The atmosphere between myself and my co-workers can be a bit like dogs in a run at times. We find a juicy morsel of a project and get a bit paranoid and territorial protecting it. There might be a few reasons that make this happen, but it stinks. We need to act like dogs on [...]
Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
The Sweetest Apple
Today was big. Without a day as big as this, the simple apple I ate would not be nearly as sweet, but first you need to understand today. I like to think I’ve worked hard in my life. I wrestled in high school, pushing my body beyond what I thought were my limits. I’ve ran [...]
Online Owner’s Manuals
Great googly moogly, I get so fed up trying to find owner’s manuals when I really need them. I mean, honestly, if I kept the owner’s manual for every gadget I buy, I’d probably have to, like, file them away. It probably wouldn’t take too much space, thinking about it. Just a small filing cabnet [...]
Buy Forever Stamps Soon
Stamp prices are expected to rise again on May 11. It’s been hard to keep up with the litany of stamp price increases lately, which is why the post office offers the Forever Stamps that will always cover the postage for first class letters. Forever Stamps cost the same as first class stamps online at $8.40 [...]
The Disbarment of Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson was permanently disbarred a while ago, but I wanted to have a reference to some of the court transcripts from the hearings for my own reference. Jack is a very interesting case to me. He has the right motive, but executes in way the wrong way. For those who don’t know, Jack has been [...]
BPA No Way
I said I’d update when there’s something interesting, and now there’s something interesting. The Consumerist reports on a new study by the University of Rochester shows that: bisphenol-A (BPA), a potentially toxic chemical found in many plastics, can enter the body via non-food sources and lingers in the body longer than previously thought. What is BPA? Since [...]
Updates
You know what’s the saddest thing? Every once in a while I’ll check GrandLarseny.com to see if there’s anything new. For those who may be a little slow, GrandLarseny.com is the website you are reading now, written solely by me. There is nothing new unless I write it. You know what, though; that’s just the way [...]
Half-Off Tickets on Southwest
Crazy deals on Southwest Airlines right now. 50% off all tickets to Seattle, and that’s just for their “Wanna Get Away” style deals. I’ve heard you can get even better deals by using their Ding! program. It’s always looked like malware to me; like some combination of spyware and just plain bloat, but I just [...]
Letters
Obama was inagurated. Rev. Lowery gave the benediction, ending by saying “we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around — (laughter) — when yellow will be mellow — (laughter) — when the red man can get ahead, man — [...]
Kanye West
Now that I’ve published this, I can’t deny it. I have actually bought not one, but two Kanye West albums in the past few days. Don’t worry, though; I’ve managed to keep the smug hipster level sky high since I bought the “Explicit” version just because it was truer to the artist intent. Good grief [...]
Try This Tonight
Fix “Corked” Wine with a Bowl and Plastic Wrap A “professor of wine chemistry” at UC Davis says that just coming in contact with plastic wrap removes the cemical that gives wine it’s “dank” (think spoiled) flavor. Works just like dirt sticks to soap. The engineering solution is going to have to be how do [...]
Let’s Chat
Anyone out there know of any really good conversation fodder? I mean the type of fodder that will keep a nine year old conversation going. The type of interesting anecdotes that will engage a listener after you just finished talking about the color of grass for two hours. I’ve got nothing. That’s one really frustrating [...]
The Lake
I’m here at the lake with kate and ella. They are the funniest two things you could ever imagine. One minute they’re running a million miles an hour chasing each other, the next they’re asleep. What’s even more funny is that they forget all about running and playing outdoors as soon as I go inside. [...]