Monster Tug Boat Sinks!
Read this fake news story about Jeff Taylor’s tug boat sinking. (Yes, he really does own a tug boat…but that’s a story for another day.)
Read More Monster Tug Boat Sinks!Read it and weep!
I can’t believe people actually publish books like this: Is stacking cubes really such a difficult task that it requires a $39.95 book to teach people? By the way, you’ve gotta love the devil horn on that red-tinted woman.
Read More Read it and weep!“Which one did they cut?”
I got a haircut tonight. Ugh. It’s not what I hoped for and a bit too short in some places. The girl was in a hurry. …but in a month at Anime Boston, it should be a length I’m happy with.
Read More “Which one did they cut?”Monster Communications
This was at the top of an HR e-mail we all got… Date: 24 Mar 2003 04:20 PM To: Monster-Maynard From: Monster Communications IMPORTANT-PLEASE READ: To reduce the number of individual announcements sent out about each Maynard activity, event or issue we try to condense the info into one Monster Communications newsletter. Unfortunately, there are […]
Read More Monster CommunicationsPeople have no patience
It annoys me when I have a ticket that takes maybe 15 minutes to do and I get e-mail two days before the due date asking for the status. I have to interrupt what I’m doing to give an ETA on something that isn’t close to the due date yet. I could see if maybe […]
Read More People have no patienceThe car works again…
On Sunday afternoon, I dug my bike out of the basement and rode a few miles to Autozone. I plopped down on a jump start kit. (It’s heavy, so it wasn’t easy riding back from the store with that swinging from my handlebars.) I charged it up and the next morning…nothing. Damn thing didn’t work. […]
Read More The car works again…Car update
Called Saturn. The guy on the phone was less than helpful. “It sounds like you need a new battery.” I suggested it may just be the alternator instead. “Yeah, it could be that.” The earliest they could look at it was Tuesday at 3pm. Ugh. By that time, the battery will probably be dead anyway. […]
Read More Car updateCars suck…especially mine this week.
It took me over 2 1/2 hours to get home from work. It usually takes about 40 minutes. My car wouldn’t start in the Monster parking lot, so I called AAA. An hour later, some guy from Jack’s Towing in Maynard (which is only about 5 minutes away) shows up. He forgot his jumpstart kit. […]
Read More Cars suck…especially mine this week.My car…again…
I should stop going for oil changes. They always get REALLY expensive. This was my 90,000 mile maintenance thingie. There were a few problems I was aware of (like the fog light cable being disconnected, a low coolant warning light that was on, and a slow leak in my right rear tire) but they found […]
Read More My car…again…