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Posts tagged ‘asides’

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April 4th, 2009

It’s not that I hate my bank–they’re great. It’s just that every time I have to call them I feel a tiny part of my soul blacken and die. hunch_staff: Sorry, your topic “Should I eat my children?” was declined. Reason: Gruesome. Monsters vs. Aliens was good. Words I never imagined would enter my brain: [...]

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December 10th, 2008

I don’t know if it’s the joy of Christmas or if I’m just lightheaded from paying property taxes. I think my brain shrinks whenever I accidentally read engadget. I feel so guilty not answering every email. :( I will always be thankful that this person is not my neighbor http://tinyurl.com/5wyyks 8 year old girls can [...]

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November 1st, 2008

My wife finds it amusing to make door-knocking sounds while I’m waiting for UPS (because she is lovely and talented and pure evil). Homework saps my will to live. Is it poor form to drink straight from the shaker? One of those days. It’s cute how the WordPress folks are trying to preemptively curtail 2.7 [...]

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October 15th, 2008

Hey, Dell! Why hasn’t my Mini shipped yet?! It’s not that I hate religion or politics per se. But the mindless hateful mob group behavior that comes out of it disgusts me. Seeing Don Quixote by Kirov Ballet tonight. Baby sitter en route. Putting on my fancy pants. I desperately wish people would tell the [...]

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September 23rd, 2008

Would it be considered impolite to pass out surgical masks and antibacterial hand sanitizer to all of the kids in class when I volunteer? Getting the Boy a haircut. His self inflicted haircut still visible. Blokus or Carcassone? Pushing TiVo’s skip ahead button during commercials while watching live television… it’s like popping bubble wrap. Cheap [...]

Console password management script

September 18th, 2008

I’ve been using a couple of bash scripts for a while to manage my password collection (over 100) and I thought I’d share them since I find them very useful. They’re BSD licensed so you can do whatever you want with the code. Click here to get ‘em.