FlasshePoint

Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

What’s Wrong With My Ears?

I long to be able to be hip and wear earbud-style headphones when I’m listening to my iPod. But I just can’t. They fall right out of my ears. I must have mutant ears, since there is nothing to hold the earbuds in them. Won’t somebody please take a look at [...]

Photoshop Upgrade Nightmare

I’ve been meaning to upgrade Adobe Photoshop for quite some time. I’m on version 4 and it’s not a happy camper on my latest PC with Windows XP. It will frequently hang when trying to open files, and will also sometimes mess up other applications (like making the repeat key verrrry slow) after [...]

In The Shadow Of My Magnificence

Allow me to share with you one of my traffic pet peeves. It is the driver who tailgates me in the left lane of the highway not because I am going too slow, but because I am going too fast and he wants to go the same speed, but wants me to take the [...]

All Without ‘Shrooms

So I went to the HMO eye doctor today, not only because my vision has been decreased in general since the virus hit, but also because I’ve been having some dandy visual hallucinations. The diagnosis – no surprise to me- was Ocular Migraine (the graphic in that link is a pretty close approximation of [...]

The High Price Of Addiction

So I went to get my morning Diet Pepsi (which is almost tasting normal now, post-virus) from the Vending Machine of Death, and what did I find? The price of a can of pop in all the vending machines in the breakroom went up from $.60 to $.75. I believe this is the [...]

Still Kicking

So it turned out to be a virus after all, of the gastrointestinal variety. It isn’t totally done with me yet. But at least I’m beginning to feel human again and went into work today. The fever has pretty much subsided and I’m decongesting. Most food, aside from sweets, still tastes [...]

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