Life's too short not to be independently wealthy

There are friends to see, books to write, albums to produce, video games to play, books to read, food to cook... this job stuff is for the birds. Especially on days like today when I get complaints that the system isn't working, and I can't fix it, so I have to talk with tech support. Tech support, in spite of diligently pretending to be from California, is pretty clearly outsourced to India. And I'm not just saying that because everyone has names I can't pronounce. Another big clue was the email I got at 5am saying, "We should chat about your issue. I am available from 6:00 PM PDT till 3:00 AM PDT."

Gee, he put it in Pacific time, so obviously he's in California and not India. Yup, he sure fooled me.

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