Going to the store is bad enough. The bright, buzzing lights, annoying tinned music, and glaring advertisements set my teeth on edge. I have to buy food, therefore I tolerate these things. It’s the people, however, which take this hell to a whole new level. Let’s start with the store manager. A pretentious weeble-wobble of […]
Now, I rather love e-mail. Â It fulfills the need to communicate with the outside world without painful and tedious phone conversations. There’s less room for misunderstandings. Â It doesn’t barge its way into your life and it doesn’t demand to be dealt with this instant. Â You can skim the boring or superfluous parts without spending hours […]
I try to be a fairly nice person. I smile at random strangers on the street so that they understand I am not a threat, and I don’t show too many teeth (as I understand that can also be interpreted as a threat…people are complicated). I say “thank you” when appropriate, I tip generously, and […]
