Archive for October, 2006
Watch out for zombies.
[A dark and rainy Friday night in Charleston, SC. A woman sits at her computer, searching for apartments on Craigslist, happy she has just finished a writing assignment and sent it to her editor. The lights flicker. Once. Twice. Three times. Finally, the power goes out. Completely. The woman picks up her trusty RAZR and [...]
Read More..>>Ciao, Comment Spam!
What the hell is with all the damn Italian comment spam showing up in my moderation panel? Anyone? Bueller? I’ve done several Google searches and I got nothin’. If any of y’all have a solution, bring it; Akismet ain’t doin’ jack shit about this. I bet it’s not even really Italian. It’s totally Russian. Stupid [...]
Read More..>>I just want an apartment, not a damn city block.
Can someone out there please explain to me why some brokers in New York charge a fee and some don’t? And why I should be paying some jackass 15% of the annual rent when I can just as easily find a place myself WITHOUT having to pay someone that amount of money? Because let’s just [...]
Read More..>>No, no, no — the beer goes in a GLASS not on my FACE.
Leaving a job is never easy. But leaving a job you love is next to impossible. Especially one that requires that you know Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, FileMaker Pro, an FTP program, HTML and Dreamweaver. Because try teaching all that to someone who’s incredibly bright and talented, but has never used ANY of the aforementioned programs. [...]
Read More..>>Jerry, GO HOME!
That was atrocious. It was so painful I couldn’t watch it. My mother and I actually SCREAMED our way through it. “Oh! I can’t look. I CAN’T LOOK.” “WHAT IS HE DOING?” “He is not even DANCING.” “He’s CLOMPING. Is that CLOMPING?” “Oh my god. I can’t…this is…please god LET HIM GO HOME.” “If he [...]
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