A few night ago, some friends and I were eating dinner on the patio of a restaurant. We had a great view of the parking lot and could see cars drive in and out of the lot. Pretty soon, a woman in a brand new Mustang pulled up and gingerly backed into a space. The [...]
If only we needed a manual to learn to complain:
There once was a boy named Pin, Who stood on some steps with a grin. He lurked on his perch, With a penchant for works And he sorely wished to be in. He fixed his gaze on things afar, While wishing only to play his cards, He dreamed of what the others had, He schemed [...]
I have long believed that schools have been failing to prepare students for dealing with the insane amount of information in the world. Everything seems to be “repeat this fact after me;” then I’ll test you on it until your brains rot away. The better way would be: “Here’s the information, and I’m going to [...]
It’s 1:00am and I just walked into my apartment after giving my car its second bath of the day. Why, you may ask, did I give my car two baths in one day? And why did you give it one at 1:00am in the morning? Well, both of those are good questions, and I plan [...]
Here’s a recap of some recent funny events in my life. Thanks to everyone who unknowingly participated in this post. Story 1 When my family was in town last weekend, my mom mentioned that she knew of a couple girls that she could see me dating. My sister, always one to know things like that [...]
Every day I feel like I read another article despising the enormous profits of companies. And recently, most of these barbs have been directed at oil companies–who, according to the media, have been gouging customers while raking in enormous amounts of money. When the Chairman of Exxon was given a $400 million (approx.) retirement package, [...]
I love to see it happening: commercials are slowly dying. Once I got my PVR, I stopped watching them for the most part. I’ll see a handful during a game, but other than that, my tv consumption is done in a time-shifted manner. Statistics show that most of America is following this trend, albeit not [...]
Check out this article: Miracle Reported: Apple Contemplates Policy Change. The basic gist of the story is that a third grader sent a letter to Steve Jobs w/ some ideas for improving the iPod. She received an official letter from the legal department saying they don’t accept unsolicited ideas. Genius! And this from a company [...]
Definitions are an integral part of life. They provide and ability to communicate. Without them, the words I just wrote would be meaningless, because none would be defined. And if none were defined, what I wrote would mean something to me and nothing to anyone else, unless, of course, I shared my definitions with the [...]