Author Archives: Stacey

theme of the day: time machines do exist!

Here is what’s happening on match.com today, which is a representative sample and can be used to extrapolate how the rest of my days on match.com have been going. (I am aware that I am probably breaking some rule by posting … Continue reading

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office space

When our offices were based in Florida, I lived in the Corporate Condo, and whenever the CEO and COO would come into town, once or twice a month, they would stay at the condo with me. Since I don’t do … Continue reading

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musings of an ex-volunteer firefighter

This can alternately be titled “musings of a retired volunteer firefighter.”  Either way, it gives me a feeling of accomplishment to say it like that, like I actually served as a firefighter in a meaningful capacity, and didn’t just run away … Continue reading

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(your) fear is funny

When I find that people are afraid of something, why do I have this intense desire to torment them with it?  Do I think fear is funny? Have I never been afraid myself?  I don’t know the answer to the first question, … Continue reading

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oh, the joys of online dating, part II

Today you will come along with me as I review my Daily Matches. Bachelor #1: As if the scary scowl wasn’t enough to scare me away, he smokes daily and does Civil War Reinactments  Who smokes? Who does Civil War Reinactments?  Plus, he never drinks.  How … Continue reading

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(just gonna) stand there and watch me burn

Show and Tell, according to Wikipedia, is the process of showing an audience something and telling them about it, and is usually done in a classroom as an early elementary school technique for teaching young children the skills of public … Continue reading

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oh the joys of online dating

Every morning, Match.com sends me my seven daily matches. Are they kidding? Who exactly is doing the matching? With the gems I find in my box, I have to seriously question the ability of whoever is doing the matching to … Continue reading

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how to win friends and influence children

When I go home to my parent’s house for Christmas, I stay in my old bedroom. All my old stuff is in there, I like the bed, and it’s just … my room. Unfortunately, there is also some sort of … Continue reading

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little ditty about Craig and Diane …

Growing up as a family of six, we did a lot of things together, but some things were harder to do completely together than others. White Water Rafting, for example, was a problem to do completely together, since only four … Continue reading

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being john malkovich

I’m sitting in my office … the back office, with the big window, with a view of the ocean – you know, that one … and I hear the door of the main office open, and an old woman begins … Continue reading

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