Blind Prophecy

So that shooting in Salt Lake, one of the victims was a classmate of my sister. A 15-year-old girl. Not a close friend of my sister, but her whole school is shaken up a bit.

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There is a person–who registered online for one of our programs–claiming that his work title is: “Training and Qulaity Supervisor” (sic) I have my doubts about his qualifications.

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I just finished The Lions of Al-Rassan. Guy Gavriel Kay is, as usual, stunning in his ability to tell a tale. The book jacket says that Al-Rassan is evocative of medieval Spain, and it is that in names and geography, but I spent most of the time thinking of Israel and the whole stage of [...]

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Glenn Beck is disgusting. He might as well be a big steaming pile of greenish excrement. Occasionally, I flip over to CNN and catch unfortunate bits of his show. I always have to check and ask myself “wait, this is CNN?” It’s offensive to me that a credible news source give airtime to opinionated gas-bags [...]

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You know what I don’t get? Pointless gratitude email. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate a nice “thank you so much” note when I’ve accomplished something of real value. I do believe that positive feedback helps create an upbeat and fulfilling work experience. But when 4 people are capable of answering a question in less [...]

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BarackObama Dammit! After a pleasant day of wandering around in near-perfect Bay Area weather, I climbed into bed with my laptop to watch some television and work on letters of reccomendation for an old coworker who is applying to grad school. Sometime later, I awoke to the last moments of Thirteen Ghosts before The Dresden [...]

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TrimSpa, baby!, originally uploaded by jgerardo. Anna Nicole Smith in the 2005 LA Pride Parade. Anna Nicole Smith has died. Of all the crazy blonde celebrities who amused us with their antics, she was my favorite.

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WHERE & WHEN* Justin Herman Plaza nearest Embarcadero BART* Meet up at noon on February 10th. (hang ‘em high).* Rain date (February 17th)* Will Critical Ghast elsewhere at 12:30. WHAT* Pass this letter along to everyone you know and want to see as a walking corpse.* Show up dressed in yer finest zombie drag.* If [...]

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GIP – I love taking that particular shot waaaay out of context. Well, kinda… see I blew all my discretionary money this afternoon on books and iTunes downloads of every John Barrowman song they carry not already in my library. But I haven’t quite satisifed my need for a “fix” yet, so if anyone happens [...]

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So, it appears the world is about to get it’s first out NBA basketball player, John Amaechi. Okay, well, retired player. Still, it’s breaking new ground. The best part… he’s very tall, very cute, has an adorable british accent, and used to play for the Utah Jazz. I can’t wait to tell my mother, a [...]

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