Working late on a Sunday is simply wrong — unless you have the night shift on a Sunday that is. When I have to suffer the injustice of working late, on a weekend, for the 12th weekend in a row, I get a little peevish. I used to turn into an a-hole. Now, though, I …
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Tag Archive: humor
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Apr
09
One Dang Thing After Another
Quote of the Day: “Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.” –William Gladstone First the pollen came for me and TB did nothing, for there is really no defense against such an onslaught. …
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Mar
05
Hunger Strike? Suh-wing-andamiss
Quote of the Day: “Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.” –Mitch Hedberg TB read yesterday that inmates at Guantanamo have begun a hunger strike. The US government denies the report, if the actual story matters to you. I didn’t click it, but within the story …
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Feb
27
Kicking the Coke Habit
Quote of the Day: “…My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation….” …
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Feb
26
Coffee and the Alpha Male
I constantly ponder. Not to be confused with the redneck direction of yonder. I was thinking again this morning about one of life’s great questions. I have asked it before but never received a good answer or at least an answer that I could be bothered to remember. Why is coffee so damn hot? I …
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Feb
15
This Week’s Sign The World is Passing TB By
It took about ten seconds before the light bulb clicked on and the perplexed expression on my face began to fade. – Posted using MobyPicture.com
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Feb
02
Inspector Mac and the Case of the Disappearing Spoons
I have a conundrum. A mystery wrapped in a riddle. Ok, ok, it’s nothing that complex but I do have an interesting problem. We currently have two sizes of eating spoons in my household. We have the larger, lumberjack sized man spoons that I eat with. Then we have the smaller, normal sized spoons that …
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Jan
29
Little Scamp’s Flyin’ Circus
Quote of the Day: “This morning, shortly after 11:00, comedy struck this little house on Dibley Road. Sudden…violent…comedy.” “The Funniest Joke in the World,” Monty Python’s Flying Circus Today TB submits for your reading pleasure the accumulated wit and wisdom of the Little Scamp, as preserved over the last week on the tail end …
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Jan
27
Been Too Long Since One of These: A Very Nelson Customer Service Story
ed. note: The following is a customer service story by Nelson, originally published on Facebook. Reprinted with permission. The QOTD comes from me. TB. Quote of the Day: “The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.” Sam Walton I’m in Wal-Mart looking at TVs. …
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Jan
25
The Unduly, Undearly Departed
Quote of the Day: “Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.” –Oscar Wilde TB got news this week that an old law school professor was killed in an auto accident. It is awful, horrific, of course. Respect for the dead. Judge not lest ye be judged. He who is without– I thought …
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