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The Blôgüle: September 2009
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Friday, September 4, 2009. I got a job! For strategic reasons, I cannot reveal the details of my duties or who I'm working for, but I can say that I'm making enough money to start saving for a move, and it involves working in the political arena (Yay me! Nananananuhnuhnuhnuh nanananananuhnuh nuh BOSS MAN! Coming into today, I assumed I'd be chief wordsmith. I left the office today directly in charge of the whole operation, including five staffers. Will I succeed? Stay tuned to find out. Links to this post.
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The Blôgüle: How to: Deal with your Boss (Part 1)
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Saturday, January 23, 2010. How to: Deal with your Boss (Part 1). Maybe you just got a phone call from your cat-sitter. Mr Nibbles is sick, come home immediately! Maybe, like me, you needed to drive an hour and a half from your workplace to Philadelphia to catch a hockey game with your girlfriend, and that required leaving a half hour early. Or, maybe, it's been a long week and you want to hit the crack pipe a couple hours early. Whatever the reason, here's how you DON'T. Better yet, YOU'RE FIRED! And th...
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The Blôgüle: "Asautomatic Spending"
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Monday, January 25, 2010. I'm a person that stops reading when I see an unfamiliar word. First, I look at the context clues to see if I can figure it out. If that doesn't work, I google it and find the meaning. Most of the time, I learn a new word. Sometimes, however, I'm not so lucky. For instance. After working a full day on very little sleep, most of my cognitive processes have slowed down significantly. So much so that when I read the sentence,. Or it means I need to go to bed early tonight. I'm Matt...
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The Blôgüle: State of the Union
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010. State of the Union. For those that missed it. President Obama called the Democrats a bunch of pussies for bitching about a nine seat majority in the Senate, he gave the Republicans a choice between coming up with some worthwhile ideas and shutting the fuck up, and he chastised the Supreme Court for RUINING OUR DEMOCRACY. The rest was a combination of brilliant rhetoric, boring policy, and, to quote somebody very dear to me, "superfluous applause.". State of the Union. Dr Dumb...
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The Blôgüle: Breakfast with the Brinn's
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Sunday, January 3, 2010. Breakfast with the Brinn's. We went to Bob Evans, a breakfast chain similar (but inferior) to IHOP, as a final send off to my little sister, who returns to Maryland to complete her Marines training this afternoon. Once again, a full family outing in which food is involved turned into an epic disaster (You can read about a similar experience here. At this point, it becomes painfully obvious that the $2.25/hour plus meager tips is not worth the effort, so when both of my sister...
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The Blôgüle: Last night in America...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008. Last night in America. Over the next two days, let's see:. My house to JFK International Airport- 120 miles. JFK International Airport to Heathrow International Airport- 3471 miles. Heathrow International Airport to My cousin's house- 116 miles. My cousin's house to Northumbria University- 256 miles. That's 3963 miles of travel in two days.:-). Tonight, my family went to Hard Rock Cafe. On a better note, HBoO. It's just four months. It's not that long. We have Skype. They'll t...
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The Blôgüle: A Personal Case for Health Reform
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Saturday, January 16, 2010. A Personal Case for Health Reform. I purchased my first health insurance policy several weeks ago, and, today, the big (screw you! Packet came in the mail from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. When three corporations merge and, with their teams of market research analysts and billions of dollars, can't come up with a better idea for their name than to just tack together the three original names (Even I could come up with /'s, Horizon/Blue Cross/Blue Shield, see how that flows?
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The Blôgüle: May 2009
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Saturday, May 23, 2009. President Obama channels Abraham Lincoln in a speech on national security. While standing in a room alongside the United States Constitution, Obama said, ".there may be a number of people who cannot be prosecuted for past crimes, in some cases because evidence may be tainted, but who nonetheless pose a threat to the security of the United States." So, for the past eight years, we have held prisoners without trial with no clear evidence of crimes committed. Second. That the Wri...
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The Blôgüle: November 2008
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008. It's been a long month. My absence, which I've learned has filled countless buckets with the salty tears of disillusionment, can no longer be tolerated. It is time to speak, so speak I shall. Last night, at 6:30 PM, I was frantically pacing across a cold tile floor, my heart racing, my hair graying. At 7:00 PM, I was driving. Erratically. On NPR. I heard news of hope. Obama has taken both Pennsylvania and Ohio. McCain's road from here is VERY steep.". And concede he did.
