Rare is the album that continues to hold my attention years after my first listen, let alone command my attention more and more with each listen a dozen years after the first one. nine nich nail's lesser known album 'still' is one of the few albums that I appreciate more and more with each listen ( Read more... )

Researching cars right now and one of my big issues is fuel economy. The auto industry seems to be having a race to see which company can put out the most 40 MPG vehicles. This has made vehicle decisions difficult for me as many big MPG increases are not yet released but coming out soon (Subaru Impreza at 36 and Mazda3 at 40 this fall, for example ( Read more... )

Four months ago (wow, two posts in four months. guess who doesn't use LJ much any more?) I posted about a serious need for inspiration. I think I finally have it. The massive will power is awakening and shaking itself off. It is basking in the after glow of winning the Store Manager of the Year award for my company of over 900 store managers. It is ( Read more... )

I am sick of hearing about the rapture. I am not sick of hearing from those that believed in today's supposed rapture (I actually haven't specifically even heard from anyone that believed it would be today). But rather I am sick of hearing about the rapture in general. Specifically, I am sick of hearing about people making fun of the rapture ( Read more... )

Things were a lot easier being an angry young man. It wasn't the type of anger that was displayed in public much. It was not a physical anger. But there was so much to be pissed off about. There was a simmering rage just under the surface. A feeling desperate for something to rage against. Youthful angst. Pointless in many regards; but it got stuff ( Read more... )

Okay, I gave that enough thought. I have a bike trainer on order. Time to start putting in some miles while its below freezing and there are three foot tall snow banks. Even better, during the riding season, I have no excuses when its raining! No excuses, for sure ( Read more... )

Sick. Horribly sick. Five days now of nastiness unlike anything I have experienced in some time. Everyday brings a new surprise, adding insult to injury. I never call out sick but I have taken one full sick day and two early days. When I called my second in command to alert him that I wouldn't be in on Friday, I could hear the dumbfounded shock in ( Read more... )

While cleaning out my old computer's documents folder, I discovered a much neglected filed from 01/06/2010 entitled Goals & Planning. It is stunning to see how much has been accomplished this past year. As I mentioned yearly, I am not big on the whole New Year's Resolution thing. It's just an empty statement of idealism reflecting personal ( Read more... )

Not that it was not abundantly clear previous, but I think I officially quality for geek status now that I am running two screens side by side. My transition from desktop to laptop is almost complete. Still need to bring over some files from the old desktop via my external hard drive (which now looks like a dinosaur compared to newer models). I  ( Read more... )

Ever since we got S a laptop last year, I have been patiently been awaiting the day that I could satisfactorily say that my desktop has out lived its usefulness. Two months ago, when I raged about its slow performance, I upgrade its memory to from half a gig to 3.5gb. Earlier this week, my power supply went (as far as I can tell), so I decided not ( Read more... )