Reprioritizing Your Life
I saw a quote yesterday that I thought was a pretty good statement of the times that we live in today… People are no longer doing the things that they don...
Tag: rants (happy)
A Long-Awaited Calm…
The kids are in bed, and the house is quiet. Today is my wife’s 41st birthday and the boys and I made her a cake, which despite the challenges shopping fo...
You Pick Two with a Side of NOBODY!
This isn’t an advertisement … I wish it was … but I’ve got to say that I’m kind of loving Panera’s new Rapid Pick-Up service...
Reporting Ebola Right
I’ll proudly admit that I’m usually pretty critical of Fox News and how their programming typically ends up doing far more harm than good, however I...
Drop the Ice Bucket Negativity
I’m the last person you’ll see standing in line to film myself dumping a bucket of ice water over my head, but it’s hard to sit on the sidelin...
Kudos to Keurig!
So I figure that if I’m going to spend as much time as I do bitching about bad customer service, the least I can do is also share the stories when one of ...
Black Thursday/Friday/Whatever In Review
So I did it. I went out for Black Friday shopping last night. Well, sort of… After we ate last night, the whole family ended up going out for a bit of the...
Good, old reliable karma…
I didn’t really blog about it at the time because we had enough going on, but about a year ago when we first moved into the house where we lived now, I fo...
The (Sometimes) Subtle Art of Targeted Advertising…
I thought this was a really intriguing article: How Companies Learn Your Secrets http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html On one hand, th...
a new year, a new paywall?
It’s kinda long, but I think this is one of the most complete critiques I’ve read in a while with regards to exactly why paywalls truly are a horrib...