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Fun with tech support, part 1

Some of my clients think that, because I’m a computer consultant, I have no trouble dealing with companies’ tech support because we’re the same type of people and speak the same language. Wrong! Far more often than not, the person you’re talking to when you phone tech support is not a “techie”, just someone working [...]

“Uh huh”

“Uh huh.” That’s what the woman working the cash register at the fast food place said the other day when I thanked her.
“Uh huh.” That’s what a lot of people working the cash registers at a lot of different stores have said over the years when I’ve thanked them.
What is up with that???? If it [...]

Because [insert name] said so!

One of my pet peeves is when someone expresses an opinion that they’re simply passing along from someone else, one they’ve put absolutely no thought into themselves, it’s just because so-and-so said it.
I don’t care whether that so-and-so is Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Rush Limbaugh, the late Molly Ivins (not that she’s stating her opinions [...]

What makes a house a home?

My sister recently posted this to her blog:
I grew up on Long Island as a New York Yankees fan, taking after my father (and his father before that.) I first went to Yankee Stadium in 1967, right at the conclusion of Mickey Mantle’s career. I think I was at Reggie’s first game as a Yankee. [...]

Those bozos must be crazy

I don’t know if this is a problem all over–I’ve only seen it in Jacksonville, FL, but that’s where I live so I’m a lot more likely to see it here. And it’s a big enough problem here that there’s actually been a report on the local TV news about it.
What I’m talking about is [...]