Posted in Uncategorized, tagged new year, second, time on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The powers that be have decreed that we get a leap second this year.
23:59:59 is going to last twice as long as expected.
Think about that for a second.
There, now you’ve wasted that little bit of extra time and can go back to your revelry.
Happy new year, all!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby, holidays, wii on December 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Let me just say here that Wii Music is awesome. I haven’t explored the depths of what it’ll let me do yet, but it looks like there’s a lot of that to explore.
Super Mario Galaxy is also pretty darn awesome, as are iTunes gift cards, chili-imbued chocolate, specialty coffee and a variety of other rather [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bailout, drink, economy on December 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Begin with 7 oz. of 7-Up, for the 2007 profits shown on most balance sheets.
Pour it “on the rocks” to symbolize the underlying instability.
Add a shot of Cuervo Gold tequila, representing the golden parachutes handed out to executives.
Add a shot of Triple Sec, for the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged driving, snow, weather on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s mesmerizing to watch the road one drives on when the weather is like this. The snow and wind dance sinuously across the asphalt in wispy figures which then simply vanish like echoes of memories of ghosts.
I’d love to be able to take a picture, but. Moving Vehicle.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged google, humor, xerox on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some time back, I was talking with some of my Xerox colleagues about a particular admonition dispensed during orientation: that Xerox is a noun and must by no means be used as a verb. When I was five, before I had ever heard of Xerox Corporation, I remember my piano teacher telling me to “xerox the [...]
