so we had the radio on at work today and madonna's "like a prayer" came on. i dont think i ever realized what that song was about when i was younger, but, damn.

I just got back from Sonoma Valley, a trip I highly recommend to anyone who likes the finer points of wine, meaning the flavor, not just the imbibing. We stayed at a place called Bungalows 313, a little on the pricey side, but well worth it [ http://www.bungalows313.com/ if you would like ( Read more... )

so another bank story, hopefully there will be drastically fewer of these in approximately two weeks... my boss likes to try and hold competitions amongst the employees to motivate us to do something. you know the kind, the person who can do the most of X or the best of Y will win prize Z. so in last week's intraoffice competition, i came in dead ( Read more... )

so a guy was in the bank the other day and found out my degree is in political science, and like everyone else when they find that out, asked me why i wasn't in politics. to which i responded that i despise politics and he told me that hating the way things are done is the best reason to get into it and change it. i think he missed my point and i ( Read more... )

soo, on suday my dad and I were asked to sing a duet for the old ladies in the home behind the church i grew up in. after the singing i decided to stick around for the sunday school lesson Dad was teaching. what struck me the most about sitting in was that it gave me a chance to see him teach and how very good he is at it. i had no idea good a ( Read more... )

so, its not a new sensation but i did get the chance to contemplate it yesterday while driving home. feeling one's hip slide in and out of socket is a somewhat painful thing. it was a bit odd, i sat there and was thinking my leg hurt a little and then realized it felt like my hip was dislocated. once i figured out what the source of my discomfort ( Read more... )

out of curiosity, i decided to read some of the speeches of one of the last century's most influential persons. Hitler. all politics aside, the man was a brilliant orator and i wanted to see why. as i read, i began to understand some of the draw he had on the people of germany during his time. he spoke passionately, he spoke to connect with them on ( Read more... )

ok, so it sounds like im going to get a new job. chuck was talking to one of the others guys at the place i interviewed and when he introduced me he said "this is phil, i'm going to hire him but i haven't told him yet."

I hate being bombarded with statistical drivel, the same bad news shit that you hear everywhere you turn. Oh, look, here are the numbers, here are the facts, here's the fucking silver spoon to push this bullshit down your sniveling trap. Give me the full data set and I'll give you the monster you need for your purposes, I'll give you the statistics ( Read more... )

so yesterday i heard the clash song, rock the casbah, on the radio. it made me happy. then i started to think about how the songs message seems to have changed. it was written as a liberal's frredom of speech backlash to iran banning rock music, now its banned on clearchannel radio stations as possibly being offensive to muslims and intollerent... ( Read more... )