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New Year’s resolutions are nothing to crow about.
A lot of people make New Year’s resolutions on January 1. And most of those resolutions have been broken by January 15. Perhaps this is why I never bother: you can’t break ’em if you never make ’em! That’s a tried-and-true formula for avoiding self-loathing, friends. That doesn’t mean I don’t have goals. While playing…
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My friend Ashley was kind enough to send us a bottle of One Tree Hard Cider for Christmas. They’re based in Spokane, where she lives, and Tara is a big fan. The flavor she sent was Snowglobe, a blend of apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Most intriguing of all, it’s got edible glitter. Shake it up,…
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White Christmas? Keep dreaming.
I told Tara I wouldn’t do it. Promised her I’d resist the urge to take down all the Christmas decorations today. Tuesday, the last of my long weekend, would be a chill day. I’d do a little reading. Watch a movie. Kick back with cats on my lap. I had the best of intentions, guys.…
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Don’t need no credit card to ride this train.
One of my regular work assignments is writing portfolio content for websites TobacCo has created. I talk about the changes we made to improve the client’s old site, but even though I’ve asked the project managers to include as much information as possible, there’s rarely more than a brief paragraph or two. The Internet Archive…
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Face time only counts if they see your face.
Remember how we pulled off an Irish Goodbye at the TobacCo holiday party? Well, we may have slipped out unnoticed, but our slipping out didn’t go unnoticed. Although, we went unnoticed by one of the higher-ups. Confused yet? Our office manager stopped by my cubicle one day last week to make sure I’d gotten my…
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Heckling the tree cutter.
Many years and a few lifetimes ago, I bought a house in a brand new subdivision in Vancouver, WA. It backed against a greenway with a forest of tall Douglas Firs. “Those are junk trees,” the builder assured me when I asked if they would ever be cut down. “There’s no value to ’em.” How…
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