An Apple for the Teacher
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I received this glass apple today, in appreciation for my services as a
brilliant professor a few weeks ago.
My desk is really starting to fill out with meaningful mementos. I placed
it right near my Sagamore Film Festival awards […]
I wish Jack was successful in his attempt to hide in my suitcase. I miss the little guy!
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So I just rolled off a pretty busy project at work, and I’m finally catching up on my blog reading. I missed a lot!
I was checking out Manager Mom’s blog, and I was totally impressed with some of the stuff she’s been putting out. This MILF is hilarious! I clicked through (from […]
This is good stuff.
Today Now!: How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election
I love Scott Adams.
When it comes to picking our next president, I can’t decide if I
prefer the smooth-talking, inspirational candidate who promises to give
my money to people who don’t work as hard as I do, or the old, short,
ugly, angry guy with one good arm who graduated at the bottom of his
class and somehow managed […]
Hat tip, Manager Mom.
update: apparently Manager Mom’s hat tip needs to be revoked, and replaced with a hat tip to Always Home & Uncool
After my experience traveling into LGA over the last 3 months, I swore that I would never again take Delta into LGA. It’s ALWAYS backed up.
Then tonight, I was forced to switch back from my EWR flight. And all seemed miraculous. The flight took off on time. It was pleasant. […]
The Stamford Times covers the story here.
“The region’s youngest and brightest business leaders were honored Thursday, June 12 at a reception for the 2008 Fairfield County 40 under 40 held at UConn Stamford.”
It’s an outrage that I wasn’t selected for the list. I’m under 40, I live in Fairfield County, and I’m […]
Firefox just keeps getting better and better.
I think my favorite feature is the way it asks if you want to remember a password. In the old version (and IE), you don’t know if the password works when it asks you if it should remember it! So you always hit no, and the program never gets […]
I just posted this flyer up and down Prospect Street. This car’s alarm has been going off since Thursday night. It’s times like this that I wish I believed in hell, so I could curse people to it.
Hopefully the flyers will attract some attention to the problem. Or perhaps the owner of this Lincoln Continental […]
Full rack
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The bike rack at stamford train station was stuffed full of bikes.
I guess when it’s warm and sunny, everyone rides their bike.
I think there should be a designated rack for those of us who brave the
cold weather, too. Like elite […]
I had a crappy week, but it ended gloriously.
Starting off Monday mornings with a 4:30 am wake-up is brutal, and it doesn’t get any easier with repetition. I get in the car at 5:15 and I open my laptop. For the next 20 hours, I’m analyzing data, writing emails, scheduling meetings, or talking […]
This morning I went to the front desk to get my bill and depart. The guy asked if everything went OK, and I mentioned that my wake-up call never arrived this morning.
He credited 500 points to my Starwood account and comped my breakfast (~$25).
This was a decent response, until you really start to think […]
I knew something was fishy last night when the woman had to ask me my room number. Usually the nigh-shift dude just says “Thanks, Mr. Herbert, you’re locked and loaded for 7:15am.” I love getting locked and loaded.
The one day I need to wake up early, I get some stranger-danger new person […]
….jerks called my hotel and told the staff to harass me?
Seriously, they’ve been calling and knocking on my door all night. Some guy just called me (at 9:53 pm) to ask how my stay is going. I’m trying to do work here!! Resist the urge to communicate!
In situations like this, I sometimes wonder who advised […]
The hotel workers must be taking my little rant personally. This morning, I shot off a quick post about the excessive intrusions of the staff. Tonight, they’ve tripled their intensity.
First, ordering dinner required 4 telephone conversations. 1) I call to order food. 2) They call back to tell me it will be up in 5-10 […]
I’ve been staying at the same Westin hotel for the last couple of months. I have a few tips for management:
Stop calling me. Every time I order room service, I get 3 phone calls before the food actually arrives. “Hi Mr. Herbert, I just wanted to let you know that we have your order.” “Hi […]
I just finished On Writing, by Stephen King. I highly recommend it. For the first time (that I’m aware), I agree 100% with The Cleveland Plain-Dealer, which wrote “This is the best book on writing. Ever.”
If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a novelist, this book will inspire you to start writing.
I’m not going […]
More fun with exhibitionist charts.
Admit it….you wish you were married to me.
Yesterday, on Metro-North, I sat next to a guy wearing a bathrobe. He was reading a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, and popping pills. It was weird.
I arrived at home and told Greta. She laughed, and then pointed at me and said “You see, it’s a slippery slope.”
That really made me laugh. Sure, […]
New parents will find this amusing.read more | digg story
This chart shows a breakdown of our expenses over the last 3 months. Taxes are a whopping 36% of the total. (This is withholding, not actual tax payments, but it’s a fair estimate)
Making pie charts on a Saturday….priceless.
Thank god It’s Friday
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One of the best things about consulting is Friday.
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Consultant, Superhero
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Our chances of being audited this year might be slightly higher than in past years.
Turbo tax worked overtime yesterday. (It’d better work hard….this is the first year I bypassed trusty file-sharing Azureus and actually paid $120 for it). We had some major life changes: selling a condo, […]
Marines & Protesters
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My wife and I went to Target today to buy milk, deodorant, and baby sweatpants. Exciting day. On the way there, we passed a rowdy group of anti-war protesters in front of the library. They carried signs […]
