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Fix the Idiots, Fix the World
Let us all pause and give thanks to that most common of all nuisances, the idiot. They have that certain quality about them that makes the rest of us take…
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How to Use a VCR
(I once had a coworker who did not know what a cassette tape was. So, once in a while, I feel the need to educate the whippersnappers out there about…
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What Price Friendship? (or, “Handling Catastrophe”)
Sometimes my roommate and I suffer more than a few disagreements. I claim that her hair is all over the place. She thinks I work too much. I worry that…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 9, Thursday (Final Issue, Parting Words, and a Few Final Antics)
Previously, on The Comic Shop Life: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, sub-7, 7, and 8. The Comic Shop Life: Day 9, Thursday 10:20- Three deposits later and I’m done. That’s …
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 8, Wednesday (New Comic Book Day #2, J.J. Abrams, & Soup)
Catch up on the phases of me descending into madness: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, sub-7, and of course, 7. Day 8, Wednesday 11- windows windexed. And I loathe…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 7, Tuesday (New Comic Day Returns, Kids, and Car Talk)
For your convenience, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and not quite-7. Tuesday, Day 7 10:30- “Prepped” for work by scrollin’ ’round YouTube. Oh, Rock, what zany, mirthful thing…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 6a/6b/ Store Closure
The boss knows I don’t work Sundays. Never have, never will. She’s nice enough to respect that and so the store was closed. Sundays I run. And I go to…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 6, Saturday (Ordering Pigs for Comics, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Some Austen)
Halfway there! You knew this couldn’t last. I don’t have the patience to do this job full time. The previous five days should be proof of that. Pt. 1, pt.…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 5, Friday
(Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4) Day 5, Friday (Mild spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Quite minor.) Last night- made a vow to do something a bit more productive than…
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The Comic Shop Life: Day 4, Thursday (Screaming Nerds, Ladies of Comicdom, & Extra Videos)
Day Uno. Dos. Tres. Day 4, Thursday 5/21 11:01- Opened 1 minute late because I wanted my annual Slurpee. It’s hot out there, dagnabbit. 11:21- Read a post from Listful…
...Of Course, this Could All Go Horribly Awry 