Archive for the ‘Random Thoughts’ Category

Handlebar Switches

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

[singlepic=228,120,600,,right] Late last night we were looking for another bar and decided to try Google Voice search. Where are the bars bitches first turned into Mr and Mrs; the second time it came out as Handlebar Switches. It wasn't much use but we did find a new way to create rhyming phrases.  :P

MLK, Jr. Quotes

Monday, January 19th, 2009

[singlepic=228,165,600,,right] The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Other Favorites We must live together as Sisters and Brothers or perish together as fools. In the end, we will remember not the ...

Global Reach

Friday, January 16th, 2009

[singlepic=530,170,600,,right] Earlier today I received an email from a friend who lives in the Bay Area and who after hearing of a friend's death in Norway put together a video remembering his accomplishments. Her friend was a famous Norwegian mountain racer, but she wasn't expecting the response she received. Shortly after she posted ...

Meeting Notes

Monday, January 5th, 2009

[singlepic=524,95,150,,right] The office can be fairly quiet during the holidays and occasionally people forget to remove themselves from calendar invites for meetings between Christmas and New Years. I had a meeting like this last week... not wanting the time to go unused I still experimented and brainstormed.  :P Here are the meeting notes: 29 ...

Your Papers Please

Monday, December 29th, 2008

[singlepic=522,175,500,,right] The Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) is apparently part of the United States "border" and is staffed with border agents... even for domestic flights! After getting my boarding pass, I headed over to security only to find two border patrol agents standing in front of the standard security screening. They ask to ...

Liqour and Chocolate

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Shopping for small holiday presents is always an approximation because there is always someone you'll remember at the last minute. However I finally spread them all out today... I may have over estimated.  :P [singlepic=517,580,600] [singlepic=518,580,600]

Secret Service and the Shoes

Monday, December 15th, 2008

[singlepic=516,250,600,,right] Just read a post on 23/6 that brought up some good points about the Secret Service and the Iraqi shoe throwing incident: Questions That I Have for the Secret Service - Jon Friedman Shouldn't you have jumped in front of that shoe? Shouldn't you have jumped in front of that second shoe? more...

I Am Your Tiki God!

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Evolution in the Workplace Through small progressive changes by outside forces the sketch on my whiteboard has slowly evolved into this: [singlepic=515,580,800]

Woodland Graffiti

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

My brother Toby just sent me this picture from his phone: [singlepic=409,580,500] Someone carved JASSON into a tree in the woods near the family farm. I say 'someone' because I don't remember doing it. The tree is fairly large, so I may have done it as a kid but I really wasn't ...

YouTube References

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Gotta love The Office and their YouTube references. Here's Michael Scott talking about his initial discovery of YouTube: update Hulu took down the video click :(