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A: This guy.


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Astute visitors to my blog (and/or anyone who actually cares) may notice that I haven't been posting much lately at all. There are a couple of factors at work here (and for once, none of them are the well-worn excuse of being busy):

1. It's been a tumultuous couple of months, and I've found myself amidst lots of change and challenges. That makes for ( Read more... )

(Compare and contrast this little tale with my experience at Starbucks last month.)

This morning I walked into my local independent coffee shop. Greeting me were Jeannette Kim (the owner) and this new hire, a woman roughly my age. Jeannette makes it a point to really say hello to her patrons (i.e.: serious eye contact, a wrinkled brow of concern ( Read more... )

Anyone who's visited a fast food establishment with me knows that, when asked to give a name for food pickup, I'm prone to use a fake name. This is why ( Read more... )

I don't tend to post memes (or anything, really), but courtesy of ceebabyLeave a comment and I will ( Read more... )

This here was the most happymaking thing I saw at this weekend's Maker Faire:


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I'm thinking semi-seriously that it might be a good idea to start up a grassroots campaign to get Jimmy Carter back in the White House. He's Bill Clinton without the sleaze, Mister Rogers with some balls. Plus, last time he was President, he dealt with terrorism, an oil crisis, and cleaning up after Donald Rumsfeld's military nonsense ( Read more... )

Can anyone here recommend or argue against either a Nokia 6555 or a RAZR2 V9?