Andymatic

Month: August 2004

  • Red Marks Frighten Students – Purple Suggested

    Maybe I’m just a snotty National Merit Finalist but I think this is stupid: If you see a whole paper of red, it looks pretty frightening. Purple stands out, but it doesn’t look as scary as red. WHAT?! Are you kidding me? Making a mistake is frightening children? A red mark on a paper is […]

  • Here Comes Upper Class

    Thought I had a great clinch on an apartment. The lady just called: I make too much money. The apartment is controlled by the HUD and you can’t move in if you make more than $52K. The adventure continues.

  • Largest Middle-Class Paycut in History

    House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on the new overtime rules that are in effect in the United States: These new regulations represent the largest middle-class pay cut in history – starting Monday, more than 6 million workers will lose their right to overtime pay. President Bush and the Republicans simply do not understand that middle-class […]

  • Flux

    As I wrote last week there seems to be a confluence of stressors lately. It’s strange. It goes beyond ‘when it rains, it pours’. This is like a crucible. It’s like there’s a lot of small and large pressures coming from all sides that the only way to survive is to purify. I know that […]

  • George Takei Visits Internment Site

    George Takei, Star Trek‘s Mr. Sulu, recently visited the site of the internment camp he and his family were in during the second World War. I joined a pilgrimage to a former U.S. internment camp where my family and I, together with 18,000 other Japanese Americans, were imprisoned during World War II. The camp is […]

  • Visit from the Police

    You’re not going to believe this bullshit. The music from the neighbors downstairs has been loud every night. Sometimes until 2 in the morning. I’ve tried knocking on the door and nothing has happened – it’s too loud and they can’t hear me knocking. So tonight I stomped on the floor. Probably five times. Just […]

  • United Airlines Cancels Pensions

    To celebrate Ron’s birthday today, United Airlines cancelled pensions for flight attendants, pilots, machinists and the ground crew. The news isn’t on the internet yet – though warnings abound. Pensions for corporate employees and many employees in Europe (maybe protected by the EU?) will keep their retirement packages. It is painful to see Ron’s anger […]

  • SBC Idiocy

    So I get this nasty letter from SBC saying that I’m abusing my local toll calling plan. Dumbasses. The reason I’m using a local toll call for hours at a time is because my SBC DSL has been screwed up. How’s that for a corporate silo? I took the short cut and went to Best […]

  • Date To Save

    Hoping this is a satire: (via MeFi) If he tells your that you are hot…Tell him God made you hot. If he wants to hold your hand…Give him a Bible. If he tries to kiss you…Remind him that a kiss killed your Savior.

  • Wheat-Free Eucharist Not Good Enough

    Haley is a little girl with a severe wheat allergy. She just had her First Communion and received a wheat-free host. Now the church says that it’s not a real host since it didn’t have wheat in it. I think the Catholic Church is the only church that still clings to Communion as the actual […]