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{ Monthly Archives } March 2008

We never get stuff like this in civil court

Tip for public servants: if you’re going to pimp your rig, at least make it look beige. “Backup server” won’t fly.

2008 03 19 mythago Dumbth
Gaming
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And a great “Hmmmm….” was heard

Clearly, since LegalPad picked it up, I wasn’t the only one who noticed this quote in a piece about the Spitzer scandal: Melissa Gira Grant, another former sex worker, says, “A mid-range online escort who books her own clients makes $200 to $300 an hour.” In San Francisco or Los Angeles, she might charge $300 [...]

2008 03 15 mythago Economics Comments Off

Not nice to pick on sick people

Normally when I get a cold it moves down from my sinuses and spends a few days clogging up my chest (oxygen? who needs oxygen?), but this one decided what I really, really needed was the kind of sinus headache that makes your eyeballs want to pop out of  your skull and find refuge in [...]

2008 03 13 mythago Tech Comments (1)

24 Hours in Seattle

It’s my own fault. We wrapped up a trial early and I figured hey, I’ll fly out in the morning since I’ve already paid for tonight’s hotel room, and I’ll look up a couple of local friends and hang out. This caused a disturbance in the Force at work, and I was ordered to hop [...]

2008 03 05 mythago Travel Comments (1)