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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Feeling Sleepy
Although I am a creature of habit, I also like to say that I am not afraid of change. I’m not sure which of those sentiments is true though, or to what degree they are both true. This past year was brimming over with change, and it is a trend that doesn’t seem [...]
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
Staying in Touch
So Skype now has a mobile-to-mobile deal where international calls are basically free. So I was IMing with Taryn and we decided to try it. She was on her laptop, and I was on my iphone, using the wifi at work. The connection was easy to do, and the sound quality was [...]
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
Watersheds, Forks in the Road, and Change…. Oh My!
When someone graduates from college, you give them a copy of “Oh the Places You’ll Go”. When the graduate then gets outsourced or downsized, you give him/her a copy of “Who Moved My Cheese”. I’ve got two copies of the former, and 5 copies of the latter, which tells you something about my [...]
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Themesong
Under Pressure (Queen feat. Bowie) on YouTube
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
This is not track 29…
Today’s blog post, unlike the recent few, is completely unphilosophical. It’s about shoe shines. I’m not a guy who often looks at shoes, but when you’re on a business trip and bored, you notice things. The first night of the meeting, I looked around the room I realized how well shined everybody else [...]
