News: November 2005

Condo? Apartment?

30 Nov 2005 at 10:49am <Not filed in any departments> Today marks exactly 60 days before my apartment lease expires. Monday night I had convinced myself that I'd need another year in an apartment. As much as I'd like to own a condo (well, house... read on »

Goodbye, Away Messages

30 Nov 2005 at 10:10am <Not filed in any departments> My employer, luckily, condones the use of instant messaging programs (AIM, Gaim, etc.). The company believes it actually increases productivity, and I agree, to an extent. I no longer have to dig up peoples' phone... read on »

'Tis The Season

22 Nov 2005 at 12:31pm <Not filed in any departments> Ahh, the holidays - months worth of hype, worrying, budgeting and relentless "what do you want for Christmas" questioning all wrapped up into a month of vomitous anxiety and depression. What, oh what, would we... read on »

Top 7 Reasons I Suck

17 Nov 2005 at 7:31pm <Not filed in any departments> Most of you read my oft-boring, seldom-amusing literal ramblings because you enjoy the extreme amounts of complaining I do. It's really all I ever do - and not just on the internet, as you know.... read on »

Adios Rubble Man!

10 Nov 2005 at 10:38pm <Not filed in any departments> Well, that was a long time coming. Sadly, though, I have no more reason to watch The Apprentice. However, let's recap, real quick. Token wakes up to answer the banana-phone to some random receptionist reciting... read on »

Politics Shmolitics

9 Nov 2005 at 1:16pm <Not filed in any departments> This is for satire, because I have absolutely no attention span for politics, nor do I have the patience, nor do I have the cult following of any one packaged set of beliefs. I'd just... read on »

The Cory Googlism

6 Nov 2005 at 3:10pm <Not filed in any departments> Googlism is a tool that takes a search word and consolidates a series of sentences, using Google, that pertain to the word. For example, if you provide "Beer" as a search word, Googlism might return... read on »

Why Does the DMV Suck?

4 Nov 2005 at 9:48am <Not filed in any departments> I would like to thank the wonderfully miserable people at the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles for the outstanding customer service I have received over the past few weeks. You have all been more than... read on »

Ballin' on a Budget

1 Nov 2005 at 9:04pm <Not filed in any departments> For the past three years, I've lived with the hopes of one day having a "comfortable" life. I don't mean sitting-in-a-recliner comfortable - I mean financially comfortable. I don't need to be rich, I don't... read on »