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I’m just kidding, I was actually driving when this was taken.

I don’t actually know how many views I get a day, I have no doubt that the number is in the dozens.

I’d like to be a diamond that grows into a tree thats planted on the moon and shot from a gun in Iowa. Thanks.

Photo by Michael Edwards

He’s a “Trader Joe Ho,” a term mainly reserved for guys, who see far more action than you’d expect for impoverished grocery workers. “My theory on it,” says Melody, who’s 22, “is that the only people the girls see are the guys at work. It’s slim pickings, so they pick the best of the bunch.” Melody’s rundown of recent staff activities is a bewildering chronicle of secret assignations and multiple partners, complete with character analysis (“She’s very clingy and has mothering issues”). Everybody seems to know everybody else’s business and is getting busy with them, too.

The article here

A hyphen is the shortest in length of the three. It is used to divide words that break at the end of a line, or to connect parts of compound words such as go-between, ill-fated and run-of-the-mill. The hyphen is easily found on the keyboard to the right of the zero.

An em-dash is the longest of the three, and is used to indicate a break in thought—as illustrated in this sentence. It can also be used to separate a thought within a sentence—such as this one—which would then require an em-dash at the beginning and the end of the phrase.

The en-dash, which is shorter than an em-dash and longer than a hyphen, is used to indicate a range of values, such as a span of time or numerical quantities (similar to using the words “to” and “from”); for example, 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday – Friday or ages 5 – 8.

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Did you know that an em-dash is named because it is the same length as a standard ‘m’. Prize for anyone who can guess why and en-dash is named with an ‘en.’

via fonts.com

It has been two months since I ordered and received my jackets from Original Penguin. They, however, have yet to refund my money for my returns. For a brand I’ve enjoyed for years I hate to know that next time I order from them I will think twice.

Some suggestions on how to improve your customer-corporate relationship:

Give me what I ordered: I order three jackets, I expect there to be three jackets in the box when I receive it. Please don’t sell me something you don’t have in-stock. I’m ordering online because you have a wider selection than I can find in stores, taunting me doesn’t help.

Fix your web experience: it is slow, clunky and completely unreliable

Returns are painful: it took you three days to get me a return label, no tracking number, nothing. Two weeks later (after calling 5 times) you tell me you received the package. Then the wait begins, 30 long days you sit on my money and charge me 6 dollars to do it.

Your corporate system is your web system: Meaning, if I cannot access my account online, you cannot access my account from your office. For days at a time I am left without any knowledge of what is going on, (order processing, return status, nothing!) At one point your system was down for a week, unacceptable.

Phone experience: Twice it ‘accidently’ hung up on me, four times your representative had no clue as to what the process to follow would be and on the final time (just 10 minutes ago), your wait tone was so loud and obnoxious I had to place the phone on the desk, it was screaming into my ears. Someone assured me you’d take care of it “tomorrow.” I’m tired of having to wait until tomorrow for you to help me.

Pumpkins were all the rage that year.

Pick your favorite, I know you have one.

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Someone I know has never used a webcam before today. Look at that smile.

My pre-order OSX 10.5 arrived today. Smooth style, jerky in reality. Lets hope I figure out why.