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My travels caused me to stumble across this blog directed at George R. R. Martin, admonishing the author for misdeeds both real and percieved. One favorite topic, of course, is that Martin is now neck-deep in the hole on a book that was supposedly half-finished when it was promised to us four years ago. Another [...]

The bulk of today was spent trimming the Christmas tree. This doesn’t sound strange, until you consider the fact that I have a fake tree.
See, when we bought the tree three or four years ago it came with white lights already attached. All we had to do was buy a couple boxes of colored lights [...]

From 2005 to 2008 I maintained a blog about my experiences working in the drug test industry. Every Saturday I revive one of those experiences here. The following was originally posted November 28, 2006.

Much drama.
Office politics. Oh boy.
The number one reason I dislike sharing my office with a dozen other people is the politicking and [...]

Like everyone else on the internet, I once teamed up with an artist to make a webcomic. It didn’t get very far, but I’ll share one here each Friday until there aren’t anymore. Enjoy.

Coming home from work yesterday morning it struck me that we need a “go” signal. Something the opposite of a car horn.
For as dangerous an activity as driving is, we have very few options in the way of communicating with our fellow motorists. We have a few passive methods (turn signals, brake lights) and a [...]

I have an interesting relationship with the Food Network, in that I find most of its programming enjoyable enough without ever developing the desire to actively engage myself in it. It’s a good place to spend a few hours on a lazy Sunday afternoon, where you can catch Guy Fieri devouring a plate of chili [...]

This week’s reward split the tribe onto two teams. Luck of the draw put Russell and Laura on the winning side, so they both got the clue to the newly-hidden immunity idol. What happened next, upon return to camp, was critical: Russell immediately shared the clue with the Foas, and they sent out to search [...]

Peanut snapped off this shot of me interacting with a vending machine from the future by poking it in its Digital Beverage-Selection Interface, an action which seems to be causing it considerable distress. While I’m certain too much provocation will cause the machine to gain sentience and carve a swath of destruction through the mall [...]

From 2005 to 2008 I maintained a blog about my experiences working in the drug test industry. Every Saturday I revive one of those experiences here. The following was originally posted November 16, 2006.

Not fake, just clueless.
I pull the next donor’s paperwork out of the slot and check the ID it’s attached to.

Robert Alvarez
Painter
1234 Address [...]