Don’t Panic!

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I just got back from the pool…

Sometimes I forget how much swimming helps to calm my nerves and clear my mind so that I can try to bring things back into perspective. It kind of makes me sad that in a few months, it’ll be too cold once again to go for a few laps at midnight! See why I’m desperate for my own pool when I finally make that house purchase?!

Anyways, things might be tight for a couple of months, but I guess until that call to the cable company gets made for a downgrade in service, I really can’t do too much complaining! BoA is going to be a challenge now, but it’ll get done nonetheless. I suppose if anything, this would be that lovely opportunity that I’ve been waiting for to explore other options with pushing my writing career on to new heights, eh Les? 😉

That said, look for v.2 of comedic-genius.com to pop online in the next week or so…finally. Oi vey…

good news?

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I fixed the wi-fi by stepping the encryption back a notch, so I don’t need to leech off the neighbors anymore to have access on my laptop.

Besides, a couple of those guys had some pretty lame upstream caps!

Hey, it’s not much, but it’s a start… 😛

…I’ve seen better Julys…

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Upon returning home this evening…

  • …an e-mail from my editor indicated that effective this week, my involvement with the paper will be reduced to a minimum and I’ll only be needed for a fraction of the paid writing that I’ve become accustomed to providing over the past two years.
  • …all of the bread in my apartment is apparently moldy and ruined, leading me back to the same, boring dinner that I’ve been enduring for the past several weeks.
  • …I did the math and realized that unless I can line up some new writing clients quick (which isn’t likely to happen), Bank of America won’t be getting paid off by my birthday in August after all.
  • …I watched some scenes from Fahrenheit 9/11 and despite the fact that I know a lot of it is subjective, I’m still disgusted by the words that came out of our President’s mouth.
  • …and on top of it all, I’ve got this splitting headache that just won’t for the life of me go away.Just for the record, I think I’ve been a pretty good sport despite of things this summer…how’s about saying enough with these storm clouds already?!

bigotry at the House of Mouse?

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No, not exactly, but I found this posting earlier and it’s just been too entertaining for me to not share it tonight!

http://www.livejournal.com/community/disney_cast/107959.html

In a nutshell, a bunch of folks are peeved because Disney allows “Gay Days” to take place on their property and doesn’t do anything to “warn other guests of their presence.” Never you mind that it’s technically sponsored by the City of Orlando and not an officially Disney-sanctioned event, and never you mind that “technically” gay people are people, too. Some people are just intolerant jerks…

I think I’m going to make it a point to go next year, just to see what all of the fuss is about. I don’t even care about the lines – we’ll just go over for dinner & fireworks or something…should be a good show! 😛

truly “On Demand”

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It looks like HBO finally got it right and is now adding their current series line-up to the service each week as it airs. I may still be only one of like four people watching it, but at least now I can catch Entourage each week without having to work around schedules and stuff!

Ahhhh, technology…

likes and dislikes…

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I like…

  • watching the rain
  • the smell of coffee cake baking in the morning
  • my new plant, Ramona
  • the enthusiasm for reading that the works of J.K. Rowling have instilled upon the worldI dislike…
    • rude people at Wal-Mart
  • the fact that season 4 of Curb Your Enthusiasmwon’t be out on DVD for another month
  • not having enough time in my day
  • that end of the weekend feeling

to quote the heart…again

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Words to live by on nights like these…

“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods.”

“Love is born of faith, lives on hope, and dies of charity.”

“Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.”

— Theodor Reik

“When you realize that you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible…”

(from When Harry Met Sally)

You know you’re living in Florida when…

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…you hear traffic reports in the morning like this:

(courtesy of traffic.tbo.com)
Incident cleared on HILLSBOROUGH AV West and DOUBLE BRANCH RD
Impact: Medium

6:29 AM

HILLSBOROUGH – INCIDENT CLEARED: WB HILLSBOROUGH AV AT DOUBLE BRANCH RD . GATOR IN ROADWAY…..BETWEEN COUNTRY WAY AND RACE TRACK……8 FOOT GATOR…..LEFT OUTSIDE LANE GETTING BY ()

Remind you of anybody in particular? ;)

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Oh boy!

(courtesy of On This Day a la reference.com)

Fact of the Day: bowdlerize

British medical doctor, Thomas Bowdler, gave up his practice in 1754 and undertook the “cleansing” of Shakespeare’s works – removing all words and expressions he considered to be indecent. In 1818, he published his edition of Shakespeare’s works intended for “families.” His name became synonymous with self-righteous expurgation and the word bowdlerize has become familiar in the English language.