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Academic jungle

Go, Drake!
Despite my “meh/this was really more difficult than it needed to be” experience in the music department, I have to say that Drake did earn its respect from me as an institution in several aspects.  When bad communication and management is a precedent, the student body of a college or university can tell–and Drake by [...]

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July 15, 2009 in "The diploma box", RANT, Stinking Scammers

Riddle me this

1.  Why was our previous trip to the National Gallery so successful and we had such a good time?  Answer:  We didn’t spend a total of 6 hours on or waiting on mass transportation versus an hour and a half in the museum. 
2.  Why are some people so surprised that the Dow is now below 7500 [...]

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February 19, 2009 in RANT, Stinking Scammers

Minneapolis, Bernadette toothiness update

Here’s a quick post going up during my lunch break.  As a bit of forewarning, we will probably edit this post later this evening, with a few more details about Minneapolis.
Regarding Minneapolis, Mike and I have a few things that we would like to do.  Here’s the short list from my lunch break memory:

Dinner at the [...]

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June 23, 2008 in "The diploma box", Chocolate biscuit, Stinking Scammers

Gotchas and shared resources

Tuesday night we got a phone call, the caller ID said Ontario, Canada. I was on call and the company the made one of the major pieces of software I was on call for is from Canada, I assumed there was problem. I answered the phone to find a telephone survey. I take them sometimes, [...]

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May 18, 2008 in Stinking Scammers, Training