Tag: Get Off My Lawn
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The Dude has an arrangement with his employer that after he completes an “on-call” cycle, he works from home the following day. It’s a nice informal little perk, a way to recognize that work is intruding on your personal life. Of course, working from home means just that, working– which in The Dude’s line of…
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Looks like some Highwaymen got to T-Mobile. Assuming that the information is legit (and The Dude doesn’t have insider information one way or the other) it appears that at least 500 internal servers were compromised, and have been for some time, giving the miscreants access to internal databases, financial documents, etc. They claim to have…
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The Dude has been trying very hard to take it easy with this election season, and with just over a week to go, Mr. Kluges drew our attention to this article. In it, a concern troll essayist named Shawn Tully posits “Oh noes! People who earn more than $250,000 a year are going to have…
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Why is it that small towns in Wisconsin insist on a 25MPH speed limit rather than 30MPH?
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The Dude doesn’t get to the public library like he used to when he was younger, but a chance presented itself to use the excellent county library system a few weeks ago during some much needed vacation time. Attila and the AKO spent a few hours together with me meandering the stacks, each intent on…
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The Dude is sick and freakin’ tired of weather people who continually complain about Global Warming, and then in the same breath say how wonderful it is that we’re experiencing above average temperatures in November, with no snow in sight. You don’t get to pick and choose, people! If you want it to be a…
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The Dude was really disappointed that the winner of the World Series of Pop Culture was Twisted Misters- it was the one team that he absolutely loathed throughout the entire competition. Now, goodness knows that everyone loves some good trash talking as part of a game (especially if you can back it up), but The…
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Happy weekend, faithful readers! The Dude has been out with his family enjoying the lovely weather, and hopes that you have been as well! Down to business. The Dude has been trying not to launch into a screed about how terrible what passes for journalism in the United States really is, but some days it’s…
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The Dude debated long and hard about what he wanted to do, if anything, for this week’s entry, especially now that everyone and their grandmother has some sort of special or docudrama (mockumentary?) making the rounds. At the end of the day, something had to be said. It’s now been half of a decade (World…
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Where to start? Don’t know if it’s the cold virus, or if the collective Universe just decided that today would be a good day to mess with The Dude, but prepare for a second rant in two weeks, this one on the evil that is the… let’s hold off on naming names just yet. In…