28
Sep
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photo credit: Zeusandhera
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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13
Jul
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Another mouthwatering TGMTU from Derek, who’s off this week enjoying sunny Puerto Rico (good pics TK!).
Of this latest installment, he says, “They came with our Pad Thai! Delicious!”
TGMTU #30 © Derek Ivie
By the way, in case you were wondering, “King of the Carrot Flowers” is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel, an intriguing and sadly defunct band whose “Holland, 1945″ always makes me cry. Check it.
Tags: anne frank, derek ivie, holland 1945, king of the carrot flowers, neutral milk hotel, pad thai, puerto rico, things getting me through unemployment
