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everything i need to know i learned from atari
Oct 13th
When I was younger, our family did not have the video games. My friends all had a Nintendo, or if they were really lucky, a Sega Genesis. I would go to their houses and we’d try beating whatever game was popular, usually with the help of the Game Genie (helpful hint, if you stuck 2 of them together you got to use 6 codes).
Our house was not so lucky. We had an Atari 2800 with a crate of games. By crate, I mean that moving the container with the games in it would require a small truck. We accumulated these More >
teaching bathroom etiquette
Sep 29th
My Wife is a teacher, and if she had a blog she would have far funnier stories than I do. However, if she had a blog, she would probably get fired, because it’s kind of mean to make fun of four-year-olds and that’s apparently against the rules. I like my wife being employed, so I don’t bring it up much (read: “everâ€) here. She has the patience of a thousand suns, and I’m not even sure what that means but I assure you it’s true. I couldn’t do her job (i.e. managing twenty-plus four-year-olds) if they were all on leashes.
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computers suck
Jul 2nd
“Dear Computer Fixing Person,
For the love of God, my work computer is dreadfully SLOW. Like glacially slow. It makes lots of whirring noises and gets really upset when I want to use Quickbooks and (italicized) Excel at the same time. I am currently at the top of the company list to get a new computer, but The Controller always (italicized) blames the pace on the weather. I often call The Controller and tell him I am about to drop my computer in The Marina.
Peace love and good things to you,Marnie*”
Dear Marnie,
First things first: right-click on your My Computer icon, and More >
are you using a typewriter?
Jul 2nd
“Hi, I need my password reset”
“OK, we can do that for you, what screen are you logging into right now?”
“Huh?”
“I need to know what program you’re logging into, so I know which password of yours to reset, so can you just tell me what you have on the screen?”
“I’m not logging into anything”
“Oh, um, well, on the computer, what do you have up on the screen?”
“I’m not at a computer”
“….Then what password do you need reset?”
[getting angry] “My password”
“Ma’am, I’m confused, I have several passwords to different programs that I can reset for you, but I don’t know what you’re More >
