Entries Tagged as 'unfortunately it’s true'

One of These Days

September 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment

I live a clean life, I (mostly) mind my own business, I (kind of) keep my head down, I get my work done . . . and yet. YET! One of the days, I am going to write an autobiography, and it will erroneously be filed under “fiction.”

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An Open Letter to the U.S. Government

July 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Dear POTUS, Congress and whoever else is involved in this “debt ceiling” nonsense, I have no idea what a “debt ceiling” is. In all honesty, I have zero interest in learning about it. That is why I didn’t go into politics — well, that and I am overly sensitive and do not respond well to [...]

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Post-Game Haiku

July 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Every Cubs season, I think I need therapy: Anger management.

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Tags: sports · unfortunately it's true

A Haiku for Carlos Marmol

July 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Unemployment was Nine point two percent in June. You’re still our closer?!

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How to Fail in Politics Without Really Trying: An Open Letter to the Democratic National Committee

July 1st, 2011 · No Comments

Dear DNC, PLEASE STOP CALLING ME. 1. You call me in the middle of my work day. Pay attention: I live in Hawai‘i. You know that. It’s on that computer screen right in front of you. During Daylight Saving Time, that means your 4pm is my 10am. Some of us have to work for a [...]

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Ty Wakefield (1977-2011)

April 4th, 2011 · 5 Comments

Ty and Marcia at Eddie George’s Grille 27, July 2008. Cancer robbed the world of another really awesome person this past weekend as my dear friend Ty Wakefield succumbed to the osteosarcoma that had been causing him so much pain for the past four years. Even though he went through seemingly endless treatments that robbed [...]

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No Good Wednesday

February 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments

I had a bad day yesterday. A lot of random crappy stuff happened. I can’t even write about all if it because some stuff is just too embarrassing, and even trying to list the non-embarrassing stuff would just be depressing. Nothing was phenomenally bad, but it was just a lot to handle on a day [...]

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Sickness in the Workplace: It’s Not All About You

November 16th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Some Mondays are worse than others. Some Mondays, one of your staff goes to the doctor, comes back to work and then tells you – hours later, at the end of the day – that the doctor told her she should stay home for the rest of the week because she has a contagious disease. [...]

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Tags: unfortunately it's true · work

Confession

September 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Sometimes I log in to post something here, but by the time I’ve spit out my password, I’ve forgotten what I was going to say. OK, not just sometimes . . . most of the time. Discuss.

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Week in Review – Sort Of

August 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted. It has really been one heck of a week. I am super tired, because even when I am able to sleep, I’m so stressed out that my dreams are all over the place. One really cool thing did happen this week, and that was that my friend [...]

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Tags: everyday stuff · unfortunately it's true