Earlier in the week I saw this story on the local NBC affiliate. As soon as they said the National Geographic Society I realized that this was just one block down and one block over from where I work. A few days later I was one block down already getting lunch and it was warm [...]
Apr 162011
Jan 252011
Mark this day. Today, a cashier wasn’t sure if I qualified for a discount and asked me if I was a senior. (I’m only 38! On occasion I’m still asked for my ID when purchasing alcohol.)
Sep 082010
As part of the overall Communications curriculum, I took a course in college on Argumentation and Reasoning. I don’t remember much else about the course but I do remember liking the breakdown of different types of false arguments. Ever since, I’ve come across countless instances where I’ve recognized different types of false arguments being made. [...]
Jan 022010
Last year I posted my New Year’s Resolutions for 2009. I preferred to call it a to-do list instead of setting any lofty goals, yet sadly I still failed to accomplish most of the items on my 2009 list. Here are just some items I failed to accomplish from last year’s list. Redesign my personal [...]
Dec 062009
Several times today I found myself thinking that if I only had Twitter on a mobile device I would want to tweet about this. Here is what I would have tweeted today if I could. “Watching Taylor Hicks throw a football. Yes, that Taylor Hicks. 30 yard perfect spirals.”At 10:30 a.m. I was upstairs in [...]
Nov 102009
As I pulled into work around noon today, I saw what I first thought was a stray dog sitting on the grass under a large tree just a few yards off the parking lot asphalt. As I slowly drove by I realized that it was a coyote! Huh what? I stopped the car and rolled [...]
May 302009
If I’m ever in the Los Angeles area (Downey, California), I’m taking my photo in front of this school. Go Pioneers!
Jan 022009
I seldom make new year’s resolutions (if ever) but this year I did… well sort of. New year’s resolutions are traditionally lofty goals of self improvement. However I’m taking the word “resolution” at its literal dictionary definition as simply as a statement of intent. Nothing goal-oriented. Nothing self-improving. And nothing life-changing. So my new year’s [...]
Apr 182008
Warning: First part of this story is not happy. Last week we noticed a small egg in the flower basket on our front porch. The egg wasn’t in a nest and it wasn’t being cared for as far as we could tell. two days ago we came home found the flowers out of the pot [...]
Feb 082008
Roon tagged me and I am now morally obligated to fulfill his request. The rules:* link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.* share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.* tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links [...]
