Sometimes titles are my mistress and other times they are a hated step child.

the walls have new sets of ears.

and the walls are actually only half walls 'cause I work in a cube.

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I like to say most every thing I write here is straight off the cuff but the truth is that I do a lot of editing inside my head and a lot of quick little rewrites as I go.

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How can you hate a step child? Didn't you know the deal going in? Seems like you made a poor decision.

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I was right there. I heard the whole conversation and when he told it back to me, he got it wrong. I want to shout "Dude, fucking listen!" but I never swear and I'm never rude so I just correct the story as he tells it.