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Big Talker
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: People
- Hits: 1914
I sit outside to smoke. It's nice, the weather's good, the cat curls protectively at my side. The neighbor to my right, he's about my age, balding, overweight, bad leather jacket, he's always home, his son, twenty-something, is paying the rent, the neighbor, he's at home, sometimes he takes his dog for a walk.
It's a small dog, shit zhu or terrier or some-such.
When his son is working he's outside talking on his cellphone. About condo's and real estate and large deals that are just about to go through with a bit more capital investment....He's loud, loud enough to overhear, loud enough that if I was in the least bit interested I could disclose the most intimate details of his imagined corporate life. But I'm not interested, not even just a little bit, and my indifference just makes him talk even louder.
Big numbers. 25 units, $400,000 a unit...having a problem hiring...everyone's going to do real well out of this...buy now....you'll see...
He's a big talker.
Robin Hood & His Merry Men
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
- Hits: 1845
I'm trying to find the name of a murdered grade 6 teacher. I don't know why, only that there's some teachers behind me that want to know, and all I remember is that it was some years ago and she was kind of cute. She wasn't my teacher, but my son knows who it is, he thought she was cute as well, and I'm online googling her but not having any luck.
My father's there, he knows who I'm searching for but he thinks I should just leave it, it's not important....
On my computer the Google main search screen keeps changing, now it's orange and covered in stupid widgets, in the bottom left corner there's Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, they're talking, joking and hamming it up and while I remember adding Robin Hood to my widgets I don't remember adding the merry men, and clicking on him close them up and they all disappear. It's a distracting screen to work from, orange, all sorts of irrelevant gadgets and add-ons, it looks like a late 90's webpage or a teenage girl's MySpace page, bizarre, and still I can't find what I'm looking for, she was murdered by a cabbie I think...
At a loss
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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2 days off in a row and I find myself at a loss as to what to do.
I've already napped, done the dishes (1st time in 3 weeks), made the bed (1st time in a month), cleaned the bathroom, took out the garbage and recycling, fed the cat, there's more but I kind of feel that's enough....
There was the early evening trip to Kensington, had a bite to eat, coffee, read FFWD, the new Banksy film looks good but that's one to take the boy to, home and it's yet early.
Now there are umpteen million books to be read, rooms to be cleaned, paintings to be begun, websites finished, a 1.5 litre bottle of Masi Campofiorin to be drunk (given to me by a generous wine rep as compensation for yet another missed nap at the restaurant), but I'm kind of at a loss as to where to begin....
Start with the wine and the rest will sort itself out.
Women In Need - Extended Hours
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
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The Women in Need have extended their hours.
Now this, while possibly good for a very few clients, is an absolutely lousy thing for staff. Speaking to them you detect a distinct lack of enthusiasm, but the decision came from head office (where the hours won't be extended in the least) and so they buckle down and live with it. Most of them buckled down to live with it, a few resigned in protest, the final straw that broke the employees back, but it's the way of the world.
Personally, considering the wages they're paid and the "necessity" of having a thrift shop open on Sunday, I won't be availing myself of their new and improved hours (I would if it was the people in Head Office working them, that then would be then worthwhile), and I'd recommend you don't either. There are much better deals to be had on the weekends, flea markets, garage & estate sales, let the employees have a life.
And maybe let Head Office know what a lousy policy it is.
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