Archive for the ‘Grab Bag’ Category

Awkward Moment While Folding Boxes At The Pizza Joint

Monday, March 5th, 2007

"You're from Toledo?" "Yeah." "I'm thinking about going to Grad School there." "Oh?  U of T is a good school.  What's your degree in?" "Dual major.  Philosophy and Literature." "..." "..." "How long have you been working here?" "Since 1996." "..." "..." "..." "I'm going to go wash some dishes."

Got Mocha?

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Is you are a Starbucks fiend, take note.

bargain acquisitions

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

I spent some time today at the local Barnes and Noble and grabbed a few items from the bargain bin. Occasionally I find some really good deals. Anyone know anything about these books?   From the Amazon page - In the distant future, a starfaring Neanderthal woman sits on a ...

A New Venture

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Keep an eye on AudioMonk.  Right now it is a basic placeholder website, but coming soon, I'll be launching the full-fledged business with a new, polished site.  Exciting times.

buy stuff from me

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

I've opened my own store through Zlio. You can find it here (RSS feed is here). I'll be 'selling' stuff that I review and find worthwhile, so if anything strikes your fancy, buy through the store. I think I'm looking at a 4-5% kickback on transactions, so ...

Inexplicably Famous Woman Dies

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Anna Nicole Smith is dead.  If you don't already know that, you can't possibly be reading this blog.  At this point, I think Osama knows about it up in his cave. Certainly I am sensitive to the fact that a relatively young woman led an appallingly tragic life and died in ...