A nickname is something you call someone when you can’t remember their name, or when their name has a lot of syllables and no vowels. Often times, nicknames serve as affectionate handles for people, drawing attention to some distinguishing aspect of their appearance or personality, or perhaps to some noteworthy incident in their past. Examples …
If you have not read Reality, you should do that now, otherwise this one won’t make any sense. We had established that the person’s name, for the purposes of figurative illustration, would be, Greg, but then I lost the essential thread of where the story was going, and I thought it best to end the …
If it weren’t for my nihilism and self loathing, I’d never get anything done. Alcohol also helps. And whiskey, which is a kind of alcohol. Somewhere in that knowledge is a life lesson. Stay in school. No, that’s not it.
During WW2, Anne of Green Gables hid in her attic for 25 months to avoid arrest by the Nazis. The people who hid her were breaking the law, the people who reported her were following it.
Every day, I imagine starting a company without an HR department. Those people are useless and can easily be replaced by a bulletin board, or some form of browser-based technology. I get it, the employee picnic is this weekend and please put your dishes in the laundry basket. That last part might be a misunderstanding, …
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