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Archive for January, 2009

The House Part OVER 9000! – Done!

Posted by Fiss on January 24, 2009

Finally, as promised, here are a few pics of the new house.  More as we go!

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Don’t Quit your Day-Job

Posted by Fiss on January 23, 2009

A Manifesto in three parts

 

Part 2: Value Added Resume Fodder

 

Every time I think I’ve found a place to belong in the corporate, responsible, 9-to-5 paycheque collecting world, it seems to throw me for a loop as according to some hidden, maddening plan it has to drive us all completely mental. 

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Writing does not require Pants

Posted by Fiss on January 19, 2009

A Manifesto in three parts

Part I: Preparing oneself for the horde

It is two-thirty in the morning and I work in less than five hours but I couldn’t be bothered to give a shit. The LCD ray traced perfection from this monitor, the squishy feel of the ergonomic keyboard beneath my fingertips, and the wet, cool feeling of a drying towel on my ass as I sit here, typing naked are the items in my mental to-do list that matter at the moment. Writers don’t need pants. Writers need only the Word. The Word has an annoying habit of making me sober. Read the rest of this entry »

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