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December 08, 2003

Sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time...

It's Monday morning, and I'm as free as a bird. Granted, I have yet to turn in my end-of-the-quarter essay for my Early Japanese Literature class, but until I've had a chance to talk to the professor about my draft tomorrow, there's really nothing I can accomplish on that front. I'm in the pleasant position of having many things I could be doing today (writing, cleaning, running sundry errands, perhaps even braving the mall and doing a bit of Christmas shopping), but nothing that needs to get done. I'll be rehearsing with some of my "Midsummer" cast members tonight, but that still leaves me almost ten hours to fill however I choose. After how hectic this quarter ultimately became, this is a nice change of pace.

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Remember the lady who was trampled during Wal-Mart's DVD sale near the end of last month? According to this Associated Press article, she's made "numerous injury claims against stores since 1987, including nine against [Wal-Mart]." What's more, records show that "Patricia VanLester, a 41-year-old former Wal-Mart employee, has received thousands of dollars in injury and workers' compensation settlements from Wal-Mart."

This is all sounding pretty suspicious. Even if you want to give this woman the benefit of the doubt and assume she's not faking her injuries, she's stll an idiot for returning time after time to establishments where she consistently gets hurt.

Posted by patrick at December 8, 2003 09:54 AM

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