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“They do not have shortened forms for the months.”<\/p>\n
Good for them.<\/em> I think. Not everything should fit by design.<\/p>\n This bitterness did not come quickly, but like the opposite of building up a resistance to a poison. Small doses of idiocy every day built up like a blood clot until my brain inherently knew an idiocy embollism was increasingly imminent.<\/p>\n Several deep sighs became a tsunami of stress, destroying little serene villages which once served as sanctuaries. Externally, I am gone; internally murderously present.<\/p>\n My eyes flicked from the presentation screen to my notes with sniper precision. Every new task slapped me in the face like the glove of a scorned lover. I bit my tongue, pinned from the fight by some unseen political bulwark. Humility unwanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the meeting, the French language is being discussed as a technical problem. “They do not have shortened forms for the months.” Good for them. I think. Not everything should fit by design. This bitterness did not come quickly, but like the opposite of building up a resistance to a poison. Small doses of idiocy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-he","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2762,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=2762","url_meta":{"origin":1068,"position":0},"title":"Your Daily Digest: Words and Loops","date":"11\/24\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Gratitude is not always easy. I had a brief discussion with Marcee about her position on marijuana. I am grateful that we were able to disagree without having a fight. I am too strident too often. Righteousness should be reserved for the right fights. We have friends and colleagues who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ennui"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":277,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=277","url_meta":{"origin":1068,"position":1},"title":"If you’ve got the stomach…","date":"3\/11\/2005","format":false,"excerpt":"For players of World of Warcraft, a list of fun items and easter eggs only adds to the addiction. I'll be taking my time to narrow the list to some of the best ones. For you, the Steelbuddha reader. After all, no one wants to wade through the numerouds bitchy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "For the geek in you"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1076,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}