Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
You thought you were going to escape the plumbing story? Bwaah ha ha. Sorry. I’ll make this as painless as possible. Actually, I’ll spare you the whole story (removed 100 words) except for the part where I couldn’t decide between a fixed length PVC trap and a PVC trap with a flexible component on one... Continue Reading →
Last week, when I rewrote my story about my early days of employment, I was trying to cut about 200 words out of the original story, ‘cuz I care about you guys (he says as he’s meandering around the point of a One-Liner Wednesday post). Anyway, I rewrote a bunch of sections, left out some... Continue Reading →
If we were having a beer, you’d have a technical question for me. “So, Mr. Wizard, I have a question for you about your blog.” “And that would be...?” “Are you actually up and writing these things at 6:04 am?” "No, not as a rule.” “So, they’re scheduled in advance?” “Yes, it’s a fairly common... Continue Reading →
I have written about salespeople lying to me, too many times to link to. Still, it’s not only continuing, it’s getting worse. I expect lies about products and features: “This copier will meet all your copying and scanning needs forever.” “This is the lowest price you’ll ever see on this product.” “This car has the... Continue Reading →
This is typically the hardest week of the year for me to publish on this blog. That’s because I write most of my posts for the week on the previous weekend. Not the whole posts, but a good working draft. I find that once I have a draft, I can smush it into some sense... Continue Reading →
If we were having a beer, you would be picking on me…again “So, how did you celebrate on Thursday?” “Huh?” “Thursday. I heard that it was the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. I thought you would have done something special.” “Ha, no. We had a Board Meeting at work. I don’t think a Star Trek... Continue Reading →
I was on the road this past week. Not the whole week, but a good-sized chunk of it. It was one of those travel things that I do that involves meetings during the day and social functions in the evening. I’m OK with the meetings. I’m confident, there’s an agenda and things usually go according... Continue Reading →
I’ve been on vacation this past week and a half. I was actually thinking about skipping my blog for today. I thought about it and decided to leave it up to Linda. If she had a particularly interesting prompt for SoCS, I’d let something flow onto the page. If not, I’d skip Saturday. Of course,... Continue Reading →
You would take a sip of whatever you’re drinking, look over at me and say “how many friends of a different race did your parents have?” “Whaaa?” “Seriously, that was one of the questions some bonehead in Seattle wanted your barista to ask you while she was messing up your coffee order.” “Fortunately, I avoided... Continue Reading →
