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The Curse of Crank

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Today I’m feeling a little bit Monday. Chalk it up to being away all weekend and, yes, maybe drinking a bit too much and working out too little, but I woke up sleepy, cranky, and generally out of sorts. Even though, really, life is not so bad.

Still, when some overweight middle-aged goon tried to hand me one of his “Obama as Hitler” pamphlets, I nearly kicked it out of his fleshy paw. I managed to control myself, however, offered him a murderous glare, and continued the trek to my sometime office, where I got an ice coffee, dialed in for a conference call, and crankily listened for my 5 minutes of the status report.

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Best Job Post of the Day

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Apologies, as this is a crude, cheap, and potentially smelly shot, but YUD can’t help herself. She’s come to enjoy, even partake in, a good poot joke now and again. It’s something that happened when she turned 33. She got gross. Sorry.

Job: Associate Editor, Gas Daily

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