Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Discussion from a Recent Trip to Austin
"So what was it like to relocate to Austin?"
"Austin has everything. Cowboys, hippies, nerds, and politicos."
"And those are just the school mascots."
"Austin has everything. Cowboys, hippies, nerds, and politicos."
"And those are just the school mascots."
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Today is Going to be a Good Day Thanks to Swine Flu
It is amazing how little things can make you happy.
This week has been a particularly stressful week. There is a lot of jobstress and bookstress happening right now (the book is in the final final editing phases just about ready to go to press). On top of that, yesterday, I got a speeding ticket. (Which is not THAT big of a deal - I just need to take defensive driving and fill out some paperwork and it is stricken from the record. It is just the hassle of going through the motions of penance when I know I am going to drive the same speed on the same stretch of road at the same time of day in the same levels of traffic and not get a ticket. This is why it is called a daily commute. I think that is why most people get so angry at speeding tickets - I have done the same thing I always do without consequence, why are there consequences all of a sudden. The only thing that is different about this situation is you, Mr. Police Man. And because you are different, I will not heap all of my frustration on you. But I have digressed...)
Today, looks like it is shaping up a little, though.
I have a twitter feed (http://twitter.com/gamookie) that I use as a steady stream of casual venting. I use it to complain about the jobstress or to make jokes about popular culture. It is really there to amuse myself (and/or the Mrs.) and to communicate with some friends who send me those @ replies.
Today, though, the local neighborhood website neighborsgo.com featured me as their Twitter friend of the day. May 6, 2009.
Wow! That just makes me happy.
Here is the exchange:
https://twitter.com/neighborsgo/status/1716750994
neighborsgo
@gamookie is our featured Twitter friend up top on neighborsgo.com. Who wants to be next?
https://twitter.com/gamookie/status/1716883974
gamookie
@neighborsgo Wow! How did that happen? Wow... Thanks! All I did was be me.
https://twitter.com/neighborsgo/status/1717124489
neighborsgo
@gamookie You had us at "the first rule of swine flu is that you don't talk about swine flu."
***
So there you go. Make a joke about swine flu comparing it to Fight Club
, and people love you.
I learned something new. It is going to be a good day.
This week has been a particularly stressful week. There is a lot of jobstress and bookstress happening right now (the book is in the final final editing phases just about ready to go to press). On top of that, yesterday, I got a speeding ticket. (Which is not THAT big of a deal - I just need to take defensive driving and fill out some paperwork and it is stricken from the record. It is just the hassle of going through the motions of penance when I know I am going to drive the same speed on the same stretch of road at the same time of day in the same levels of traffic and not get a ticket. This is why it is called a daily commute. I think that is why most people get so angry at speeding tickets - I have done the same thing I always do without consequence, why are there consequences all of a sudden. The only thing that is different about this situation is you, Mr. Police Man. And because you are different, I will not heap all of my frustration on you. But I have digressed...)
Today, looks like it is shaping up a little, though.
I have a twitter feed (http://twitter.com/gamookie) that I use as a steady stream of casual venting. I use it to complain about the jobstress or to make jokes about popular culture. It is really there to amuse myself (and/or the Mrs.) and to communicate with some friends who send me those @ replies.
Today, though, the local neighborhood website neighborsgo.com featured me as their Twitter friend of the day. May 6, 2009.
Wow! That just makes me happy.
Here is the exchange:
https://twitter.com/neighborsgo/status/1716750994
neighborsgo
@gamookie is our featured Twitter friend up top on neighborsgo.com. Who wants to be next?
https://twitter.com/gamookie/status/1716883974
gamookie
@neighborsgo Wow! How did that happen? Wow... Thanks! All I did was be me.
https://twitter.com/neighborsgo/status/1717124489
neighborsgo
@gamookie You had us at "the first rule of swine flu is that you don't talk about swine flu."
***
So there you go. Make a joke about swine flu comparing it to Fight Club
, and people love you. I learned something new. It is going to be a good day.
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