A life less interesting

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  adam 22:28 on 2003/05/30 Permalink  

  Respect the personal space, dude! 

  Stop & Shop is my local grocery store of choice. They’ve got self-checkout units there, so if you’re only buying a couple of things, you don’t have to wait in a line and deal with a cashier – you can just get in line, swipe, pay and you’re done.
  I equate the area where you do everything – pick produce, setup how you’re paying, and swiping your credit/debit cards – it’s basically the same as using an ATM. So, if I’m standing there, trying to swipe my card and punch in my PIN, then I expect just a little bit of respect from the person behind me – i.e. that they not be all up in my business and practically in my shorts when I’m trying to do my PIN.
  On top of that…. if you smoke like a chimney and smell like an ashtray, then stay the frell away from me – especially when I’m trying to enter my PIN while buying groceries.
  But apparently that’s just me.

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  adam 12:07 on 2003/05/30 Permalink  

  Dental fun 

  So, yesterday I had to go to the dentist to get a filling. I hate the dentist. I hate fillings.
  It’s nothing personal, just a bad experience when I was being prepped for my braces – they messed up on the novacaine so I got to feel some stuff, then they had to reapply and… well, it just wasn’t pretty.
  Since that incident, I’ve had two other fillings done by that same dentist – one with nitrous oxide, which was great, and another with nothing at all. By far, that one is my favorite.
  Yesterday I went in knowing that I might have to deal with the novacaine again, but hoping – praying – that it wouldn’t be a big cavity and that I could go without.
  I got lucky – it was pretty small. After a little drilling to clean up, I had the filling in and was out the door – probably 20 minutes in all, and much faster than the cleaning I had where they discovered the cavity.
  So, all this got me to thinking….
  Why is it that we’re so dependent on the drugs? Sure, it hurts when they’re drilling, but it’s pretty brief and it speeds things up – you don’t have to deal with the needles, and you don’t have to wait to go numb, and you don’t have to drool all over yourself all day after the appointment – all plusses in my book.
  I can see getting something if, say, you’re getting a root canal or a tooth pulled, but if it’s just a little cavity… After all, isn’t that how they did things back “in the day?” I know that my father-in-law gets most of his work done without any pain killer – and he’s been doing that ever since he started going to the dentist.

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  adam 01:49 on 2003/05/30 Permalink  

  Uplink 

  Ambrosia Software, Inc. — games/uplink
  An enigma in itself, Uplink is akin to a more cerebral incarnation of Ambrosia’s popular Escape Velocity series of games, with missions that interweave a threaded plot which is unveiled with each conquest. Only this time, you have only your intellect, hacking skills, and the computer systems you’ve compromised to aid you.
  I’ve had this on my drive since it was released, but only just got around to trying it out – and man, was that a mistake! Three hours later, my eyes are shot, my carpal tunnel is acting up, and I’m tired as heck – but I love the game. I’m going to register the game first chance I get, and I hope the game does well.

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