Update: I now have fully-functioning AutoCAD 2011 LT and Inventor on my work computer! 
Oh yeah!!!
Yeah, they’re a pain in the ass, but they are the best option in terms of pricing/coverage/handsets.
I wonder if the change in these terms might allow me to cancel my contract without penalty. Their Service Agreement says: Unless otherwise specified in this agreement, we may change, at any time, any charges, features or other aspects of the Services or any provision of this agreement, upon advance notice to you. If you do not accept a change, you may terminate this agreement and your Services upon at least 30 days advance written notice to us (unless we specify a different notice period for a particular change).
I will also pit early morning insomnia. I haz it and I hates it. Not as much lately since I started my new job, but it still rears it’s ugly head.
These things I’m finding in my seedless watermelon look suspiciously like seeds.
I had an interesting discussion with a co-worker yesterday; somehow we got onto the subject of driving while talking on the cellphone, and not only does he think that if you use a handsfree device you’re good, but he also thinks that other people shouldn’t talk on the phone because they get distracted, but he’s okay - he’s never had a problem talking on the phone and driving. I pretty much told him that all the studies say he’s wrong and dropped it. You know what everyone who talks on the phone while driving thinks? That it doesn’t affect them. I would be willing to bet if you asked the other drivers around them they would disagree, however.
Nobody ever thinks anything negative applies to them. Fact of life.
It’s a good thing I’m perfect and brilliant.
This didn’t happen to me but it certainly deserves a “life sucks” mini-rant.
A friend of mine’s husband has been out of work for about eight months. He’s older and although he has a good background in retail it was a big uphill struggle to get a job. But with a lot of work and a lot of pavement pounding he successfully interviewed and got a job as a bookstore manager. He started today, and he and my friend were feeling pretty good about things.
Then about an hour ago we got the news that his father died. Damn, that was just bad timing.
Speaking of bad drivers … goddamn Dallas drivers. I’m doing, what, 10? 15 over the limit? I shouldn’t be passed like I’m standing still! Also, seriously, WTF is up with people about lane changes? I put on my blinker to let you know I’m coming over, and you speed up to block me?!? Fuckyoufuckyoufuckyou.
Wanna guess how many times that happened just on the drive in to the office? It takes me maybe 15 minutes to get here - these things shouldn’t be THAT frequent of an occurence!!
Also, ow. I just split my lip. Feels like I got smacked in the face.
Hey, folks who link to NSFW stuff, you know that not only there’s a box you can uncheck to break the links, handily called “Automatically parse links in text,” but also spoiler tags are allowed? Stop it with the annoying spaces in the URLs, already.
Dear Retailers,
The average height for women is between 5’4" and 5’5" not 5’10" like men. If I cannot reach something I’d like to buy because your shelves are above my reach and the object is set way back so I can’t even swat at it, you lose money because it’s not always possible to track down one of your employees or to find a kind stranger to pester in order to get the damn thing off the shelf. Instead, as happened today, I leave pissed off without adding anything to your bottom line. So, if you insist on having shelves that are 6’ high so you can cram more stuff onto them, make sure someone who works for you is regularly tasked with the chore of pulling things on those shelves to the front so people can at least have the chance to knock them off and buy them.
It’s funny how things trip you up in the world that were obviously made for men and haven’t been adjusted for women - as an avid gardener, I am always using secaturs, and they are always too big for my hands to grasp both handles and close them (and I have big hands for a woman). If I ever find a pair that have been scaled down for women’s hands, I’m buying five pairs.
Hey, person tapping repeatedly at my door tonight - it’s nine o’clock, it’s pitch dark out, my husband is not home, I’m not expecting anyone, I have a “No Soliciting” sign on my door, and I’m in my pajamas already - get lost. I’m not opening the door for you. I don’t care if you can hear the tv and see my lights on.
One of the radio stations around here is playing Christmas music non-stop. It was bad enough listening to forced merriment just before Thanksgiving, but fucking OCTOBER? How could more than one person think this was a great idea?
I am a whisper above 5’ even. I use a walking stick, not only for balance but to knock things down from the high shelves, if I don’t think that they’ll be damaged. However, if I think that the item will be damaged, and I can’t find a helpful staff member or customer, or if I just don’t want it that badly, no, I’m damn well NOT going to try…or perhaps stores WOULD prefer that us shorties would knock things down?
Hell, my FATHER is short, he’s 5’3", and he’s always had a problem finding things to fit him, everything from clothes to tools.
As for answering the door, just take off the PJs, put on your chain mail bikini, and answer the door with a longsword and/or battle axe in hand. Personally, I always grab my husband’s shotgun, but I live in Texas, land of crazy ass shooters. And Bill is trying to build up his own personal armory.
I like Christmas music, despite being an atheist. Some of it is quite beautiful. However, I like it in SMALL DOSES, that is, play ONE Christmas song an hour or so. Because otherwise, someone is likely to go to the station and shoot the program director. Especially if they start this shit before Halloween.
And then on the opposite end, they build airline seats for small people and wonder why larger people have such a problem with them. 17 inches of shoulder space? I’m sorry, my shoulders are about 21" wide. On my last two flights (which is not often), I had issues with the people next to me over our mutual shoulder spaces. Leg room? Seriously? I’m only 5’11" and I have problems with what you give us. Damn. I half expect us to roll up to the gate on landing, the front end of the plane to swing away and we get fed to the rotating knives.
This morning not one but two drivers threw lit cigarettes out their windows in front of me. And it was 35 degrees, so they had to roll down their windows to do it. I hope one day you forget to roll it down.
Why don’t you buy a first-class ticket, or get your own plane?
My local small grocery store is awesome, except for their storage of glass canning jars (in cardboard boxes, thankfully, not loose) on top of their very tall freezers. I’m 5’9" and can’t even touch the bottom of one of these boxes without getting on tiptoe and stretching, much less reach them safely to get one down. At least there’s usually a clerk nearby with a stepstool to grab one for me.
Heh - are you channelling Shot With Guns? 
We’re hosting a Halloween party for our social group this year. The leader of the group has emailed me not once but twice now to check on how things are going. Dude, you don’t need to facilitate anything - everything is at my house, and we’re doing everything by email, which is between me and them; there is no need for you to keep butting in. There’s a reason for it (interfering control freak), but no need.
No, not interfering control freak. I just like to argue with people.