September Ramblings of the Mildly Insane Archives

Forget The Finger…

I got my entire arm stuck in one of those crane game machines fishing for a free prize. Ended up with the everyone in the bowling alley crowded around as a nice stranger helped me yank my arm out. And dern if that didn’t hurt like all-get-out.
–Russ Stewart
–propain@thepropain.com
–http://www.thepropain.com/b2blog

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Going the whole hog

I’m feeling greedy today, so I thought I would try all Teli’s ideas :p
Today’s teenagers are nursing hangovers
Okay, it’s not true. I’m not nursing a hangover…but I was a good boy, I had one malibu and coke and a smirnoff ice, and that was it. My friends’, sister leaves for uni tomorrow, I knew her [...]

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Free For All Weekend

Yes, you read that correctly - FFAF is now a weekend long event on Mild Insanity. It’s penance for my late start today - I’ve already added a “FFAF automatically open the blog up” script to my already far too long to do list.
Anyway, moving along - if you’re feeling stumped for topics, you are [...]

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Where Were The Pimping Secrets When I Was In High School?

For anyone who’s ever aspired to become a pimp, much like I did way back in the day, I have good news for you — John Reese’s Pimping Secrets.
He must be out of his mind to be offering so many great bonuses o_O. By the time I got to “Bonus 5: John’s personal directory [...]

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Ass First Into Barbed Wire

Yea…I read this meme courtesy of Jason and knew I had to participate
Play along? Leave your answers or a link to your webpage with your responses in the comments.
1. Would you rather: go face-first through a window OR ass-first into barbed wire?
2. chew on a live wolverine’s [...]

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Something For Nothing

I’m a day late with my Monday meltdown post and it’s totally off topic, but better late than never (and better something than nothing).
In my line of business you meet all kinds of wonderful people, and I have to say, I’ve been extremely lucky and have met some amazingly wonderful clients and friends. But every [...]

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The Other Browser

I had met Opera over a year ago, but we only got together when I needed to do browser checks for various websites because I already had a browser in my life.
Since I met Firefox I have been completely committed to our relationship, but when I heard Opera was now available (for free), I [...]

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Getting To Know Your Friends

My friend Kim emailed this to me a really long time ago and since I can never remember to set down and follow through, I’ve decided to just post it to the blog and tag people that way :D.
Welcome to the new edition of getting to know your friends. Here’s what you’re supposed to do, [...]

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Another Hurricane? Why oh why?

So, my sister just called me, and asked if I’d been watching the news. I responded with a no because I really don’t watch the news. I then asked her why, and she informed me that school would be closed tomorrow for my nephew because we have yet another hurricane heading our way.
Right now it’s [...]

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Web Designer != Computer Technician

You know, I’ve been thinking about this lately, but more so after a conversation with a repair man who came to my home the other day. That was a disturbing encounter in itself which involved the following exchange:
Repairman: You can climb up there and fix it on one condition…
Me: Yea, what’s that?
Repairman: You have to [...]

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