May 2011
19 posts
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Because I Love You #7: Kathleen Jasinskas
This is #7 in an ongoing series titled “Because I Love You”, wherein I write a few too many words about the incredible people in my life. You can see other entries in the series here.
It’s pretty well known that while I don’t much care for fighting, I am very serious about competition. Fighting is mean and meant to hurt; competition is about making yourself better and working as...
“Aborting a child because the mother was raped makes 2 victims. It’s better...”
– Kansas Rep. Pete DeGraaf: Being impregnated during a rape is just like getting a flat tire - Kansas City News - Plog
That quote is from one of the comments; the whole goddamned concept is so shameful and irritating that I can’t believe I actually made it through reading every single one.
I...
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Because I Love You #6: Whitney Denman
This is #6 in an ongoing series titled “Because I Love You”, wherein I write a few too many words about the incredible people in my life. You can see other entries in the series here.
I worked at a large interior design firm in the midwest for my last two (of six) college internships. When I started, I had just turned 22, I was married, I was in the process of buying a house. Life...
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Because I Love You #5: Matthew Blackman
This is #5 in a hopefully continuing series titled “Because I Love You”, wherein I write a few too many words about the incredible people in my life. You can see other entries in the series here.
I come from a big family. Technically. It didn’t much feel that way growing up - my mom is the youngest of six children, and she’s the youngest by most of a decade. Some of the six kids...
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Because I Love You #4: Cathy Davenport
This is #4 in a hopefully continuing series titled “Because I Love You”, wherein I write a few too many words about the incredible people in my life. You can see other entries in the series here.
There comes a turning point for everyone in college where they start to show potential. I hated that word in high school, mostly because it was regularly coupled with the words “not living...
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Because I love you #3: Jeremiah Marquis
This is #3 in a hopefully continuing series titled “Because I Love You”, wherein I write a few too many words about the incredible people in my life. You can see other entries in the series here.
Writing this allowed me to look through a host of old, forgotten photos. I had hundreds of that awful office that I completely forgot about.
My first job in Cincinnati was working in...
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Because I Love You #2: Jeff McClure
This is #2 in a hopefully continuing series titled “Because I Love You”, wherein I write a few too many words about the incredible people in my life. You can see other entries in the series here.
Photo taken by our good friend Brian, a few weeks ago at Lagunitas.
Jeff knows San Francisco better than you do. Jeff is from this city, a city no one is actually from. (Since meeting...
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Because I Love You #1: Kate Duncan
This is #1 in a hopefully continuing series titled “Because I Love You”, wherein I write a few too many words about the incredible people in my life. You can see other entries in the series here. I’m going to notice running themes in this project, and one of them is inevitably going to be coming to terms with my own age. I like being 26; it feels a little more adult than 25, and I...
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I could use a favor.
I have never finished a single thing I’ve started, ever. I just can’t. I acquire new interests the way some people acquire knick-knacks - I obsess over them, I need them in my life RIGHT THIS MINUTE, and then once I’ve gotten what I need out of them, they go on the shelf of things that I’ll pull down fondly one day and remember what they were like. I might move that...
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“Sure, lots of women show up to the gym looking great, but if they’re not some...”
– Don’t Bring Her to the Gym - FoxNews.com
Listen to me very carefully, you misogynist dickbag. Listen to me very carefully as I detail a story for you about how I’m healthier than I have been in my entire life, both mentally and physically, thanks to a man who’s not busier working...
Here is why I hate all cell phones, and please...
Jessica: Thank you for visiting Sprint. What questions can I answer for you today?
You: Hi there
You: is it possible to upgrade my plan for just the current month?
You: my service has always been fine with my current minutes, but I'm working with a client who is literally taking up about an hour worth of minutes per day, and I know I'm going to run over within the week.
Jessica: Sure ,we can certainly explore the options together.
Jessica: Let's move this chat and make it a window of its own. That way, you'll still see this web page while we chat. Please click 'Yes' to move it now.
You: got it
Jessica: Thank you for moving the chat.
Jessica: May I please know which plan do you have currently on?
You: I've always been on the everything plan that gives me 450 minutes, which has been great. I'm thinking I'll have to upgrade to the unlimited plan.
Jessica: I would recommend you to add the Night and weekend calling starting 6.00 pm to 5 am which will be the best option for you at the moment.
You: how would adding night calling help me? my night minutes already start at 7:00 and the minutes I need to use are all during the day.
Jessica: Thank you for your patience.
Jessica: You can start this free weekend and nights starting at 6:00 PM to 5:00 AM.
Jessica: You can modify your Add-Ons by logging into your MySprint Account and scrolling down to the “I want to...” menu on the right side and clicking “Change my services.”
Jessica: Do you have any questions about our current services?
You: I do not need night and weekend minutes.
You: I need daytime minutes.
You: this is the third time I have said that.
Jessica: You can also change your plan but please make sure that the new plan will come in effect from the next billing cycle.
You: so there's nothing I can do to change to a new billing cycle immediately?
Jessica: I am sorry, but the new plan will be applicable from the next billing cycle.
Jessica: The Everything Data Plan offers you a 450 minute option for $69.99 or a 900 minute option for $89.99.
Jessica: With the Everything Data Plan, you get unlimited calling to and from any domestic mobile number regardless of carrier it’s absolutely free! Minutes are used for land line calling and making calls while roaming.
You: none of that is a solution to my problem. I'm going to go ahead and terminate this chat.
It's the high road, baby, and you're welcome to...
My high school had televisions in every room. They weren’t used for much, mostly something called Channel One that I think came on once a week and showed us teenagers things about the world around us. I wouldn’t say “news”; I don’t remember it being much in the way of journalism. I don’t remember much about it at all.
I would have been a junior then; it was my...
