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Nov. 16th, 2004
I hate phones. I hate talking on phones. I mean I really hate talking on phones: people learn very quickly to use email with me. I react more badly to an unexpected call than to unexpected guests and I really really hate unexpected guests, with the heat of a million exploding stars. I hate dealing with phone companies (except Sprint). If you were starting a he-man phone-haters club [1], I would be a charter member.
Why, then, do I have the makings of a phone museum? I have three dead cell phones, a live cell phone, an el cheapo landline phone that just died (stopped indicating incoming calls), another one that made sense when I had two lines into the house (store and apartment),a badly designed expensive phone (Hey, guys. Next design, remember that there will be wires coming out of the phone) that I am using again and maybe an old rotary if I go looking.
And you can't use modern phones as impromptu blunt weapons. I have not tried but I can tell they would just smash into a million pieces if I did. I guess the cord could make a garrot, once I got it off the phone....
1: You would think I would hate cell phone users but as long as they don't run me down, I don't.
Why, then, do I have the makings of a phone museum? I have three dead cell phones, a live cell phone, an el cheapo landline phone that just died (stopped indicating incoming calls), another one that made sense when I had two lines into the house (store and apartment),a badly designed expensive phone (Hey, guys. Next design, remember that there will be wires coming out of the phone) that I am using again and maybe an old rotary if I go looking.
And you can't use modern phones as impromptu blunt weapons. I have not tried but I can tell they would just smash into a million pieces if I did. I guess the cord could make a garrot, once I got it off the phone....
1: You would think I would hate cell phone users but as long as they don't run me down, I don't.
I hate phones. I hate talking on phones. I mean I really hate talking on phones: people learn very quickly to use email with me. I react more badly to an unexpected call than to unexpected guests and I really really hate unexpected guests, with the heat of a million exploding stars. I hate dealing with phone companies (except Sprint). If you were starting a he-man phone-haters club [1], I would be a charter member.
Why, then, do I have the makings of a phone museum? I have three dead cell phones, a live cell phone, an el cheapo landline phone that just died (stopped indicating incoming calls), another one that made sense when I had two lines into the house (store and apartment),a badly designed expensive phone (Hey, guys. Next design, remember that there will be wires coming out of the phone) that I am using again and maybe an old rotary if I go looking.
And you can't use modern phones as impromptu blunt weapons. I have not tried but I can tell they would just smash into a million pieces if I did. I guess the cord could make a garrot, once I got it off the phone....
1: You would think I would hate cell phone users but as long as they don't run me down, I don't.
Why, then, do I have the makings of a phone museum? I have three dead cell phones, a live cell phone, an el cheapo landline phone that just died (stopped indicating incoming calls), another one that made sense when I had two lines into the house (store and apartment),a badly designed expensive phone (Hey, guys. Next design, remember that there will be wires coming out of the phone) that I am using again and maybe an old rotary if I go looking.
And you can't use modern phones as impromptu blunt weapons. I have not tried but I can tell they would just smash into a million pieces if I did. I guess the cord could make a garrot, once I got it off the phone....
1: You would think I would hate cell phone users but as long as they don't run me down, I don't.
I hate phones. I hate talking on phones. I mean I really hate talking on phones: people learn very quickly to use email with me. I react more badly to an unexpected call than to unexpected guests and I really really hate unexpected guests, with the heat of a million exploding stars. I hate dealing with phone companies (except Sprint). If you were starting a he-man phone-haters club [1], I would be a charter member.
Why, then, do I have the makings of a phone museum? I have three dead cell phones, a live cell phone, an el cheapo landline phone that just died (stopped indicating incoming calls), another one that made sense when I had two lines into the house (store and apartment),a badly designed expensive phone (Hey, guys. Next design, remember that there will be wires coming out of the phone) that I am using again and maybe an old rotary if I go looking.
And you can't use modern phones as impromptu blunt weapons. I have not tried but I can tell they would just smash into a million pieces if I did. I guess the cord could make a garrot, once I got it off the phone....
1: You would think I would hate cell phone users but as long as they don't run me down, I don't.
Why, then, do I have the makings of a phone museum? I have three dead cell phones, a live cell phone, an el cheapo landline phone that just died (stopped indicating incoming calls), another one that made sense when I had two lines into the house (store and apartment),a badly designed expensive phone (Hey, guys. Next design, remember that there will be wires coming out of the phone) that I am using again and maybe an old rotary if I go looking.
And you can't use modern phones as impromptu blunt weapons. I have not tried but I can tell they would just smash into a million pieces if I did. I guess the cord could make a garrot, once I got it off the phone....
1: You would think I would hate cell phone users but as long as they don't run me down, I don't.
An idle thought about Ashcroft
Nov. 16th, 2004 03:20 pmWhat if he was the compromise candidate?
What I mean is, what if Shrub decided that what with the oddities surrounding his appointment to POTUS in 2000 he had to offer an olive branch in the form of an Attorney General who wasn't quite as gung ho as Shrub would like, and Ashcroft was Shrub's idea of what that sort of AG would look like?
In fact, what if all of term one was what he does when he is not sure he has a mandate? And of course, now he is sure he does so he doesn't need people like Ashcroft or Powell any more....
What I mean is, what if Shrub decided that what with the oddities surrounding his appointment to POTUS in 2000 he had to offer an olive branch in the form of an Attorney General who wasn't quite as gung ho as Shrub would like, and Ashcroft was Shrub's idea of what that sort of AG would look like?
In fact, what if all of term one was what he does when he is not sure he has a mandate? And of course, now he is sure he does so he doesn't need people like Ashcroft or Powell any more....
An idle thought about Ashcroft
Nov. 16th, 2004 03:20 pmWhat if he was the compromise candidate?
What I mean is, what if Shrub decided that what with the oddities surrounding his appointment to POTUS in 2000 he had to offer an olive branch in the form of an Attorney General who wasn't quite as gung ho as Shrub would like, and Ashcroft was Shrub's idea of what that sort of AG would look like?
In fact, what if all of term one was what he does when he is not sure he has a mandate? And of course, now he is sure he does so he doesn't need people like Ashcroft or Powell any more....
What I mean is, what if Shrub decided that what with the oddities surrounding his appointment to POTUS in 2000 he had to offer an olive branch in the form of an Attorney General who wasn't quite as gung ho as Shrub would like, and Ashcroft was Shrub's idea of what that sort of AG would look like?
In fact, what if all of term one was what he does when he is not sure he has a mandate? And of course, now he is sure he does so he doesn't need people like Ashcroft or Powell any more....
An idle thought about Ashcroft
Nov. 16th, 2004 03:20 pmWhat if he was the compromise candidate?
What I mean is, what if Shrub decided that what with the oddities surrounding his appointment to POTUS in 2000 he had to offer an olive branch in the form of an Attorney General who wasn't quite as gung ho as Shrub would like, and Ashcroft was Shrub's idea of what that sort of AG would look like?
In fact, what if all of term one was what he does when he is not sure he has a mandate? And of course, now he is sure he does so he doesn't need people like Ashcroft or Powell any more....
What I mean is, what if Shrub decided that what with the oddities surrounding his appointment to POTUS in 2000 he had to offer an olive branch in the form of an Attorney General who wasn't quite as gung ho as Shrub would like, and Ashcroft was Shrub's idea of what that sort of AG would look like?
In fact, what if all of term one was what he does when he is not sure he has a mandate? And of course, now he is sure he does so he doesn't need people like Ashcroft or Powell any more....