July 2011

My Daddy’s Diet

July 15, 2011

In the past two and a half weeks, I’ve lost an amazing eight pounds. Did standing up for the daily eight to ten hours of computer work do the trick? I kinda doubt it. No visible change had happened after a week of that stuff. Did knocking off the sauce (again ) make it happen? [...]

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Dog Attack: Trounced Pooch

July 13, 2011

Horrible evening and night. Along about 10 pm as we were walking in the neighborhood, some idiot’s out-of-control German shepherd dog charged across our main feeder street and down the side road where we were standing and attacked Cassie.The shepherd belonged to the guests of some renters in a house on Feeder Street. This bunch [...]

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We Won’t Be Getting That Job…or Much of Anything

July 12, 2011

Holy F**k! If you’ll excuse the not-quite expression. And even if you won’t, I’ll say it again. About two seconds after I hit “send” to shoot four incredibly complicated documents off in application for a full-time job at the District, I went to close the short-form resumé I’d written to supplement the 12-page curriculum vitae, [...]

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w00t! w00t! and w00-h00-h00t!!!

July 12, 2011

OMG! Who would ever think it possible for a person to be thrilled by a power bill? The electric bill just arrived in the mail: only $187.04!!!!!!! In freaking JULY! It defies belief! I’m budgeted for $225 in the summer months. Last July the bill was $176.63, but that was with the old unit cranked [...]

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The Bottomless Job Application

July 10, 2011

Spent something over half the day filling out a job application: Scottsdale Community College is advertising a one-year-only full-time position in its English, Languages, and Journalism department. These OYO positions often morph into permanent tenure-track jobs, or so I’m told. One way or the other, I could do with a full-time salary, even if it’s [...]

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Chase Bank Credit Card Frolic

July 9, 2011

My little S-corporation has its own Chase Bank credit card, issued through the credit union. Well: make that “had.” Honestly, I don’t know why state agencies and credit unions do business with Chase: what a nuisance it is to deal with those huge, faceless banks. Chase has let my corporate credit card expire: no sign [...]

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