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LLtBlarg

Calling in Sick - the REAL reason

Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate my excuse, I always get the feeling that my boss thinks I'm lying. On one recent occasion, I had a valid reason but lied...

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Ppearly_54

St. Baldrick

I have some very weird friends. People in the medical profession are more nuts than you could ever imagine. We have a PA that puts these beautiful silk butterflies on all the IV poles, decorated the...

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Ffinalh0ur

new nubs

Here is a picture of the 360 controller I use at the moment. I took the sticks off and put on PS3 sticks. For me the PS3 sticks work way better. I tend to overshoot my targets alot. This set up tends...

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CCMA

vacated

Hey all, For the first time in 4 years I am taking 2 weeks off for vacation. 14 full days, straight, of no work. Beautiful. It's cool how on this site you have friends who notice you being gone....

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AAvastYeBilgeRat

New Wheels

A new ride to safely cart around our new bundle of joy in, but in style. AKA - I avoided getting a minivan - YES!!! 2006 Honda Pilot EX-L w/ RES (rear entertainment system) EDIT: ninja_dawg, that...

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MMikeTheKnife

Contradictions

I love listening for people to contradict themselves. I do it myself, and when I notice it I laugh at myself. Yesterday I was listening to CNN Headline News on the way home and they had a story about...

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NNotStyro

Grrrrr! FPL!!

Well, It seems our weekly power outage came early this week. Tuesday afternoon is possibly better than Friday evening. Ok, better for most working people, not especially good for me and anyone else...

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MMandingo

If I only had a brain

I don't have a lot of time to go into great detail due to the internet crackdown here at work, but I'd like to share a day of stupidity with you. Yesterday morning I had to drive the wife into work...

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Wwebmonkee

No one wants my business

It's astonishing to me how many different ways companies have driven me away from them in just the past few weeks. At my local McDonalds, the manager took over a register, looked at all the people in...

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Hhudsmack

CliffyB is a moron.

I am generally of the opinion that "CliffyB" is a narcissistic dick hugger. Don't call me jealous, I have done games and I would never go back to one of those sweat shops ever again. Now I find out...

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Bbear96

2 nice iPhone mods

First, this guy decided to encase his entire iPhone with TiAIN, which is a ceramic coating used to improve the performance of cutting tools. He's turned it into a business now, and while there's no...

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