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01/06/21

Elect a clown, expect a circus. Sure is hard to figure out where we go from here.

Recently overheard conversations at Mavs headquarters…

If you’re not an NBA fan or follower of the Dallas Mavericks then you’ve recently missed out on a sports equivalent of Chernobyl as a vacation destination. The start of the NBA free agent signing period began on Monday and Dallas has quickly been informed that unless roofied or held at gun point, big time…

Reading Is(n’t) Easy

I’ve chronicled my on-again/off-again relationship with reading books in this space before and 2011 has been another year of the same. When I find a book I enjoy, like others, I have a hard time putting it down. Conversely, I’ve hit on a couple of so-so items this year which cause me to first get…

On Changing Courses

When I was in college, my roommates and I lived and worked at the same place. The rent was cheap and the place was a bachelor’s dream. Four of us occupied about one-fourth of the square-footage above a print shop but still had plenty of space to stretch out. Our carpet was a mix &…

Things you don’t get used to

At the top of the list of things I don’t get used to, I would place stopping fountains of blood coming from my son’s face and subsequent trips to the ER to stitch up the gashes. It isn’t a new feeling, I’ve been sick to my stomach like this before. While getting dinner ready for…

Double Down Chicken Sandwich

In a case of this may be a heart-attack-sans-bun, KFC looks to be doing some test marketing on their new Double Down Chicken Sandwich. I love chicken, and KFC has the ability to make a tasty fried bird, but this may be the least appetizing products I have seen come to market in a long…

Hey clients, I’m upping my rates.

According to the SF Examiner, the going rate for the overhaul of the US Government site Recovery.org is $9.5 million dollars over the next 6-months. Your tax dollars hard at work. I’m holding my breath for the promised transparency: The silver lining here is that after months of spending, this contract signals movement to finally…

Use Facebook to help you find a date…

With your wife. In another masked attempt to tick off most every one of their customers, Facebook again slips into some shady practices and backs them up with “you agreed to it in the Terms of Service.” Take for example, Peter Smith, who was recently presented an ad on Facebook aiming to connect him with…

Three Wolf Moon

A much needed piece to any man’s (or manly woman’s) clothing collection is now once again available for sale: Three Wolf Moon Don’t believe in its magical super powers? Take a few moments to read the comments on it. Stocking up now while it’s available.

Craigslist fail.

I’ve seen some bad Craigslist ads but this may be the worst: 1998 jeep gran sherokee 98 cherokee clean runs realy good cold a/c no mechanical problems 165 k and steel runs good cero problems sun roof pawer windows 6 cilinder $$$2500 it has georgia plates so you wiil have to get it rejister hir…

The Breakfast Song

No mo’ Captain Crunch folks… $1 dollar goes to the first person who can sit through the entire thing.

Zune fail

Thankfully my life is full of less Microsoft products than it used to be. I once thought about picking up a MS Zune mp3 player on woot, thankfully I talked myself out of it: http://gizmodo.com/5121311/reports-30gb-zunes-failing-everywhere-all-at-once To summarize: If you have a 30GB Zune this morning, it doesn’t work anymore.

Free shares of bankruptcy!

NOTE: Sorry for the length, it’s a Sunday evening rant. Initially my thought this year was to purchase everyone on my Christmas list the same thing this year. Not because it would make my life super-easy but mainly because I feel that no matter what position you are in financially, it’s a good read and…

So close.

Today is the closest I have ever come to getting the coveted “Bag O’ Crap” during a Woot-off. Bummer. I was quick enough to get the “I want one” button and get to the login page but since I wasn’t smart enough to have logged in earlier in the day, I lost out due to…

A misstep for Google.

Google, you know I have mad love for you. But why in the world would you take up more screen real estate on your latest update to iGoogle? Terrible idea. Terrible. I didn’t even use your tab system before, and now I am forced to. Not a good UI practice from a team with a…