Monthly Archives: March 2005

tick . . . tick . . . tick . . . .

Posted on March 29, 2005 by Marchbanks

I could have told them that would happen, but no one would have believed me without the data. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 7 Comments

Kinda tiring time travel, but a lot of fun

Posted on March 27, 2005 by Marchbanks

It was the biggest gallimaufry of rubbish I’ve met since the Dragonlance Chronicles. Continue reading →

Posted in Færie, Minutiae, Travel | 5 Comments

Austin, we have a Longhorn

Posted on March 25, 2005 by Marchbanks

A third-generation Longhorn, no less. Continue reading →

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Two family stories set in Mexico

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Marchbanks

They read “Cuidado con el tren”—literally, “be careful with the train.” Continue reading →

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I saw this one coming

Posted on March 1, 2005 by Marchbanks

One of the other support queue managers had come around to him, and stood there making patterns with his toe in the dirt as he asked, “Ummmm . . . our techs aren’t ready to pick up Company B and Company E yet, so . . . ummmm . . . could we borrow Sam back for a few days?  Like, um, maybe for a week? Continue reading →

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