42 Dreams of Arizona Bay

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When you just feel bad

Just got some bad news at work.
I don’t discuss directly where I work for reasons that are clear to anyone who knows me in person. So I can’t say where I work, although it wouldn’t take much detective work to figure it out. I also generally do not write directly about work for the same [...]

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Freedom, of a sort

I quit World of Warcraft today.
No more nerd dates. No more late nights with eyes barely propped open as I try to finish just one more quest …
This monkey has been on my back since Sept. 21, 2006. I know, because that’s when my account was opened.
Matt gushed about it, sent me his discs so [...]

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Junk mail

I’m trying to free myself from the constant junk mail flooding my snail mailbox. Isn’t it bad enough I have to hit delete on spam?
I’ve joined GreenDimes, a clearinghouse of junk mail eradication. I’m still working on getting rid of more, because I’m lazy and opting out of a lot of things requires physical mail [...]

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Guilty pleasures

Let it rock, yeah, let it roll
Let it, let it go
You gotta, let it rock, let it roll
Yeah just let it go
Slow down, hold on
You’re too fast, you’re too strong
Take it easy, take it slow
Make it last, don’t let go
Let It Go, Def Leppard
Yeah, I’m a secret Def Leppard fan. What of it? And that [...]

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Change

I don’t like to think of myself as a creature of habit. But the truth is, I am. I like things a certain way. I like my life plodding along at a predictable and comfortable pace. If there are changes, such as taking a college class here or there, I am in control.
Changes come. I’m [...]

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