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40 records found.

Waited tables in a deli/restaurant Apr 23, 2001, 02:00 EDT

By Rev. Sean C. Rothstein-Jacobson

Okay, here is a job that only an idiot or a psycho would willingly take. This place was across the street from the world's largest aquarium, which attracted millions of tourists every year. As if basic food service wasn't bad enough, this was a tourist spot ad infinitum.

Waiting for Justice Aug 23, 2005, 02:00 EDT

By Sharon Cochrane

I'm sitting in the courthouse. My young solicitor on one side of me, holding the police brief. My first husband and his wife, on the other.

Washroom graffiti Jun 23, 1997, 04:00 EDT

By Leandro

I was using the company's washroom the other day when I noticed a strange graffiti on the wall(1). Since I was just standing there doing what one does when standing in front of the toilet (in other words, emptying my bladder), I try to figure out what it was.

We All Drown in a Russian Submarine Sep 12, 2000, 05:00 EDT

Found on a newsgroup by Jason MacIsaac

In the town
Where I was born
Lived a man
With PhD
And he told
Us of his job
Making faulty
Submarines

Weird and Wonderful Webfrights on the InterNUT Aug 18, 1997, 01:00 EDT

By Maxine Mahn

Weird Sex Laws Jan 26, 1998, 01:00 EST

By Ovi

A law in Fairbanks, Alaska does not allow moose to have sex on city streets.

Welcome Back Jan 6, 1997, 01:00 EST

By Leandro

And so here is the year 1997, and CoN starts again from Issue I but this time from Volume II. While the new year brings new changes to the format of CoN and the future development of the magazine, we have to remember that just because 96 is over, it's just a number. Things don't necessarely get worse, nor better because a year is gone. We must take each day as it comes and work hard as if it was the first and last day of our lives.

Welcome to College Aug 17, 1999, 03:00 EDT

By Goat "I'm not bitter" boy.

Counselors would tell us that without university we'd never get to be astronauts or scientists. Like shit I am going to be. Of all the people I know from school, not one is an astronaut or some wacko scientist. In fact a few of them are in jail for drug trafficking or for beating up their girlfriends. But the point was, high school was a starting point to mold our brain and get us ready for this tough, demanding and affordable higher education that awaited us at the end of Grade 13.

What happened to the ARPANET? Mar 25, 1997, 02:00 EST

Programmers, over the last 30 years have been conserving space and processing time by ignoring the century in dates throughout our computer systems. Because the need was so far out in the future (ha!), they decided it was not worth the effort to change the existing systems to accommodate the problem. As a result, when new systems were developed and the year 2000 was getting closer, the problem seemed to get more dramatic, but not enough to take on the task of correcting it. Now the problem is not just dramatic, it is urgent.

What I understood of an Indian movie Sep 29, 1997, 04:00 EDT

By Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro

The movie starts: for a minute I was worried if it was going to be in Hindi or Punjabi, but the actors were all speaking in English. Luckily, that was not for long, since right after that it was all in Greek for me.. or Hindi in this case. Fortunately once in a while someone would say a word in English (ie. "shit!" when something bad happened or "ahhhhh!" when scared or "hello?" when picking up a phone). This allowed me to get a general idea of what was going on.

What the Media Aren't Telling You about the War on Terrorism Feb 11, 2002, 02:00 EST

By Konrad the Bold

The media coverage of America's war on terrorism has been so positive that it conceals the true state of affairs. The fighting in Afghanistan has been portrayed as the whole of the war - after all, it's a lot easier to report on real fighting in a concrete location than on a murky concept like a shadowy, loosely-bound network of terrorists located over the world. Since the war in Afghanistan has been a great success and is nearly over we are lead to believe that the same is true for the war against terrorism as a whole. In fact, the real war has mostly slipped from public consciousness.

What we are Mar 3, 2003, 02:00 EST

By Tim King

Conscious, subconscious, reason, emotion, animal, enlightened being; human being has always been a conflicted realization. Without a clear modus operandi, what is our reason for being such a successful species? In the movie "The Matrix", the nasty computer program describes us as a virus that destroys its environment, yet we are at heart lovers of passion and violence and this often curtails our unrepentant procreation. How much of us is enlightened, rational being and how much of us is animal looking for immediate satisfaction? Are we animal or divine being, or even worse - are we a virus bent on destruction?

What's Worse Than Eating A Shit Sandwich? Jan 28, 2000, 03:00 EST

By Jeff Wright

Ever wondered?

When Community Coffee Turns Corporate May 13, 2002, 05:00 EDT

By REVSCRJ

Everybody has some superpower.
I don't mean 'heat-vision' or 'inhuman strength', but the quirky link to synchronicity that one holds for one's entire life because it is a reflection of who you really are in regard to the universe on some incredibly deep level. For some folks they are blessed with the ability to find the only parking spot within 12 blocks, for others all they have to do is look at the ground and there will be some spare change while others yet, for some reason, never have lost a game of rock-paper-scissors.

When things are going just too well Mar 15, 1999, 05:00 EST

By IMPROV

Seeing as I have very little time to write an actually article lately, I decided to make a list of things that depress me for this chipper issue... hopefully some of you can relate, and if not don't be afraid to make a list of your own, because, whenever things are going just too damn good, we all need something to bring us back to earth.

Where Are We Going and Why Are We in This Handbasket? May 13, 2002, 01:00 EDT

By Konrad the Bold

Something is just waiting to go wrong in North Korea. The country has been stuck in a steady decline since the Soviet Union collapsed and stopped acting as its sponsor state. With chronic food shortages and a changing political landscape, North Korea’s leaders may eventually realize that it’s only a matter of time before the shit hits the fan. Remember that scene in Das Boot when the sub is stuck on the bottom of the sea with no engine power and the water pressure slowly crushing the hull? Now replace the charismatic captain with an uninspiring, lethargic fat man and you have a good idea of the situation in North Korea. In other words, don’t count on any miracles.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING AFTER YOUR PASSING? Dec 31, 1998, 04:00 EST

By Jeff Wright

H E double L. My mother taught me not to cuss... or was it your mother? I'm not sure, but anywho... Who's going to H E double L? You? Me? Him? Her? I don't know, so I couldn't tell you. But I've developed a 3 question questionaire for you to answer. From the answers you send in, I'll be able to tell you if your some of your future workmates will be Hitla, Shmitla, and the rest of them Nazee bastardos once your time on this planet is over.

Where We Really Stand Jun 16, 1997, 02:00 EDT

By Lilith DemHareIs

The subject of the show was women who thought they were so hot they could get anything they wanted, especially from men. Their mothers and sisters were on there as well, complaining about the attitudes of these women. (Strangely enough, none of the others were friends. In fact, one of them remarked that her ego-besotted sister didn't have any friends anymore. I'm not shocked.)

Who did you talk to? Nov 29, 1999, 04:00 EST

By cult hero

I forget if it was a bank or Credit Card Company or the phone company that I was 'talking' with. I think anyone nearby would have classified it as an argument from the tone and volume of my voice. Until this phone call it never really hit me how often this happened, and how much anger it brought out of me. The snotty 'service agent' on the other side had asked me a single question, designed exclusively to give them a reason not to help you. "Do you remember who you talked to?"

Who Shot John F. Kennedy? Dec 31, 2002, 04:00 EST

By Brian Newman

For those who lived through it, the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy was one of those pivotal turning points in history. It was a terrible wake up call that, indeed, bad things happen to good people, and that they can happen right in front of us. It had a cultural effect much like the Sept. 11th terrorist attack. Little seemed the same after the event. It was the horror of sudden death, the helplessness to Fate turning unkind.

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