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A Starbucks survey
If you know me, and you see that I have an opportunity to fill out an online survey, you really shouldn’t ask me to do it. Read the rest of this entry
Up Yours, 36.
Photo via Strictly Commercials
Getting older has not bothered me. I turned 20 happy that I was no longer a kid. My 30th birthday felt like a milestone in that I had passed the all-knowing 20′s into the “I don’t know shit” 30′s. It was liberating. Nearing 35 I gained confidence in myself and became less-likely to tolerate what I considered to be bullshit.
But now 36 is here. I’m not happy about this one.
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Another Apple fanboy post…
This has been a big year for Apple. They’re more valuable than Microsoft, Exxon, even the U.S. Government! They’ve somehow managed to create an aura around their products that people still want them, and somehow buy them, when we’re in the greatest financial struggles since the Great Depression. They make products that not only work very well, but they give you a strong emotional reaction to them.
Look at this redesign the Apple Store at Fifth Avenue is getting. Just look at it! My god, man! You take something that’s already amazing, then put it next to the “one more thing” redesign and you can’t help but think what stands there now is pure rubbish.
Photos plagiarized from the Web somewhere
This is just absolutely incredible. Just incredible.
Now, what if your business ran the way Apple runs? What if all businesses were as passionate about creating a product right the first time, and somehow making it better and better with each iteration? What if our Government representatives were passionate about giving the best service possible to their constituents? Man, what a thought.
Does anyone know about the prophetic role Apple may play in the End Times? Just curious… now go back and look at those pictures.
The pentagon’s overpriced toys
Marines can't go a single day without making a dick joke.
I read this article on Wired’s website this morning, Pentagon’s Lightning Gun Sold for Scraps on eBay. In short, it’s a hack job of consumer parts consisting of a wifi router, some fancy buttons, and robotics controllers that are supposed to pass as an industrial grade, military ready, electricity-making, anti-IED explosive device. In reality, it’s an overpriced toy that’s about as safe as sticking your hand in a garbage disposal while a bunch of unruly children play in the nearby vicinity—you may be fine now, but you can bet your candyass that you’ll be kissing those digits goodbye in no time.
This got me thinking that not only am I in the wrong business, but what if Apple were to start making warfare electronics and other war machines? Read the rest of this entry
Mr. Nigel the fretting tabby
(Read in British accent for proper effect)
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter of utmost importance to myself, my client, and my tabby cat Mr. Nigel. Read the rest of this entry
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My time in the Serengeti
This reminds me of my time in the Serengeti… but that’s a beautiful, tragic, and heartfelt story too intense for this website. Perhaps one day we’ll all sit down for dinner and drinks and I’ll tell you the tale of how I won the affections of a wild lionness and the romance that could never be.
It all happened by chance. When I first saw her wild, hungry eyes, she was tracking me from afar. I noticed her in a moment of her carelessness when her tail popped up momentarily above the tall grass. I too was on the hunt, but not for love. Nay, it was for the tender meat of the gazelle. A truly amazing beast I might add, with meat so tender and sweet that if you let it soak in a stew for 36 hours it will make all the meals for the rest of your life pale in comparison.
That’s it for now. Next time we get together I’ll tell you how I narrowly escaped the lioness’ fearsome death clutch and instead slayed her heart.
The skyscraper in the background of Peter Griffin’s home
I started watching Family Guy when I had my shoulder surgery. I started on season 1 and I haven’t looked back. Except for the episode 100 where they reviewed all the best of the old episodes, but really it was 102 if you look at the count on Netflix. Unless Netflix people can’t count and screwed it up somewhere, but I digress.
Anyway, you know what stands out the most as I’ve gone through 7 seasons of the Family Guy? The building that you see in the background of their house. Read the rest of this entry
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All will be revealed, my friend
In anticipation of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ forthcoming I’m With You album, being released 8.30.11, I am listening to their discography from beginning to end. While Don’t Forget Me was playing I got stuck on the lyric, “all will be revealed, my friend” at the end of the song. It got me thinking about what and why something will be revealed. This is a hard topic to express, but I’m really going to try. Hang with me and post any questions in the comments.
