Illness finally got to me and I stayed home today. Also they decided to work on some powerbox or something so I had no power and hence no heat.

I am catching up on my work email and it's really not helping how I feel right now.

Two interesting things happened this morning on the way to work ( Read more... )

Note: Just because something is working when you check it doesn't mean that all my evidence that it randomly breaks is invalid. Do not say that 'it is not broken' or there will be only one decision for me.

Will I be punching you or kicking you this chilly but sunny afternoon?

I was on a bench at the gym lifting weights, there is a teenager on the bench next to me and someone comes up (a father figure, I assume) and starts talking to him in a foreign language. Father figure is really ripped and wears spandex and all that - he's always there when I get to the gym, I wonder if he ever leaves ( Read more... )

So, I was exiting the train last night with about 60 other people. We all file out and are riding down the escalator. Two people can fit on a step and we are all crammed onto it waiting for the ride to bring us to the lower level ( Read more... )

The Dot-Com boom and bust fascinates me because it had such an impact on me personally. However, in a meeting the other day, I was hard pressed to find any good examples of Dot-Com busts besides the big names. I used to know over fifty.

But today I was reminded of one! Boo.com! From SiliconValley.com:

The online apparel retailer, an icon of the ( Read more... )

Tahoe was great - it was freezing but gorgeous. Plenty of snow and I learned a few of things ( Read more... )

Oh, and for those that wanted details, the drug the doctor gave me is called cyclobenzaprine. It fully knocks me out every night and my neck is almost healed.

I am so smug in my impenetrable fortress of logic.

The Friday Fiver ( Read more... )