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gobbie

n., slang. Any kind of device (computer, PDA, cell phone, GameBoy, iPod, or television) that relentlessly sucks up all of your time and attention. If you're reading this, you're utilizing a goblinbox right now. You might even have a S.O. who wishes you weren't pasted to the goblinbox who's hollering, "Turn off that blasted goblinbox and come to bed this very instant!"

Sep 15, 2009

Big Apple

In which your intrepid narrator will be Out Of The Office.

I’ve been telling everyone I’m going to New York for about four years. This year, I SWORE I’d get there NO MATTER WHAT… but then I changed jobs and thought, well, the job change was all for the good, but I bet I won’t be getting any vacation time this fall, damn it.

But! Since there’s no hurt in asking, I asked the new job if I could take a week off already even though I’m brand new, and they, awesomely, said yes!

out_of_office

I’m so excited. I can’t wait to see Deboka, and Jake, and Derby, and Barbara, and hopefully VUBOQ too, and maybe meet some online friends IRL for the first time! YAY!

Category: Travel

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3 Responses

  1. Jim@HiTek says:
    September 15, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Great that yer having a vacation but please get my blog up and running first! People have contacted me, and they and I get a 403 error when I try to open it. And can I upload pictures yet? Thx!

    I told Keef to add it to the wrong group; I’ve emailed him and it should be ALL BETTER soon. (All of this is due to the recent move. When files were copied over, some of them ended up belonging to the wrong user or in the wrong group, which makes their permissions wrong for you to use.) -m

  2. pj says:
    September 15, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    Hmm. If the stars align I am going to the Clay County Fair tomorrow. A whole 90 miles away. Maybe 200 miles, the way I drive…

    LOL! -m

  3. Ricardo says:
    September 16, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Cool! Your Employer kicks ass! Are you enjoying the new job?

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