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Write my Order down

The experience you have at a restaurant is mostly controlled by the waiter. Yes, the cook might turn your steak into a rubber boot and the hostess might irritate you by estimating that the wait time is “12 to 43 minutes”, but the waiter is the face of the operation.
So, at what point do you [...]

Four Things

I was going to wait until Friday (or Monday, or February) to put up a new and irregularly timed entry, but Angela Rutherford had other ideas, so instead, I’m playing the latest meme rage, “lists of four”. I spoil you people with all this new content.
Four jobs I’ve had

Mucked out horse stables at a [...]

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain was the best movie I saw last year.
In talking about this movie, I know that I’m not going to convince you to go see it if you are offended by the subject matter. You may be surprised that I would go see it, and now you’ve decided that you’re never going to [...]

We Admit Nothing

My boss at work likes to have new applicants meet with the entire team after she finishes the standard interview. The idea is that the applicant might relax more with potential co-workers and provide an idea of what it would be like to work with them on a daily basis.
A few weeks ago, a [...]

Your kid is a Monster

Ever since I wrote an entry about kids a few weeks ago, it seems like people are talking about kids everywhere I go. Stories about their kids, and advice about kids, and people who might want to have kids, and names for kids, and…
I’m going to tell you a few things I don’t like [...]