{"id":2895,"date":"2004-10-21T01:46:32","date_gmt":"2004-10-21T15:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/well-bummer\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T11:43:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:43:34","slug":"well-bummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/well-bummer\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, bummer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8102,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blog.meetup.com\\\/1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090131060925\\\/http:\\\/\\\/blog.meetup.com:80\\\/1\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.meetup.com\\\/1&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 08:10:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 11:40:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 05:43:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 21:38:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 00:39:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 00:39:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Last night was the monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.meetup.com\/1\/\" title=\"Seattle Webloggers\">Seattle Webloggers Meetup<\/a>, which I&#8217;d been planning on going to.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I got roped into covering at one of my work&#8217;s stores while the staff went to an employee meeting. They were supposed to be done by seven, which would have given me time to get home, change, and head to the meetup, which started around 7:30. Instead, they didn&#8217;t even get out of the meeting until 7:30, and then what with passing on information and all, I didn&#8217;t get home until eight, at which point I was too hungry and tired to face walking the twenty or so blocks to the meetup to show up at least an hour late.<\/p>\n<p>Two and a half hours of OT, though &#8212; can&#8217;t whine <em>too<\/em> much. ;)<\/p>\n<p>So, I stayed at home, splurged on ordering a pizza, and watched some Angel episodes.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try for the Meetup again next month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DKilling Joke%2526albumTerm=Wilful Days%2526songTerm=Love Like Blood (Gestalt)%26partnerId%3D30\">Love Like Blood (Gestalt)<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DKilling Joke%26partnerId%3D30\">Killing Joke<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DKilling Joke%2526albumTerm=Wilful Days%26partnerId%3D30\">Wilful Days<\/a><\/em> (1984, 6:45).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was the monthly Seattle Webloggers Meetup, which I&#8217;d been planning on going to. 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