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Entries from September 2004

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag

September 17th, 2004 · Comments Off

It’s anniversary week in the Nosuch household. First the wedding, now the wife’s birthday. The good news is having them occur so close to each other means it’s unlikely I forget both. It also means only one period of frantic shopping to cover two of my essential spousal obligations. And, as time goes on, I [...]

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Tags: Conny · Personal

Ouch

September 16th, 2004 · Comments Off

While I get all in a lather about a misplaced modifier on Big Brother 5, the real Big Brother goods are to be held across the Atlantic. The German version of Big Brother recently aired a female contestant getting her nipple pierced live during the show.
So I guess we’ve hardly got the market cornered on [...]

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Tags: TV

Upgrade outrage

September 15th, 2004 · Comments Off

Monday’s email from T-Mobile (translated into honestese):
Dear Sidekick user:
We’re making a special, limited time offer to allow existing Sidekick customers to upgrade their phones for only $200 (instead of $300.) Sweet, eh?
In spite of the fact that Sidekick users are generally web-savvy folks, and even though as a cellular provider, you’d think we’d understand the [...]

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Tags: Customer Service · Sidekick · Stupidity

Two years

September 14th, 2004 · Comments Off

In two years of being married to Conny View definition in a new window , I have learned

A kind deed goes a long way. A nice gift goes even further.

To avoid playing games like Pictionary with my wife on my team, out of fear of frightening our friends with our preternatural spousal telepathy.

Packing a few essential sex toys while traveling is [...]

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Tags: Conny

Remembering

September 13th, 2004 · Comments Off

I started my September 11th this year much the same way I started it three years ago: sick.
Though, three years ago, it was a work day, and being sick kept me from going to work. Seeing as I work right next to where the World Trade Center was, and I would have been walking through [...]

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Tags: Remembering