Author Archive
The Usual Rule
When does an incidental order become a usual order. After 20 times in a row? After 100 times in a year? What’s the rule?
The Price of Bending Over
I want to do extensive studies on people picking up change on the ground. I wonder how most people decide whether or not the change is worth bending down to pick up. There are obviously the people that will pick it up regardless of value. Sacajawea dollars, buffalo nickels and tarnished pennies are all identified [...]
Overly Egressive
I was just at Best Buy, where apparently the recent rain/wind storms damaged the outer exit door. Everyone entering used the entrance normally by walking through both sets of sliding doors. Those exiting had to use the inner sliding exit door, then shuffle over to the left and go through the outer entrance door. Got [...]
French Friends
I think everyone has a few of those built-in mental cross-ups that make you spell or confuse the same words all the time. I consider myself a very good speller, but some words just continually come out wrong. For example, when I want to write both, I always write bothe and then delete the e. [...]
Giant Bar Tabs
As referenced in the movie I Love You, Man, it took Andre the Giant 1-2 barrels of beer to get drunk. That’s a lot of beer. I also recall a story in which, during a tour of Japan, Hulk Hogan gave Andre a birthday gift of 6 bottles of wine, which were all finished before [...]
Gotta Keep Em Separated
Why does every online program want to integrate with the others? Is this necessary? I don’t think it is. Facebook and Twitter? Ok, I get that, sorta. I don’t like it though. I don’t want to see your stupid “OMG Great Episode!! #24 #JackBauer #Jack #Bauer #Kiefer #Ihopeyouaccidentallyfindthisinasearchthenmaketheconsciousdecisiontofollowmebecausemytweetsaresoclever status messages. But whatever, I’ll deal. But [...]
Tech Fail
As technology becomes more and more involved in every activity in our lives, I’m beginning to think that one’s usefulness as a human has a direct correlation to the ability to understand and employ this technology. Perhaps this isn’t an epiphany, but it’s certainly something I’m becoming more aware of as I encounter electronics I [...]
Literally
Don’t use the word “literally” when you don’t mean what you’re saying literally. I feel like an asshole. – ok I kinda feel like an asshole. – ok I literally feel like an asshole. – not ok. And if you do literally feel like an asshole, please do not talk to me.
I Do Hate You
Ok, so you get some kind of bill or statement in the mail, and golly gee, there seems to be a mistake. A big mistake. Like, you were double charged on a $2,000 purchase which not only maxed you out, but also drove up that minimum payment so that your online autopayment wasn’t large enough [...]
tsoP golB
Sometimes I read things I see backwards, just to see if it happens to make a word or phrase. This is usually fruitless (sseltiurf?) but it helps to pass the time when I’m really, really bored. Occasionally, the backwards form does spell something, and then I try to make an association between the forward and [...]
