I got so excited when it was 2 sevens with a double $, but the double prize was on $1 for a grand total of $2 and I bought another $1 loser so I just broke even.
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01/11/2014 01:22 #58562
Lottery WinCategory: lottery
01/08/2014 18:46 #58556
The Should Have Been OfficeCategory: work
This sign is on that door. Really, they couldn't find a better place for a cart storage room?
joe - 01/11/14 13:28
You should just take over the office and move the stuff somewhere else.
You should just take over the office and move the stuff somewhere else.
paul - 01/11/14 12:35
No one it was just a miscommunication when my group switched departments but its really frustrating.
No one it was just a miscommunication when my group switched departments but its really frustrating.
ExBuffalonian - 01/11/14 09:51
Who did you piss off? :)
Who did you piss off? :)
tinypliny - 01/09/14 02:27
Hang on. They moved you out of your office and converted it into a space for storing carts?!
Did one of the admins have a frostbite or a concussion or something?
Hang on. They moved you out of your office and converted it into a space for storing carts?!
Did one of the admins have a frostbite or a concussion or something?
01/07/2014 23:00 #58552
Windows 8.1 Sucks TooCategory: windows
I cannot believe how crappy windows 8 is. It makes people's complaints about gnome 3 seem so silly. I spent hours getting it downloaded and setup to test our internal authentication system against it after there were reports of it not working. Turns out the internal domain was not set to be trusted. Argh, what a waste of my frickin life. I absolutely cannot stand the interface. It makes what I though was already a terrible OS and makes it so much worse. I think my parents wouldn't even be able to get to the desktop or find their files.
I had some issue registering my license key. The error was cryptic but told me I could find out what it really mean by running some command from the command line. Why not just tell me the real error message.

Then the code pops up another error window that tells you the error message and suggests I call microsoft support by phone. But the link takes you to a page suggesting you look at videos online or look through the forums instead of giving you any phone number.

This is the contact customer support by phone page text, seriously.

I had some issue registering my license key. The error was cryptic but told me I could find out what it really mean by running some command from the command line. Why not just tell me the real error message.
Then the code pops up another error window that tells you the error message and suggests I call microsoft support by phone. But the link takes you to a page suggesting you look at videos online or look through the forums instead of giving you any phone number.
This is the contact customer support by phone page text, seriously.
heidi - 01/08/14 11:12
I hate it too. I hate how the interface flips between the old and new styles, I hate the lack of start button, I hate the edges that have random things happen and interrupt my workflow. I also hate that getting support "from friends and family" is a recommendation!! FU M$!
I hate it too. I hate how the interface flips between the old and new styles, I hate the lack of start button, I hate the edges that have random things happen and interrupt my workflow. I also hate that getting support "from friends and family" is a recommendation!! FU M$!
01/06/2014 20:04 #58548
Shitty Work EnvironmentCategory: work
Today I moved from a nice office to a shitty cube that literally collects snow through the ghetto, freezing window. I am seriously feeling like this is the beginning of me finding a job elsewhere. I can't believe that at the point I am at in my career I still don't have a pleasant work environment. Today made me want to leave Buffalo altogether.
tinypliny - 01/06/14 21:45
Whoa. What happened? Ask them for a better office!
Whoa. What happened? Ask them for a better office!
01/04/2014 15:33 #58541
Sledding at Chesnut RidgeCategory: winter
It was an amazingly sunny and warm 32 today as promised. We were going to go skiing, but seeing as we just recovered from the plague, and have a big night of dancing ahead, we decided to go sledding instead.



On the way there I was reading about Anne Frank's arrest frank No one knows who really turned them in, but on the wiki page
there is a snippet about a resistance fighter who had been helping Jewish families escape or hide out had a girlfriend that turned out to be a Nazi double agent. He caught on as the people he was helping, somewhere around 200 families, started to disappear. She turned him into the gestapo who then murdered him. Imagine that. Knowing that your love cost all those people their lives, that your girlfriend was the most backstabbing bitch in the world and that now you are being murdered.
On the way there I was reading about Anne Frank's arrest frank No one knows who really turned them in, but on the wiki page
there is a snippet about a resistance fighter who had been helping Jewish families escape or hide out had a girlfriend that turned out to be a Nazi double agent. He caught on as the people he was helping, somewhere around 200 families, started to disappear. She turned him into the gestapo who then murdered him. Imagine that. Knowing that your love cost all those people their lives, that your girlfriend was the most backstabbing bitch in the world and that now you are being murdered.
you didn't just break even. You also got the thrill of the scratch so that counts for something!