Category Archives: random

I REALLY don’t think that word means what you think it means.

Posted on July 3, 2013 by baudattitude

Seen in the break room at work: Guys, at some point you need to just turn to your spouse and say “Dear, I’m going to fill the basement with MREs and ammunition and I’m not even going to try to … Continue reading →

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Geek moment of the day…

Posted on February 28, 2013 by baudattitude

For several minutes on my morning commute, I was behind a car with a bumper sticker that said “CHACO”. I spent the entire time trying to figure out what the first C might possibly stand for.

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Not sure which is nerdier…

Posted on February 11, 2013 by baudattitude

a) Having a regular Saturday night pencil & paper RPG group, or b) buying this shirt from shirt.woot specifically to troll the members of my regular Saturday night pencil & paper RPG group:   Of course, there’s always option c), … Continue reading →

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Is “Proofread Fail” hyphenated?

Posted on February 6, 2013 by baudattitude

Got a Dell catalog in the mail today, and I couldn’t resist poking maybe a little bit of fun when I noticed this:   And yes, nameless Dell catalog blurb writer person, I think it is supposed to be capitalized. … Continue reading →

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At least it comes with free shipping.

Posted on December 7, 2012 by baudattitude

Saw this bargain on Amazon today while I was looking up power strips. On the plus side, if the charge went through, I’d have enough airline miles to flee the country before Visa came looking for me.

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Going Postal

Posted on November 13, 2012 by baudattitude

I’ve been selling an awful lot of stuff on eBay lately in order to get some space back in our closets and bookshelves. It’s actually been an overwhelmingly positive experience – out of about a hundred transactions so far, I’ve … Continue reading →

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How to know you are spoiled as all get out

Posted on October 8, 2012 by baudattitude

Before I left home for work this morning, I started an 80 GB file copy from the encoding PC to a holding volume on the Mac Mini that serves as our file server. It churned away for a couple of … Continue reading →

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Tracking The Captain

Posted on October 3, 2012 by baudattitude

I was sitting at work, with about an hour left in the day, when my mobile phone rang with a Seattle number I didn’t recognize. It’s an election year, so I’ve been getting a lot of survey calls, and my … Continue reading →

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Tony Stark made me buy it.

Posted on August 11, 2012 by baudattitude

A couple of weeks back, I had occasion to go down and wander around my university’s campus.  It’s only been a year or so since I graduated, so there honestly haven’t been a lot of changes, but I did notice … Continue reading →

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Thanks for 200K Hits

Posted on July 27, 2012 by baudattitude

I just noticed that the site passed the 200K visit marker earlier this week.  That’s a lot of people who have taken a couple of minutes out of their lives to read something I’ve written, and that’s kind of neat. … Continue reading →

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