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Hello again
Some of you may or may not know that I have a bit of a shoe ummmm... fetish? Anyway, as a kid growing up I always wanted a pair of Florsheim Royal Imperial longwings. I figured having a pair was a sign of having made it in the business world. Anyway, by the time I entered the business world the Florsheim brand was a shadow of its former self and ( Read more... ) -
Interesting little quiz results. . .
So I was cruising through the LJ flora and fauna and came upon a post from someone tangentially connected to me about a Career Quiz that asks you a bunch of questions and recommends careers based on your answers. It is located at Career Cruising under their MatchMaker quiz. Interestingly enough my #3 career happens to be the one I am in, I guess ( Read more... ) -
Good music. . .
It's been awhile since I posted about albums that are currently in heavy rotation in the soundtrack of my life, so I thought I'd update with my rating on a scale of four stars ( Read more... ) -
Ethan Hawke is a pretentious moron
Now normally I don't rant about stupid celebrities because, well, it would take too many hours out of the day. I am making an exception in the case of Mr. Ethan Hawke, fucking moron. First of all I read his shit novel The Hottest State which was wannabe hipster schlock. But that's not the reason for the rant. He was interviewed recently by ( Read more... ) -
Boston Pictures
I was recently in Boston for a company all hands meeting. It was quite interesting. I rarely get to spend time with my peers, so that was nice, and it gave me an opportunity to meet everyone who works in our organization, we've really grown in the last 15 months since the previous meeting. I had to give several presentations to the entire group ( Read more... ) -
Southern Wisconsin
So Friday afternoon I left for my first actual go-away on vacation type vacation in quite some time. A week at the Grand Geneva Golf Resort and Spa is just what the doctor ordered. The main building of the resort is a very nice take on prairie style, or as they refer to it Frank Lloyd Wright inspired. The resort itself is very nice, the room is ( Read more... ) -
Southern Illinois
I've driven through southern Illinois twice in the last few weeks on brief trips to StL. Tonight as I drove in the moon was hanging low in the sky, big and yellow and orange. Same as last night as I was awaiting a friend in the movie theater parking lot before seeing Harry Potter. It never fails to amaze me watching the moon rise through the sky ( Read more... ) -
Omaha... who knew?
So, a week and a half ago I made a sojorn to Omaha, only the second time I've been there. Previous trip lasted less than 24 hours, as this one was supposed to. I got trapped there by the very nasty storms that swept over the plains, but that's neither here nor there. I was pleasantly surprised by the city. You fly in, quick taxi to the gate and ( Read more... ) -
Ugh . . .
Hell week is here, and well, it's hell. St Louis, Dallas, Chicago and then Minneapolis this week before returning to Chicago again friday night. One slight problem, fucking Dallas decides to have Old Testament rain tonight. No hotel rooms in St Louis, no cars to rent, no flights out to Chicago tonight. Fah Q ( Read more... ) -
With my mighty Teddy sound. . .
Had to drive to Detroit last night so that I could handle someoneelse's problems today. Let me just say that hiring/promotion quotas in consulting should be outlawed as a matter of course. The meeting today was just insane, that people in senior positions could have a complete lack of understanding of how to position something based on value ( Read more... )