Obnoxious Gal

Daydreaming about the writing life

Archive for July, 2009

I’m losing tech geek points!

Friday, July 24th, 2009

So far, this ComicPress plugin has been nothing but one big, week-long headache. I’ve followed the tutorial to the letter, yet I still keep getting errors with each installation attempt.
Y’know, Uncle Elvis has a pretty good idea, making the comics part of each post.
*looks at ComicPress tutorial*
Ah, hell, I’ll give it another go. Don’t expect [...]

The Great Do-Nothinger!

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Yes, folks, there were no updates last week. But I have a perfectly good reason: I was lazy as hell. More so than usual. And it was the week of our birthday, so Kevin kind of inspired me to do nothing.
I’m sorry to say that I don’t have a real update today, but this isn’t [...]

The Illness or Medicine You Can Hug

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Sometimes, you just want an educational toy with the ability to make people go “aww” and “what the hell” at the same time.

Introducing giant microbe plushes! Made of durable and huggable material, these little guys come in adorable forms such as: brain cell, common cold, E. coli, herpes, mono, penicillin, MRSA (with a Dracula cape), [...]

ID-iotic

Monday, July 6th, 2009

In this age of identity theft, destroying one’s sensitive documents is vital to financial health. Some folks shred theirs, others burn them, and still others cut out the sensitive information–addresses, names, account numbers–and eat it. (This one I got from Josh and Chuck from their awesome podcast, “Stuff You Should Know,” offered by How Stuff [...]

Please Leave a Message After This Musical Interlude

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Part of my job description reads, “Call customers about their received orders.” More often than not, I have to leave messages since some people are at work, don’t want to answer the phone, or are still using dial-up. Some folks don’t bother customizing their intro messages, but the few who do must believe themselves to [...]