Flotsam & Jetsam

Why is it that people who work the concession stands at movie theatres always appear to be depressed and hate their jobs?  Can’t be as bad as working at a regular fast food joint – at least you get to see free movies.  I’d think that was a pretty good perk.  Sure beats all you can [...]

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Why is it that people always seem to think just because their time is worth
nothing, that others is as well? How many times have you been in line
behind some at checkout and watched as they spent 5 minutes trying to find
their money, ticket or receipt? Then spent just as long completing the
transaction – [...]

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Lots of things don’t work well here in Russia. Duh.
One of the things that does work well though is the Metro in Moscow. It’s absolutely amazing. Trains come every 90 seconds, all day long. Granted, the trains are old, but they’re a hell of a lot more clean than the ones [...]

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White Nights in St. Petersberg. Wow. It’s 11pm and still light outside.
We hit the ground, took our xfer to the hotel and …. started drinking.
Welcome to Russia. If anything, it’ll be an interesting week. More later.
Z.
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As always – a simple trip started with an adventure. Long story short –
the driver who came to pick us up locked his keys in the car with the
engine running and my luggage in the trunk, so I put my Pelican case
through the rear window.
Grrrrrr……
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I have lots of toys and crap on my desk – I’m a programmer, thats what we
do. One of those toys is a Rubiks Cube. What amazes me is how many people
will walk into my office, pick the cube off my desk when I’m not there and
…. proceed to screw the whole thing [...]

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Oh, today has already been a doozie.
I get on the 4 train headed to work and stand by the exit door. The guy sitting in the fold down rumble seat next to the door is a middle-aged latin guy, built like a bull and looking like he could kick my ass without [...]

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What is it about some groups incessant need to speak at the top of their
lungs on the subway? I mean really – I’m sitting clear across the car,
have headphones on blaring the Damned and I can hear you. Surely, the
person you’re speaking to – who happens to be sitting 2 feet to your [...]

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Over, or under?

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What is it about the NYC subway platforms that attracts musicians playing obscure instruments? Seriously. I’ve seen more plastic bucket drums, zithers and qin’s while wandering around the subways to last me a lifetime. Occasionally I run into someone who’s really good, but most of the time they just suck [...]

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Ok, got blog by email setup. Now I can post my random thoughts via email
from where ever I am and not have to jot them down and post them later. Let
the rabblerousing begin….
Z.

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I’ve been thinking about putting this thing up for a while. Thank god for procrastination or I’d never get things like this done.
Not quite sure what I’m going to write here, but I’m sure it’ll piss people off.

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