Author Archives: Alan Edwards
Jury Duty
Well, wonderful. I get home and discover that I have been summoned for jury duty. OK, fine, I’m a citizen, I’ll do my duty, blah blah blah. The thing that gets me, though, is that I need to fill out a form with my information and send it to them. They don’t even give me the courtesy of having a damn postage paid envelope. Nope, I have to try to scrounge up a stamp from somewhere so I get the privilege of earning 7 dollars while judging one of my peers.
Hmmm.
Actually, I like the sound of that. I and I alone (ignore the other 11 people) could hold your fate in my hands! I could send you to prison on a whim! Muahaha! I mislike your shirt! TEN YEARS IN THE POKEY! Or perhaps I will be merciful, and grant you salvation with the mere nod of my head. OK, this jury duty thing isn’t so bad after all.
The stamp part, though…that still pisses me off.
Accountants, Gamers, and Nerds
Accountants seem to be one of those professions that are universally classified as pure geek in popular culture. Watch any episode of Law & Order where the investigation leads to a trail of money, and at some point a bow-tie wearing, nervous, shifty weakling will be accosted, and the initials CPA will be associated with him. Computer techs used to get the identical treatment, until the emergence of shows like Chuck and the insufferable douchebag that hocks Macs. Douchey is better equated with lacrosse players and popped collars on golf shirts, which is decidedly no longer geeky. So why is the accountant the Lone Staple Nerd archetype among actual well-paying jobs?
Zombie Star Trek
Here Goes….
Welcome to my attempt at giving myself a space and forcing myself to commit to writing. I expect that soon I will have a wide-ranging and adoring audience, by which I mean myself and my wife. What I really want to accomplish is a dedicated approach to writing, whether it is self-discovery or just bitching about the Redskins. I’ll post some of my older writing as well from time to time. Not that there is a lot of it.
Winter in Derenemyn 