February 2012
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The lessons of Steve Jobs →
randallb:
I know that’s what I’m thinking…
My dad did an excellent job1 of instilling in me two concepts when I was young:
work is important; learn how to do it (and try to do it well), and
one works to live, one does not live to work
Seems apropos.
1 Of course, by “excellent” I mean I learned the lesson—not that I always knock it out of the park, as it were.
January 2012
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“There’s something on our roof. There’s ice pickles!”
– Elle, referring to some newly formed icicles.
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Hey Groupon(’s ad designers)? I found this today:
What’s the problem?
Fully justified text is not a right, it’s a privilege. Let’s get it together, eh?
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Archery
Me: Look, they're doing archery over at our park.
Amber: They're shooting a tree?!
Me: No, they're doing *archery.* Bows and arrows and stuff. It's called "archery."
Amber: Oh, so they're shooting down *our* tree? Who's shooting down our tree?
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December 2011
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naughty clothes
Amber: Papa, do you want to be on the naughty list? J: Nope. Why would I want to be on the naughty list? Naughty people don’t get toys. Amber: Yup, naughty people get clothes! Christina: Wha?! Do you mean “coal?” Amber: What’s coal?
Glad we got this cleared up today, otherwise Amber was going to be super sad tomorrow.
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ma'boy, all dressed up
I posted this to twitter earlier today:
Just spent 5 minutes wrestling my boy into his sister’s sequined Ariel costume. He looks very pretty.
I should have noted that this was done at his (very insistent) behest. The “wrestling” was because his wiggly arms weren’t finding the sleeves very well.
Photos were requested. Photos are now presented. Someday, he’ll thank...
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Giant Beetles In “Jurassic Park” Costumes →
Because—you know—awesome.
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November 2011
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When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality? →
moustache:
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October 2011
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“I would rather have a prostate exam on live television by a guy with very cold...”
– —George Clooney
Amen. But alas, I just had to create a Facebook account for work. The perils of working under Marketing, I suppose.
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trick or feet?
It’s coming up on Halloween, and evidently they take it pretty seriously here in Idaho. Take a glance at the information that came home from school with Amber (3rd paragraph):
Did you see it? Look closer:
One canned foot. One. That’s oddly specific, no?
I knew living in Idaho was going to be different, but I’m seriously at a loss as to where to find a canned foot. I...
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September 2011
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offensive and highly unprofessional
This might be the single greatest evidence that I was never fully qualified to work in government: behold an angry email about my work—
For those who can’t read it from the image above:
Hello. I was just doing a query on your property tax account website for an audit I am performing and when I put a dash in the account number I was using, I got an error message that said “Uh,...
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penmanship
I just went through a stack of job applications (for a job position that won’t be filled, but that’s another story entirely) and learned something interesting: your handwriting sucks. Yes, you.
People, if you really want me to take your application seriously, you’re going to find a way to type on top of the preexisting forms. It’s just that simple.
And it sure...
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News
So. A news update for the three of you who read this. The Maxfield’s will be moving out of the desert of Southern Utah. Why? In a word: Twitter. Some backstory:
I’ve been casting about, looking for a different employment opportunity for a while. The search intensified at mid-year, but went to 11 a few weeks ago when it became really apparent that I couldn’t do another 24 years...
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August 2011
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Weigh-In Wednesday:...
Last week: 205.5. This morning? 204.5. I’m pretty sure just two weeks of data isn’t enough to extrapolate out a trend line, but if it were, a pound a week would be OK, right?
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“The website is not clean and simple enough! We need to add more stuff until it...”
– (via clientsfromhell)