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A bit of 4th of July revelry has brought up discussions of both the best and the worst that this small town has to offer.  While Mount Vernon is a safe, small town with a relatively low cost of living, it lacks some basics that people of greater… worldliness… regard as necessities.
There is no great […]

It’s kind of amazing how much unemployment has ruined my creativity.  I used to be this overflowing font of imagination, but in the last year, I’ve barely painted, not really thought up any ideas for stories or games, and haven’t actually sat down to play RPGs with my friends at all.
I used to think that […]

Last week, I received another email from DHS regarding the job in NYC:
Good afternoon,
You have been tentatively selected for an FCIP Adjudications Officer position, GS-1801-09, salary of $50,285.00 with the New York, NY Office (NYC).
Would you please reply to me by 06/02/08 with either your acceptance or declination of this position?
I talked to Carly about […]

I think I’m done whining about the tax holiday nonsense.  I just wish it didn’t get so much exposure.  If it’s a bad idea, the news outlets should have some experts on, talking about how bad it is.  Instead, they just say that McCain and Clinton want the holiday, and Obama doesn’t.  No real depth, […]

A mentor of mine, one Professor Robert Gaebel, used to say that there was nothing wrong with elitism; in fact, elitism is a good thing.  It means that you’re good at something and you know it.  It means that you have either earned or been given some great talent or wealth and that you separate […]

Yes, that means that I’m going to start blogging about things that piss me off, again.
It’s how I started, many years ago, updating each silly page by hand-coded HTML, on the University of Akron Server.  It’s how I inspired Greg Haberman to start Cool People From Akron, and it’s how I ultimately began thinking of […]