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Archive for October, 2008
I found an old band that I think I like: They Might be Giants. I haven’t had time to listen to a large amount of their music but I have really enjoyed what I’ve heard so far.
I am an idiot.
25Oct08Today I ruined more than one thousand pounds of sugar. It was totally my fault, a mistake due to nothing but my own sloppiness. My co-worker’s kept telling me that it’s a common mistake and not to worry about it, probably because I spent most of the day looking a little shell-shocked.
I thought the mess […]
If your book doesn’t have an index, it’s just a pile of paper.
- Merlin Mann
Summer reading
22Oct08In case anyone was wondering if I stopped reading after May:
June
1. Manalive - G. K. Chesterton2. Good to Great - Jim Collins3. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Edmund Morris 4. Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki5. The Island of Dr. Moreau - H. G. Wells6. True Believer - Nicholas Sparks
July
1. Persuasion - Jane […]
I am getting even more overtime this week. Oh, goody.
In other news, I am almost finished with For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway. Unfortunately, I forgot it in my car and did not make any progress today. Maybe, by the end of the week, I’ll be done.
Edit: I finished it!
Journalism
20Oct08But they had forgotten something; they hadforgotten journalism. They had forgotten that there exists inthe modern world, perhaps for the first time in history, a classof people whose interest is not that things should happen well orhappen badly, should happen successfully or happenunsuccessfully, should happen to the advantage of this party orthe advantage of that […]
This morning I was going about my business when it popped into my head to figure how much more money I make by working Saturdays. The answer: 30% more than I otherwise would.
That seems like a lot, but it doesn’t really console me concerning the fact that in half an hour I have to […]
