What We Did on Our Holidays!

Under the cut! Exclusive pictures from our home repair vacation the last week of August.

( I'm So Butch! )

Off to Battle the Beast

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4321
And kablooie, you're done
You're done for
You're done for good
So tell me, did you do all you could?

- Ani, Tabouritza Lingua

Spitting and Shaking with Anger

If a Canadian telemarketer calls you, you ask to be added to a no-call list for the company. I did it successfully last week and they were very polite about it.

I just got an automated call saying I had won a trip. "To claim your prize, press '9'" so I did and waited.

When someone finally answered, I said, "I want to be added to your no-call list."

Pause. New person comes on, "Hello?" New Jersey accent, I think.

"Hello, I want to be added to your no-call list."

"Well, how about I add you to a national list so you can receive more calls from more companies."

"What?"

"I'll add you to a national call list and that will work out better for you."

"What are you talking about?"

"Why don't you clean your fucking ears? I'm gonna add you to a list and you'll get calls all the fucking time! How do you like that?"

I hung up.

Charming.