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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 that latest meme rage, the “lists of four”. I spoil you people with all this new content. Enjoy.
Four jobs I’ve had

Mucked out horse [...]

Brokeback Mountain

I’m running a little behind this year, or I would have already written something about the best movies of 2005. But don’t worry, because I’m planning on doing that pretty soon, now that we’ve caught up. Most of the movies we saw over the holidays were wonderful.
This entry is about one specific movie. [...]

We Admit Nothing

My boss at work (not to be confused with my boss at home) likes to have new applicants meet with the entire team (of five) 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 [...]

Your kid is a Monster

Since writing the 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 about kids. [...]