Ubi Caritas

Sir, we have hired all our summer help. And even if we hadn't...

2008-05-10T15:25:14Z

Long and picture-filled post coming this afternoon. But 'til then... Guy walks over to customer service and asks for a job application. Not only is he apparently both hungover and, shall we say, unwashed, but he is of the impression that his fa...

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mmm...summer plans

2008-05-05T03:45:57Z

I've been asked several times in the last few weeks what my summer plans will be. They are many, varied, occasionally peculiar, and most of them very ME. Observe: -No school. No, that isn't like me. Yes, I'll have a good 12+ weeks sans-school...

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a hot bath, some tea, and benadryl will make it all go away

2008-05-03T06:23:46Z

good grief. what a shift. I suspected that things were going to gang a bit agley during this shift when I stepped into the ladies' room before starting my shift. While applying powder and lipstick, I saw this conversation between a woman and her...

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Random helpful hint

2008-05-02T17:28:05Z

If you have cats, ALWAYS check the bathtub for felines before reaching behind the shower curtain and turning on the spray preparatory to the post-workout shower. That is all. More after finals.

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i love my job sometimes

2008-04-25T15:19:51Z

One of the many reasons I love my job is that my coworkers are better-read and more familiar with certain types of music than some of my former coworkers. Ergo, we have some common ground and reference points and lots and lots and lots of intere...

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I'd like to skin him alive and put his pelt on the wall of the store...

2008-04-20T05:39:04Z

but I have to give him points for creativity. Lots and lots and LOTS of points for creativity. And he did make me laugh, so more points. Okay, backstory: I covered the lunch break of a girl in music last week. Whilst tidying a wall of DVDs, I wa...

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for the LOVE, how is it that this is only Tuesday?

2008-04-16T04:10:36Z

I would have sworn that it was at LEAST Thursday, if not Friday. For some reason, I am utterly disorganized this week. (aside to the peanut gallery: YES, even more so than usual! Hush!) Now then, another to-do-before-more-recreational-internet ...

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author du jour

2008-04-09T20:03:44Z

If you enjoy light and humorous mysteries, you will enjoy Donna Andrews' Meg Langdon series. I'm rererereading it at the moment, and laughing out loud as hard as I did the first time. The first is Murder with Peacocks, followed by Murder with P...

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Culture QotW: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

2008-04-08T22:09:36Z

Which team are you rooting for this baseball season? Three words: New York Yankees. (ducks as blunt objects fly her way) Seriously, I am a Yankees fan. I'll confess that I don't follow them as religiously as I did as a kid (okay, so I can no lo...

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on cloud nine of singer-bliss

2008-04-08T02:26:58Z

Today=Monday. Mondays are usually good days to begin with, despite their 9 AM piano class (I love the sound of a well-played piano, but that isn't what one hears if I sit at a keyboard, and 9 AM ISN'T MORNING YET, why does no one understand this...

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