our last bag in our vacuum cleaner when I changed it recently. “We need to get some … Continue reading
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The latest in schwag
My wife recently returned from a business fair with a bag full of promotional items. Some of them ended up on my office chair. “What was that square thing you left on my chair?” I asked. “What square thing?” “The … Continue reading
I know these people
I took my bicycle down to the park this morning for a ride. As I was getting my shoes on, taking the bike out of the truck, and so on, I noticed that there were other people sitting in their … Continue reading
How to write a blog entry
Not too long ago, my wife brought me a draft of a marketing brochure that she was going to have printed up. It had lots of good information in it, but the most eyecatching summaries and titles didn’t stand out … Continue reading
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A burning bush? Or a burning Buick?
Last month, I saw a red Riviera going down the road in our neighborhood. Not a classic Riviera, but one of the not-yet-classic 1995-99 ones. What struck me was that it was fire engine red. I mentioned to my wife … Continue reading
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Back to the 60’s at my bank
My wife says that anytime a company sends you a letter that starts with the phrase “In order to serve you better”, you can be certain that something is about to get much worse for you. Case in point: recently … Continue reading
Do I have “cheap” tattooed on my forehead?
This last week, we received three Netflix discs in a row that would barely play. They would constantly hang up and skip over scenes, no matter how many times I polished them with Windex. My wife was ready to call … Continue reading
Cars aren’t as warm as they used to be?
When I got up this morning it was eighteen degrees outside. I got into my nineteen degree truck (no heated garage, just a carport) and shivered. I had the heater turned up full, and by about fifteen minutes later, when … Continue reading
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Now, exactly who needs health reform?
Fellow web programmers will appreciate this one: I needed to renew a prescription today, and since the insurance company has incentives for you to use their pharmacy, I went to their website to request a renewal. All went well at … Continue reading
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