Archive for February, 2007

this world is doomed

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

I swore to myself I wasn’t going to post this list seeing as it contained the wishes of a child for Christmas. But then I also realized that up until I was 17 I got nothing but good wishes this time of the year because: 

we lived in a communist country where toys didn’t exist (well, they […]

best in show

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

I wasted half the day today watching a dog show and here’s my observation:
If you spend a fortune on some mutt to make it look halfway presentable (…and trust me a lot of you are still grappling with this concept), wouldn’t it follow that you spend a bit more and make sure that the dog handler […]

loveless

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Behold the latest office memo:

Dear Employee,
Please be informed that any celebration of Valentine’s Day will not be tolerated.
This “holiday” has Christian and pagan origins which I don’t support. For those of you unfamiliar with my Jewish faith, we actually celebrate romance and friendship on Tu B’Av which this year lands on August 9th.
So please refrain from […]

groundhog day

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Auditorius Pestiferous: I see here that this check wasn’t cashed…
Beatrix Kiddo: Right. It was lost in the mail so we put a stop payment on it and issued a new check. See the copy of the other check there?
AP: Hmmm. Yeammm. Well, so there was another check issued, correct?
BK: Yes. Exactly like I said before (I […]

wall of shame

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Zero to the Left: Beatrix, I’ve had a revelation!
Beatrix Kiddo: (Great! What diminishing thing would I have to do today?)
ZTTL: I think that investors don’t want to give us any more money because (you’re a duffus?) we don’t do a lot of P.R. …
BK: (blank face)
ZTTL: So you’re going to start by filling up this […]