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Yeah, that’s a chair…floating in the San Diego Bay, originally uploaded by Turnipville.

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My day job is with a fairly large company (~4,000 people), and we have a decent-sized “IT” department.
Chew on this atrocity, received this morning (note: the business name is removed, lest I be dooced).

To ALL XXXXXX PC End-Users:
As you know, in an attempt to prevent viruses from entering the XXXXXX network, we have installed [...]

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For those of you in the path of Hurricane Katrina, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
May you weather the storm safely…

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This is a question I’ve struggled with many times, and have good reason to be struggling with it again now.
At what point does a business have the obligation to compensate you for a mistake they made?
I’ve asked this question of several business whose service I patron, primarily of cell phone companies. AT&T did [...]

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I was listening to the radio this afternoon on my way home, and the topic was illegal immigration. Here in Southern California, this is an issue that hits particularly close to home, and people have strong opinions.
My opinion doesn’t happen to be related to this post, though you might be able to guess what [...]

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