F the FT

by philrw
122 words - 1 min read
Rants and Raves
I worked from 10:00 am until 7:00 pm today. I could not have worked more because these were three separate IT/tech incidents. All of them were in remote locations, on-site as it were, and all of them I drove my own personal vehicle to and fro. I worked a total of 4.25 hours, logged 96 miles, and raked in a whopping $106.25 before taxes. Plus my last appointment was supposed to go for two hours and it went for four, causing unneeded stress, complicating my personal life, and causing me to go back on my word, something I do not take lightly nor enjoy by any means.
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Spiritual Window Washer

by philrw
48 words - 1 min read
Personal

A window washing man washed my car windows outside the theater tonight. I offered him some change but he just said to “pay it forward,” adding later that he was a “spiritual window washer.” Perhaps he also meant karmic window washer? But he probably washes spiritual windows, too.

Computers Suck and Rock. They Suck-Rock.

by philrw
218 words - 2 min read
Rants and Raves Tech
Computers waste my time. I’m sitting here, incredibly frustrated at the present moment, waiting for some God-knows-how-many gigabytes of files to copy from one hard drive to another. Staring at it doesn’t help. Ignoring it doesn’t help. And this painfully slow and infuriating procedure is keeping me from sleep and keeping me from my love. Every minute I remain awake means one less minute of sleep after a very, very long day. Sure, this is all my fault anyway. I set up the appointment to copy files after a very long day of teaching and rehearsing.
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A Word on Flakes, Damaging Absentmindedness of

by philrw
72 words - 1 min read
Rants and Raves

Please, people: if you ask someone to do something for you, you know, like a really cool job that is paid with money, please be sure that you want him to do it. Asking someone if he wants a particular job (and he responds with an enthusiastic “yes”) only to take that job away from that person soon after is not cool. Not cool at all. In fact, it is decidedly uncool.

Silence and Civility

by philrw
145 words - 1 min read
Poetry
Why can’t people just get along? Why can’t people simply let others live and laugh and love? Alone. In peace. In their own joy. What purpose does hurting others serve when those you hurt are happy? What good can come from tearing a person apart on the inside? What good does pain and anguish and hatred bring to anyone or anything? Ever? Ever? Why I hurt so much now I cannot disclose. It is too personal. But now I hurt When just moments before I lived And laughed And loved
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There is this girl

by philrw
65 words - 1 min read
Poetry

There is this girl
And she sings real nice
And she smiles real big
And she keeps it real

There is this girl
And she works real hard
And she walks real tall
Even though she’s real short

There is this girl
And she has a dog
And she makes good french toast
And she reads this blog way too much

And I love her