{"id":834,"date":"2007-01-09T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2007-01-09T20:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=834"},"modified":"2012-05-10T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T21:23:40","slug":"marshmallow-man-gives-us-a-mean-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2007\/01\/marshmallow-man-gives-us-a-mean-look\/","title":{"rendered":"marshmallow man gives us a mean look"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWell, this is Death Valley after all.<\/p>\n

if anyplace gives you a reason to look tough, Death Valley should be one of them.<\/p>\n

I am wishing that I were tougher than I am today. My tonsils are sqeeaazing my voice into a small whisper or squeak.<\/p>\n

I am pale and mostly weak. Which means that all the things I would like<\/em> to be doing, I must forgo. No more working on the door refinish project.<\/p>\n

I must REST.<\/p>\n

and no cleaning out the house in preparation of the puppy.<\/p>\n

I must REST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Can I take a rest from resting?”<\/p>\n

“NO!”<\/p>\n

but I can, while on hold with the telephony people here at work, admire the face of marshmallow man, making his tough I’m-a-cowboy face.<\/p>\n

I can imagine that he will turn around and say “Howdy little Lady…” in his I-was-raised-in-L.A.-but-born-in-Texas accent.<\/p>\n

It makes the hold music more bearable.<\/p>\n

“…Thank you for calling the helpdesk. Please be prepared to provide your national user ID, a description of the problem, your computer <\/em>ID and any error message on your equipment. Please stay on the line and your call will be answered in the order recieved by the next available help desk representative….”<\/p>\n

At least it’s not the same hold music as they have for the conference-call line. This is classical music; the stuff from the conference calls is new age electronic music.<\/p>\n

Well, I’m prepared, but the hold lingers on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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