Rants
I’ve been resisting a gas price rant. Really, I have.
Year: 2005
Rants
After my rant in The Cruelest Cut, I figured a follow-up was in order…
Uncategorized
Saw this on a hotlink from Fark.com and thought it oddly appropriate…
Restaurants
You may remember sometime back I complained about the Greenville News (yet again), this time regarding their restaurant reviewers. Seems they couldn’t identify some basic Indian cuisine. I got this e-mail from John Malik, chef and owner of 33 Liberty, complaining about the same thing…
EdTech
Sometime back I had a little problem. I had a whole bunch of computers to get rid of. Fortunately, I had another district that wanted to buy them, so the problem was solved. In the past, we have held auctions for the general public, or online sales for our students and employees. We’ve never had … Read More “Think they could have handled this better?” »
Miscellaneous
I’ll see that you never work in this city again! I’ll have your job for that! Just wait until I talk to your supervisor! Usually, these are empty threats, meant to get the attention of some public servant or service employee, whether they did something deserving of the threat or not. While I’ve asked to … Read More “The Cruelest Cut” »
Things Overheard
Location – Sticky Fingers Waitress: Can I get you a drink, maybe some spicy chicken wings? I find it hard to drink chicken, so I think I’ll have a Coke, instead.
Things Overheard
A two-hour meeting on office and emergency procedures, complete with PowerPoint. I was sitting in the back next to our Director of Health Services, Joy McGaha. We had been told what to do in the case of angry parents, bomb threat, mysterious substances in the mail, and had just gotten to the good part about … Read More “That seems a bit harsh…” »
Geocaching and Maps
My mother-in-law, who lives north of Seattle, has seen this in her local paper several weeks running, and sent me a clipping…
Miscellaneous
…because you might find out. Such has been my week so far.