Category Archives: Stories
Wow.
So that whole “digging into my past” thing paid off in a real monkey’s-paw kind of way. I stumbled across the epubs of a couple of Sid’s books. I didn’t know I still had these. Trying to decide whether I’ve … Continue reading →
Non-Disclosure Day
When I became a transcriptionist, I quickly learned the ins and outs of the non-disclosure agreement. The most basic level was the agreement with each transcription house. Even if there wasn’t a detailed, explicit document, transcribers recognize that they will … Continue reading →
Good men don’t need rules; today is not the day to find out why I have so many.
I have a few very important rules that I refuse to compromise. Most of them are moral in nature, and the kind of anger they tend to engender is a big reason I don’t talk about politics here. But there’s … Continue reading →
I got demons runnin’ all through me.
Living through the Satanic Panic was… a hell of a thing. I was an insanely prodigious reader as a kid. At some point, my mom plunked me down in front of Sesame Street and The Electric Company and apparently the … Continue reading →
Identity theft is a crime, Jim.
When I graduated from local BBSes to the Internet back in the day, I ran into an issue early on. Murphy as a handle was way too common, and so it would be regularly taken on any service I attempted … Continue reading →
Try SCE to AUX.
One thing that follows me from IT job to IT job is a little lucite block that always has a place of pride above my desk. On it is printed a partial schematic, with the legend “Try SCE to AUX” … Continue reading →
Putting the reality in reality TV.
So the reality in reality TV exists on a sliding scale. There are some shows, like the ones where you can subscribe to the cameras in the house like in the UK, where a lot of what you see is … Continue reading →
196.
Back in the day, ordering comics was an extremely analog and inefficient process. Every month we’d get a catalogue of everything that was coming out about two months’ hence. We’d have to go through and place our orders and lock … Continue reading →
I’m not even mad, that’s amazing.
Around the turn of the century, I got a job in accounts payable for a major regional bank. It was delightfully low-tech; we’d process paper invoices (for the most part) and our batches would issue payments via printed checks that … Continue reading →
On employment.
In 48 hours, I will be unemployed. I wanted to be all cool and say “two days and a wake-up” but that’s not really the case. My tenure ends at 5:00PM Thursday, not the next morning. I won’t have to … Continue reading →