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Maybe I Wasn’t Clear

December 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

This ain’t fiction. This is an update on how Corporate Farris is currently doing.
The cast:
Boss (VP) – Goal-driven guy wants results. He’s “not interested in micro-managing” us, but he does want us to show our work. Figure that one out. Claims to hate meetings. Loves to schedule very long and unnecessary ones.
Larry, Moe, and Shemp [...]

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The Third Option

November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Stories

George was a simple man, which is not to say that he was an unintelligent one. On the contrary, he knew quite well that he was overqualified for the job he had served for ten short years. His IQ was much higher than the average blue collar schmuck, but he enjoyed the freedom of a [...]

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Part IV: Employment

May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

When I first started really using the MacBook, I wanted everything to be just like my desktop PC, which is currently a 24-inch iMac. I’d only been using the iMac a few weeks, but I had gone crazy installing apps and trying to make it feel like home. So I put the iMac in target [...]

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Thanks for not breaking me in half…

May 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

Monday was a good day. Exciting, scary, fun, fulfilling, a tease.
One of the biggest internal challenges I’m overcoming is realizing that I don’t necessarily have to justify something I said before this minute, day, month, etc. I was/am dumb, and therefore said/say dumb shit. No need to find a reason for it or defend it [...]

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If I jumped every time a light came on around here I’d end up talking to myself

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Potpourri

I’ve refrained from writing much lately. I’m not even going to pretend I know exactly why. Laziness, fear, depression, ennui. Whatever. I’ve pussed out, and it doesn’t matter why. This thing is supposed to be a way to update people I don’t see as often as I’d like on how my life is going. And [...]

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