http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/454 Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 03:53:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/454#comment-6758 Houblog » Blog Archive » Trash the Fee? Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:15:26 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/454#comment-6758 [...] I have a lot going on in my personal life right now (I think I’ve said that before, haven’t I?) and unfortunately, my normal mode of dealing with stress is to either get very irritible, or bury myself in leisure activities. Doing anything that resembles work becomes harder and harder, whereas computer games and anime mean I don’t have to think; worry, or just plain be neurotic. There’s times when I wish I could just be stupid, like all the folks that voted to remove the revenue cap from the City of Houston, because the mayor said he needed more money to offer increased services [...] [...] I have a lot going on in my personal life right now (I think I’ve said that before, haven’t I?) and unfortunately, my normal mode of dealing with stress is to either get very irritible, or bury myself in leisure activities. Doing anything that resembles work becomes harder and harder, whereas computer games and anime mean I don’t have to think; worry, or just plain be neurotic. There’s times when I wish I could just be stupid, like all the folks that voted to remove the revenue cap from the City of Houston, because the mayor said he needed more money to offer increased services [...]

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