Month: October 2017
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Selling a jacket online. An unfortunately true story.
Jacket for sale – $10. — Message from Woman: I’m interested. I’d like to try it on. Me: Ok, here’s my address. (I write address). Woman: I’ll get back to […]
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Google translate – hours of entertainment
I looked up reviews on a children’s activity park in Italy, but everything was in Italian so I had to use Google Translate. I don’t know why this person only […]
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A passion for chainsaws
These job ads get more specific every day. Today’s copywriting ad states that they would prefer an applicant who is really into chainsaws. If I come dressed as this guy, […]
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Stakeholders
Every time I read a job ad that includes any mention of “stakeholders,” I just think of an angry mob chasing Dracula and then I forget what the job was […]
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Typical Swedish magazine
While waiting in line at the grocery store, I spotted the magazine rack, which is pretty much what one would expect in Sweden:
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Yes.
I never read the context of these articles. I pretend they are direct questions posted to me and then I answer them. On to the next headline…
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Dress Code
In my old hometown newspaper from Texas, there is an article this week about a sophomore student in high school asking the School Board to remove the ban on boys […]
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One step removed celebrity recipes
A family member posted a recipe today for a Pinapple pie. The recipe was listed as being “Johnny Cash’s Mother’s Recipe.” Why would this make the pie any better? As […]
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Just because I SOUND like a caveman…
This past weekend, I took a shortcut past a brand new tram stop that had not yet opened. A very confused looking woman asked me in Swedish when the next […]
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Modern orienteering
Orienteering has been the theme for my son’s gym class the past few weeks. Today he had an assignment to find his way from his school to a place about […]