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Kirkpatrick's Twisted Slant - "This blog goes to 11"
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These are all the Blogs posted in August, 2005.
Wednesday, 31
Don't live where Nature is nasty
I feel bad for Mississippi residents because they really are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to media attention for Hurricane Katrina. The big news before she hit was whether she wou
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Posted By James at 9:03 AM
Tuesday, 30
The never-ending football game
As the NFL season descends upon us next week, there are a few observations I’d like to make about the current state of the game. While football for me takes a giant backseat to hockey and baseball, I
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Posted By James at 9:35 AM
Monday, 29
My nostrils are being violated
Someone had lunch and it must have been deviled eggs because it smells like a horrific fart. Certain food items should not be allowed at someone’s desk and eggs of any form are at the top of that lis
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Posted By James at 2:29 PM
Pork on a toothpick
Every once in a while, I’ll have a craving for abandoned kitten meat so I’ll head on over to the local Chinese establishments in the mall’s food court to satisfy my urge for pan-fried “chicken”. One
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Posted By James at 11:33 AM
Friday, 26
Not-So-Best Buy
I’m not sure if I’m the only one who has the same experiences lately but I have to express my displeasure at Best Buy. I’m not a fan of shopping at all, and like most guys I go to a store knowing exa
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Posted By James at 10:57 AM
Thursday, 25
The Eleven Letter Conundrum
Damn, just when I thought people had exhausted the permutations on spelling my last name incorrectly, a new one pops up this week. For the Change Control software at work where we enter in requests f
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Posted By James at 6:59 AM
Wednesday, 24
Dany Heatley
Unfulfilled.
It was the best descriptive word of the day when an Atlanta radio host described his feeling of Dany Heatley being traded from the Atlanta Thrashers to the Ottawa Senators. For Read more | 19986 comments
Posted By James at 8:57 AM
Tuesday, 23
Come celebrate with someone you don't know
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel weird at work to be invited to someone’s cake and ice cream party at work (usually for birthdays or work anniversaries) if you don’t actually know the person?
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Posted By James at 10:08 AM
Monday, 22
Random thoughts for Monday
Poop...suspended in mid-air
I witnessed an unusual, yet semi-sensible, idea yesterday in regards to dog walking. As I was taking my morning walk, a lady was jogging with her dog with the Read more | 4 comments
Posted By James at 8:49 AM
Friday, 19
Is "fartnik" a term they teach in journalism school?
Just as I was singing the praises of how the Chicago Sun-Times has overtaken the Tribune in terms of journalistic quality, the Sun-Times loses their talented TV critic, Phil Rosenthal, to the Tribune.
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Posted By James at 8:51 AM
Thursday, 18
3-sentence movie reviews
No major plot points are spoiled here. These three-sentence vignettes are simply sound bites for the eyes. For real reviews, I defer to Mr. Ebert.
Million Dollar Baby A boxing Read more | 768 comments
Posted By James at 6:20 AM
Wednesday, 17
The incredible shrinking Christmas party
Continuing with yesterday's theme of company perks on a downward trend, I present to you my work Christmas party timeline.
Every year that I was at CCC Information Services in Chicago, the Ch Read more | 6 comments
Posted By James at 8:53 AM
Tuesday, 16
Irony? Hypocrisy? Or both?
One of the doctors my wife works with had a patient yesterday who was shot by her husband in the hospital and then he turned the gun on himself. No one knows the reason why.
In the utmost si Read more | 2 comments
Posted By James at 10:37 AM
When the bubble was popped
Since the height of the internet bubble came crashing around 2000-2001, a lot of perks went by the wayside for most companies. When I was at Brokat Technologies, we had beer and food on Friday aftern
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Posted By James at 9:16 AM
Monday, 15
Organic Food
Maybe because I’m a city boy and really haven’t had much exposure to truly fresh fruit, my eyes have been opened by sampling organic fruit lately. We’ve been spending the extra money in order to give
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Posted By James at 9:15 AM
Friday, 12
HDTV is my Master
I’ve been meaning to write about this forever, but I wanted to sing the praises of high definition TV. My old Mitsubishi 45-inch TV died after 9+ years of great service and I knew that there was no w
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Posted By James at 8:48 AM
Thursday, 11
Spam or just filthy language?
**Warning – Bad Words are listed below. Many of them.**
I really have to be careful with what I type when using my work email account, as most bad words trigger a filter/alarm that either deletes Read more | 6 comments
Posted By James at 8:50 AM
Wednesday, 10
Too much skin. Not enough fabric.
I’m sure I’ll find out if I’ve been out of the loop
when I read the replies to this post, but I heard a
pretty funny, and descriptively accurate, name for the flab that hangs over the waist of someo
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Posted By James at 7:05 AM
Tuesday, 9
Supercells
No, I haven’t run out of ideas to write about but I do have to comment on the deluge of water the Atlanta area has received for this year. For those of you who live in Atlanta, can you recall a day i
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Posted By James at 8:42 AM
Monday, 8
Please, at least acknowledge my existence
I’ve been the recipient of rude behavior from people who serve me food and whatnot, generally from mall areas and fast food joints (in the rare events that I even go to these bastions of Minimum Wage
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Posted By James at 8:49 AM
Friday, 5
Employee Discount
Ever since G.M. offered their “Employee Discount” to the general public this year, sales have skyrocketed. Ford has followed suit and has also had success with this marketing scheme. I’m curious if
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Posted By James at 2:03 PM
Thursday, 4
Early start for school in the south
It’s very odd to see certain school districts begin their fall term the first and second weeks of August down here in metro Atlanta. I’m not sure if this is strictly a southern thing or a new trend a
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Posted By James at 11:08 AM
In the meantime...
I am stuck at home while the Georgia traffic authorities sort out a massive wreck which is blocking my route to work. One lovely aspect of metro Atlanta is that there are no alternate routes when cat
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Posted By James at 9:50 AM
Wednesday, 3
Overworked Americans
One thing that I’ve always been resistant to, whenever possible, is the “working lunch”. I have two routines that I try to do every day if time allows. If I bring my lunch, which I do 80% of the tim
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Posted By James at 8:41 AM
Tuesday, 2
Reduced glare, but not reduced annoyance
Something has been around in pro baseball for a few years and I’ve finally decided to make a comment about it. Back in the “olden” days of yore, baseball players (and some football players) would wea
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Posted By James at 8:31 AM
Monday, 1
Traveling, Eating, and Getting Plastered
There is a new show on the Travel Channel named “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” where I am quite jealous of the host for several reasons. If I were a chef on the Food Network, I think my style wo
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Posted By James at 8:37 AM
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