The Armchair Politician

And yet again I enter the working force of the world. This time, as a contracted Perl programmer. I make significantly more than I did at my previous job, and as an added benefit, contracting lets me deduct many expenses from taxes.

Not to mention, my coworkers seem really intelligent and experienced, and are neat people with senses of humor! Hell, even the support people know what Linux is, and some of them even use it.

w00t.

Sometimes people on the Internet are just fun. But first, a little backstory to this one. I’m on FaceTheJury, where my AIM screen name is posted. Occasionally, I’ll have someone message me completely out of nowhere four or five months after we talked last. This usually means that I’ve been on their buddy list for a few months, and they have absolutely no clue who I am.

This happened to me last night. She signed off, and about five minutes later I get a completely random message from somebody I’ve never met. I pretty much figured out what was going on right from the bat, but I get great pleasure out of driving people absolutely insane.
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