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Last semester, I had stockpiled a bunch of episodes of a bunch of TV shows. When I looked at the full batch, it was pretty intimidating. I watched the last half hour of the end of Grey’s Anatomy and deleted the rest of the… Continue Reading “I Think I am Over It.”
I spent the better part of the summer complaining about my house, the mold in my house, and the cost of removing the mold in my house. Then last week, I saw some of the reports coming out of Georgia and thought it was… Continue Reading “Counting Blessings”
This is a pretty good article on the state of dental insurance, particularly as an employee benefit. It talks about all of the things that I tell my people, including: Dental insurance does not work the same way as health insurance. You are going… Continue Reading “Dental Care”
Book 37 I picked up eight books from the library to research my final project and Amazonia, by James Marcus, was actually interesting. Marcus was Employee #55, hired by Jeff Bezos in 1996 to be an editor on Amazon.com. He reviewed books. Lots and… Continue Reading “Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.com Juggernaut, by James Marcus”
The new marketing campaign at Noodles and Company seems to be a version of “have it your way”. The signage has all sorts of ways that you can go high-maintenance on your meals. Including on the order number signs. I am no stranger to… Continue Reading “Noodles and Mushrooms”
I’ve been doing my homework with the CBS early game on the TV on mute. An hour ago, it was the third quarter of the Eagles game. Then, at some point, it switched to the Titans and the Jets. I can see from the… Continue Reading “Did CBS Listen to Peyton Manning’s Commercials?”
If you haven’t heard the story, the short version is this: A lady went in for IVF. An embryo that she had previously frozen was implanted and she became pregnant. Then she found out that the embryo actually belonged to another couple. The clinic… Continue Reading “I am not this nice.”
I realize that I don’t pay you a dime for the use of your awesome blogging service. Although I have offered. And dutifully set up some Ad Sense stuff. But will you please, please set up some more templates? I get tired of looking at… Continue Reading “Dear Google”
Once upon a time, I had a serious Barnes & Noble habit. I’m going to call it $100 a month, mostly online. Then I discovered the used book stores. And then I started school. And then came the cable TV and DVR in my… Continue Reading “Gotta Check in Once in a While”
I realized this morning, when I started to create my expense report, that I hadn’t even printed out my flight itinerary. I hadn’t even been able to check into the flight from home because the printer is buried under things in the construction zone.… Continue Reading “More Notes from the Road”
The Next Dark Age 