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General Doom Info « Doom's World
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King, Portland, Oregon. Enough lists, here’s where I go narrative on your ass. I increasingly go by “JW”, which are not my initials, rather a well-earned nickname. I don’t use my real name online, so if you know it I hope you won’t either. “Doom” is kind of a long story, remind me to tell it some time. I have recently returned to the ranks of the employed. Huzzah! I write, but who doesn’t, huh? My other thing is krav maga, and self defense in general. I’ve been training at Krav Maga Portland. Okay, there...
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Smart teacher, silly parent « Doom's World
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Laquo; It’s almost enough to make me believe in curses. January 31st, 2014. Smart teacher, silly parent. The system described in this blog is a great one and it would be smart if it were implemented in every classroom. The writer has some unfortunately dangerous ideas about what teachers are and do. She describes teaching as a “sacred trust” and the teacher concerned as a “love ninja”. We’ve got to stop looking at teachers like miracle workers and start building them a support structure that realiz...
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You know this talk is AWESOME because normally I DGAF about TED. « Doom's World
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Laquo; Four plaid shirts aren’t enough? It’s almost enough to make me believe in curses. March 15th, 2014. You know this talk is AWESOME because normally I DGAF about TED. Plus, I’m embedding. It How often do I do that? H/t NPR: Is The Law Making Is Less Free? Use that link if the embed doesn’t work, WordPress seems to be doing something weird with embeds). 8230; because we got into this legal quicksand because we woke up in the 1960s to all these really bad values: racism, gender discrimination, polluti...
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Stuff Doom Likes « Doom's World
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Justus in the World. The Sound and the Nerdy. Things to Love and Such. Hot Chicks With Douchebags. I Can Has Cheezburger? I Has A Hot Dog! There, I Fixed It. Wil Wheaton dot Net: In Exile. On Ghostbusters and disingenuous feminist operators. Work-related suspension of disbelief. Since high-fiving strangers in traffic is at best weird. Four plaid shirts aren’t enough? You know this talk is AWESOME because normally I DGAF about TED. It’s almost enough to make me believe in curses. Happy Monday to me!
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Not that there’s a good day for a death in the family…. « Doom's World
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Laquo; Bums Yuppies. Happy Monday to me! December 26th, 2013. Not that there’s a good day for a death in the family…. Sometime on the night of Christmas Eve or early Christmas morning, my sister died. Eulogies are supposed to be about the deceased, but I think they’re always about us. I’ll try to talk about my sister. I turned her onto Bushmills Irish Whisky and she claimed she drank nothing else. Brotherly duty fulfilled. Mom didn’t want to go to my sister’s apartment (I try to stay out of Vancouv...
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Bums > Yuppies « Doom's World
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Laquo; Smart teacher, silly parent. Not that there’s a good day for a death in the family…. January 16th, 2014. Steve Duin blog: Right 2 Dream Too is the Portland City Council’s ongoing nightmare. Frustrated when former Commissioner Randy Leonard shut down his adult bookstore on Fourth Avenue, Wright invited the homeless — in October 2011 — to squat indefinitely on the lot. At any rate, NW Third never felt dangerous compared to SE 99th & Harold until Dirty opened up. Give me bums and hookers any day.
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Fast n’ Loud drinking game! « Doom's World
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Fast n’ Loud drinking game! Playtesting one episode resulted in over twenty drinks (please note, that’s one individual sip) , so choose your beverage carefully. Don’t blame me for any episodes of misadventure, legal drinking age in your jurisdiction, all that jazz. Says “pocket full of cash”: one drink. Says “do what I do best”: one drink. Says “Gas Monkey style”: one drink. Says “Can’t get there”: one drink ( two drinks if someone else says it. Says “interweb”: one drink. Rubs his hair: one drink. Other...
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Work-related suspension of disbelief « Doom's World
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Laquo; Cheater Bowl XLIX. Since high-fiving strangers in traffic is at best weird. September 19th, 2014. Work-related suspension of disbelief. In my almost completed first week of this new job I have:. A: heard what I only knew as buzzwords used in a competent, earnest fashion. B: watched a PowerPoint about company values that didn’t make me want to scratch my eyes out. C was told I didn’t need to eat lunch at my desk because missing customer calls wasn’t the end of the world. Smart teacher, silly parent.
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It’s almost enough to make me believe in curses « Doom's World
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Laquo; You know this talk is AWESOME because normally I DGAF about TED. Smart teacher, silly parent. March 12th, 2014. It’s almost enough to make me believe in curses. We, all three of us at work, spent 20 minutes looking for a special screwdriver bit so I could once again do something I’ve had no training in. I opened the machinery with the special screwdriver with the special bit and it’s just plain borked. Boss tells me to deal with it. On Ghostbusters and disingenuous feminist operators.
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