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Roster Work

Leader 1: We have no American Indian Affairs adviser.
Leader 2: Do we really need someone to advise on having affairs with American Indians.

Damn straight! If you don’t know how to cheat on your spouse with an indigenous person you should have a corner struck from your Disaffected White [...]

The Inventiveness of Children

Relayed conversation from coworker yesterday:

Kid 1: Well what happened to Jesus after he died?
Kid 2: He went away.
Kid 1: Well, what happened to his body?
Kid 2: It wasn’t in the cave where he was buried.
Kid 1: Why not?
Kid [...]

Life Immitates Scrabble

During Scrabble:

Joe Naylor: Why did you spell FACE, you could have spelled FARCE and hit the double word score.
Anthony: FARCE, I thought that was a made [...]

Conversation with Parent of First Time Camper

I only heard the Admin side of the conversation but I think what’s excluded is obvious.

Answerer: Yes, he’ll be expected to sleep outside in either a tent or Adirondack.
The tents are canvas.
The Adirondacks are wood and have three walls.
The cots are canvas too.
The Adirondacks have wooden bunks.
Wood.
Yes, they’re supposed to have three walls, and also have [...]

Rob's Breakfast of Champions

Now that I’m at camp I can’t have my traditional breakfast of a Scotch and a handful of [...]

Todd Warner, In Action

Todd Warner plays racket ball with a bowling ball and a waffle [...]

First Exposure to Sci Fi

Coworker: My son’s looking for a good sci-fi book, nothing too tricky, he’s 13.
Me: Hm…. Ender’s Game would probably be a good start, or if he likes it a little darker, Neuromancer. What’s he reading now?
Coworker: Some fantasy crap, chipmunks with swords and shit [...]

First Exposure to Sci Fi

Kids say the Darndest Things

After the Camporee, Teejay Green, Valerie Green and I got together for gravity ribs at the Churchville Inn. It was 6:58 and I needed to be there by 7 PM, so needless to say, I was early. I got a table and while waiting dicked around with my new IR thermometer shooting various things around my [...]

Resurgence

In the last week, I’ve been sent a document in WordPerfect format, Corel Draw format, observed 2 people using Lotus Notes and discovered a piece of software at work that only runs on Windows ME.

I think these are signs of the [...]

Suburban Adventure

Roster Work

The Inventiveness of Children

Life Immitates Scrabble

Conversation with Parent of First Time Camper

Rob's Breakfast of Champions

Todd Warner, In Action

First Exposure to Sci Fi

First Exposure to Sci Fi

Kids say the Darndest Things

Resurgence

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