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Without Warning
http://without-warning.blogspot.com
A chronicle of normally unpleasant events that contain nuggets of humor if you look for them.
- Added on: Dec 17th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Midnight vs. Midnight
We have a black cat, named Midnight. He’s sweet and friendly, but not one of those cats that sleeps curled up on your pillow with his anus in your face all night. So while I’m not exactly a cat person, this one comes pretty close to perfect.Unf...
Redneck Rodeo
Every year, a local racetrack closes out its racing season with an event called Crash-A-Rama. It’s a series of novelty events designed to appeal to lowbrows like myself, and it’s billed as a “Redneck Rodeo.” It involves lots of races in whi...
Too Many Muhammads
My new job has a “business casual” dress code every day of the week. For the past six weeks, they’ve been doing something they call “Denim Day” on Fridays, but it’s not what you think. We’re allowed to wear jeans if we pay a minimum o...
Team Building Exercises
My new company requires all new employees to attend seven full days of Human Resources training as part of their orientation. Some of it will be quite substantive, delving into business unit organization, the business of securities brokerages, and t...
Empty Wastebaskets
My first week at my new job has been something of a radical culture shock. At my last job, I wore jeans and t-shirts, worked on easy projects that I finished ahead of schedule, and spent the rest of my day checking my e-mail and reading blogs. Thos...
Fingerprints
I’ve had my fingerprints recorded twice in my life: Once when I was 11 years old, and again on Friday. When I was a kid, my parents enrolled me in the Cub Scouts for awhile, which consisted mostly of hanging out at someone’s house and doing stup...
