Monthly Archives: January 2015

It Was Twenty Years Ago “Today”

I worked my first day in Atlanta on Martin Luther King Jr Day in 1995, which Google tells me was January 16th. I’ll never forget the conversation I had with the company’s HR person when I asked if I would … Continue reading

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Traffic And Television

Both of these dominated my evening last night. Because of the rain and Atlanta’s insufferable drivers traffic was hideous last night. I tried waiting it out but at 7:30pm I was over being in the office so I ventured out. … Continue reading

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It’s Been A Fairly Boring Week

The highlight of my activity yesterday was spending two hours discussing the merits and drawbacks of packaging for Schlage lock sets. For my two hours of expert insight I earned a crisp $100 bill. I was all hot to spend … Continue reading

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Back In Action

Last night I returned to German class. Having a month away was refreshing, but I should have done more refreshing during that time to prepare for last night. Luckily this is a for-pleasure endeavor so I wasn’t too concerned about … Continue reading

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You Gotta Be Kidding Me

Yesterday I once again successfully fooled the dentist into believing that I have good oral hygiene. Okay, I do, but have to admit that I am not the most ardent of flossers. It was related to this that I received … Continue reading

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No Matter What The Sport, There Are Fans Everywhere

On Saturday I joined some coworkers at Taco Mac for some NFL playoff action. Since I arrived early, one of my flaws, I got us a table and watched the NCAA North Dakota v Southern Illinois football game’s end. The … Continue reading

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Baby It’s Warm(er) Inside

Another cold night in the city lead me to spend the night home again instead of venturing out to Decatur to hear Freddie Eaglesmith, or to Kirkwood to attend the CocoaHeads Atlanta meet up. Instead I loaded the trailer hitch … Continue reading

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Brrrr

Because I am still fending off this low-grade sickness I returned home last night instead of stopping at My Friend’s Growler Shop to fill up my empties. It was cold outside (or so I thought at the time) and traffic … Continue reading

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Clean Start: 2015

With the start of the new year I have once again decided that it’s time to clean house. Last night I made the first, rather weak volley in this endeavor by moving some items from house back into car. One … Continue reading

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Such Good Intentions

After work last night I drove the yet-unnamed car to the lavanderia to do some much-needed laundry. The lavanderia was busy, but not so busy that I couldn’t get all of my laundry done in one shot. In an effort … Continue reading

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