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Comment on Wisdom I’ve garnered by gladdad

gladdad — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:25:59 +0000

I forgot to add that I have given attribution where known. Most of these are “borrowed” from .sig files– some from e-mails.

Comment on New term for the day by gladdad

gladdad — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:48:20 +0000

I’ve known there was arthritis in my lower back for a while– it kept me from getting a job on Ft. Riley. But this winter, it got painful enough to be noticed by a VA doctor. He was the one who out the psoraisis and the arthritis together. I’ve not been the presence I was on line because of it. It really sucks, because I was seriously thinking about trying to follow that guy from http://www.whenbigboystri.com/,... and then this.
I am working on getting my disability rating through the VA increased, because what kind if job can you do where you can’t sit and can’t stand?? My ever-so-sympathetic employer FINALLY constructed a special two-tier work station for me (after I called Corporate HR and several disabled workers organizations), but I get the impression they wish I’d just go away.
I’ve heard from my employer’s Workman’s Comp Insurance Provider- now I have to wrestle my medical records out of the VA system. Maybe before long I can just relax at home.

Comment on New term for the day by Heather

Heather — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:02:08 +0000

Oh GEEZ! I’m sorry Bill, I didn’t see this article until now! Has there been any updates to the story?

Comment on Polly Ticks, an she’s a-gonna go BOOM!!! by gladdad

gladdad — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:40:12 +0000

Yup. http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/writers is where to g to sign up and other junk. A lot of the same members, a lot of new, but the same workshopping atmosphere.

Comment on Polly Ticks, an she’s a-gonna go BOOM!!! by grnidone

grnidone — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:40:18 +0000

Is that the writers group we used to subscribe to on the mainframe?

Comment on Where do I sign up? by Catharsis « Gladdad’s Weblog

Catharsis « Gladdad’s Weblog — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:30:30 +0000

[...] Filed under: Uncategorized — gladdad @ 7:30 pm I’m certainly glad that I wrote that last post. It was very healthful, even if I did sound a little whinier than I intended. I had never really [...]

Comment on The People at the Other End of the Phone by gladdad

gladdad — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:27:43 +0000

I wasn’t too sure about using that term within my blog, but but you got the general idea– and the correct outcome.

Comment on The People at the Other End of the Phone by grnidone

grnidone — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:29:42 +0000

I believe that is called a pissing match. And the only thing that happens in a pissing match is that people get pissed on.

Comment on I just can’t watch by grnidone

grnidone — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:33:34 +0000

I think everyone remembers where they were when that happened.

I was listening to a CD when I went to work that day. I got to the building and said my normal cheerful “Good Morning” to the guards, and the look on their faces was complete shock, and they pointed to the television monitor that was showing live coverage.

I rode the elevator to my floor, the door opened, and I joined a group of people watching. And maybe 5 minutes after I joined, the second tower fell.

I’ll never forget that day. I try to remember the good stuff. Like how people stood in line for 4 and 5 hours to donate blood. Or how everyone seemed to come together to help those affected out.

So often as Americans, we tell people that we’re ‘Irish’, or ‘German’ or ‘Italian’ or African American. That day, we were all Americans.

Comment on CallCenter Life III by gladdad

gladdad — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:03:06 +0000

Nope- Ishmael is just a handy name for my generic, long-suffering agent. Job might have been appropriate, too. I might keep that in mind for future posts.