Archive for the ‘gripes’ Category

Political Correctness Run Amuck

March 15th 2007 by cybertoad in commentary, gripes 2

Seen on a bumper sticker this morning…
{insert name of school} Elementary…
…where all our students are honor roll students.
OK, this is too much. How much protecting do our children need? Life sucks, some kids are smarter than others, deal with it. We aren’t doing them any favors with this type of hand-holding and the kids need [...]

I tried to get Kenny to change his name…

January 17th 2007 by cybertoad in commentary, domestic, gripes, marital 10

Eight years ago when Kenny and I got married I actually had him OK with the idea of combining our family names to create a new hyphenated family name. He was fine with the concept and willing to do it but when we found out how difficult it was for a man to change his [...]

Houston, we have a problem (save the River Oaks Center)!

July 28th 2006 by cybertoad in commentary, gripes 0

 
Houston needs your help!!! Another beautiful historic Houston landmark is slated for demolition by none other than Houston-based Weingarten Realty! Join me in trying to stop this travesty… this is an outrage and these developers *MUST* be stopped! Even if you aren’t from Houston but understand the need to preserve history, read on to see [...]

I {heart} NPR

July 20th 2006 by cybertoad in gripes 1

I used to listen to the local progressive radio station but switched to NPR a couple of years ago. At lunchtime when I am in my car I often switch to it because my NPR station plays classical during the day. I just always get a chuckle out of the progressive commentators and what comes [...]

Soothing Salsa

January 26th 2006 by cybertoad in general, gripes 2

Another crappy day at work (found at I have to be in the office at 9 AM on Saturday for a meeting – and no one asked me if I was available or not when they set the time). Only thing making me go through the day today is knowing that I will finally [...]

This is so true for me today…

January 23rd 2006 by cybertoad in gripes 1

I am having a shitty day. Maybe this is why…
Article: Monday, January 23 gloomiest day of the year.
By the way, it is also my sister’s birthday.

Sad and tired

November 15th 2005 by cybertoad in gripes 6

I feel so beat up today – I have a horrible case of malaise. I don’t know why I feel this way. I feel overwhelmed, tired, sad, sore…
I am extremely overwhelmed here at work and falling behind. I need to organize but can’t seem to. I am having to discipline a team member today [...]

Why?

September 2nd 2004 by cybertoad in gripes 6

Questions: Why the hell do I feel thirstier since I’ve started to drink more water on a daily basis? That doesn’t seem very logical!

Is the a/c still broken?

August 10th 2004 by cybertoad in gripes 7

Our offices have had a/c failures since yesterday afternoon and I have had to sit in an icky, yucky warm office. Imagine my thrill this morning to open the door and hit that wall of warmth again. As you can understand, I am in a miserable mood and to go along with that mood, I [...]

Hidden caffeine!

August 6th 2004 by cybertoad in gripes 3

I hadn’t really thought about it but I’ve been noticing some jittery, wired moments in the afternoon with accompanying headaches. I am not a big caffeine drinker (no daily coffees and a limited amount of carbonated drinks) and subsequently notice that I am a bit sensitive to it. The symptoms I am having in [...]