Respecting the Flag Verses Respecting Yourself

(big breath) Here it goes: This is political. I may be unfriended by a few people for this, and that’s alright by me. If someone unfriends another person for expressing a difference of opinion that is not blatantly malicious or hostile, the problem is with themselves, and not with me. It...

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Debate: Chair Reclining Monsters

Everyone has at least one pet peeve. Even if they can’t name it off the top of their heads, as soon as they encounter that “thing”, their blood begins to boil. My biggest pet peeve ever? People reclining their seats into my lap on an airplane. Airline seats should come with a little warning...

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All in a Day's Work Edition

Scenario One: Me: “I’m sorry I cannot provide you with that information. However, the individual who owns the account can log in and give it to you.” Customer: “I don’t want them to have to do it. How can I get that information?” Me: “You can get it from them, but there’s no way for...

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Awkward Moment of the Week - Two

I bring to you.....“I CAN HAS SPELLZ CHAMP TIDLES?” According to CBS News, Google’s researchers set out to gather and compile a list of the most misspelled words in the country, by state. They did this by finding out which word in each state had the most google searches for the correct spelling....

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I'm on the Phone!

We’ve all witnessed it. That moment when your teacher has “Had It.” You know what “Had It” looks like. Most of us have probably been on the receiving end once or twice. It’s when your teacher’s face starts out as a tight-lipped smile when a student makes the same stupid joke for the twenty-seventh...

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Public Transportation and the Art of Avoidance

Public Transportation and the Art of Avoidance - Many moons ago (or not), I went to a University that was located about thirty minutes from my home town and where I worked. Because of the typical, “poor” college student, first-world problems that so woefully beset me, I did not have my own car...

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Seen on Google Earth: Part 2

Today Google Earth taught me that people in Dallas, Texas..... Do not have garbage cans. No, really. See?  Garbage, garbage EVERYWHERE. It makes me sad that there are so many people there who can't afford a garbage can, just like there are so many people here...

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