Comments on: Things That Make My Head Explode Part Seven https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html a freelance writing resource. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: allena https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10070 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:31:50 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10070 Lori, wow to the DS thing. Just wow, wow, wow.

Now, I was thinking about you today and reminding myself to ask you something. Hmm… goodness knows what…

Well, I'll email you when it comes. Am catching up on blog reading tonight.

]]> By: Amelia Ramstead https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10062 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:34:24 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10062 I'm fairly disgusted that a reputable brand like National Geographic would be going through Demand. What the hell?

]]> By: Joseph Hayes https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10061 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:32:23 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10061 I had a "Naveen" with ATT about my Internet service. The young phone sales attendant (customer service? Hah!) took over my screen and then proceeded to ask me the purpose of every program I had installed. Three questions later I told her to get the f*$@ out of my computer.

Aside from that, a really great week: two new gigs (they called me), a big extra assignment from the magazine, and word that I got a lovely grant from the local arts foundation for a theater project. 2012 is cool.

]]> By: Anne Wayman https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10060 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:13:05 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10060 Ah Lori, I hate that sort of thing… my heart goes out to you. Recently I've had three tech support folks who actually knew what they were talking about and treated me like I knew what I was talking about – to different companies – in each case I talked to their supervisors to complement them on their people… was actually almost fun.

Jake, thanks for #headdesk.

]]> By: Jake P https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10059 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:03 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10059 Current #headdesk is a pair of physicians WHO WON'T FREAKING CALL ME BACK after repeated voicemail and emails. That. Is. All.

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10057 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:15:06 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10057 My county is making my head go boom. The other day the FINAL DECISION to my property tax protest hearing arrived. Apparently in my county a house surrounded by three foreclosures is worth more per square foot than a similar vintage house a block away where there have been no foreclosures in the same period. Right.

During the 45 minutes I was at the county office for the meeting, I was sweltering. It was a snowy January day yet none of the employees had on cardigans or extra layers like the rest of us wear to stay warm. So I e-mailed the county board chairman. He didn't reply, but passed my complaint to the facilities manager. She said all county buildings are heated to 71 degrees during office hours. I hit the roof. Doctors' offices and retirement homes probably need to keep the thermostat around 70, but an office? An office paid for with taxpayer dollars? In a county that's been hit harder than most by the economic downturn, no less.

I'm sorry, but it's inexcusable to keep increasing taxes, saying you're doing everything possible to lower operating costs while cranking the heat in all county offices to 71 degrees.

My head exploded all right – all over the Letters to the Editor page of one local paper. If the county wants heat, I'll heat it up for them – by means of public opinion.

A good rule to live by is to use your anger at these things to try to correct them.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10056 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:27:37 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10056 Oh, that sounds icky, Cathy. Geez, what a bunch of gear-grinding nonsense!

Oh Angie, it is SO good to see you here, doll! It's been too long. I'm way overdue for a recipe fix and another chapter of the Ledbetter tales…. 🙂

]]> By: Angie Ledbetter https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10055 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:17:16 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10055 Making my head smoke — too many irons in the fire, but that's how I usually work, and it's better than spinning my wheels.

]]> By: Cathy Miller https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10054 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:59:01 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10054 Must have been something in the air. I had a very frustrating time with a project taking a 360 degree turn on me. It was not what I signed up for so it will mean a new Statement of Work when I have already done two versions…sigh…

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html#comment-10052 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:17:05 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/things-that-make-my-head-explode-par-3.html/#comment-10052 Sandy, that's exactly the part the steams me, too. It should be simple. They are there to help us solve problems, yet too often they become a larger problem than the original one.

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