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I did something nice for someone today, and he offered to pay me. It wasn't that big a deal - I had to spend 30 minutes looking for something, that's all - so I said that if he still wanted to give me something, he could give me an iTunes gift certificate. Unfortunately, I didn't […]

Kids these days really don't seem to get a lot of the things that I, a mere 10-12 years ago, got pretty well. Carey sees it (as a teacher), I see it as an assistant golf coach. They just don't listen. At all. To anything. And then they get pissed when you ask them why […]

Today I was filling out a survey and the first question asked: "Do you prefer to use [site name] or Google when trying to find [site topic] information?" The multiple choice answers available to me were "Yes" and "No." As a programmer, of course, the answer is Yes unless I don't like to use either […]

I spent the past few days in Georgia at a TaylorMade ball launch event. It was fun - I met Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose, played a little (six holes) of golf, got some free food… a worthwhile trip. The entire D concourse of the Atlanta airport was without power, for some reason, on my […]

It's true! Hell in a handbasket, folks. Hell in a handbasket.

A few years ago when I was taking Flint to the dog park in Delray Beach every day, I'd occasionally meet new people. You're stuck at a dog park for an hour, otherwise bored, so it's gonna happen. Of course, most of the "regulars" knew each other by their dogs, not their first names, but […]

Webster's, if you'd like to use this image for the next version of the dictionary, you have my express written permission to do so.

Carey jokes with me that I don't "do" anything all day except "read other people's blogs." Truth is, I do spend about 30 minutes per day reading other people's blogs. Like Judi's. Today, Judi writes that she worked for 233 hours in January. I didn't work nearly that much in January, but I can say […]

Apparently, Mike Shanahan ain't the brightest bulb in the box either: he met with Terrell Owens!

Roz Ho comes on to the Macworld Expo keynote stage at about 1:12 (hours:minutes) in, and man is she the opposite of Steve or what? Holy cow. She's… just… bad!

If you're writing a book, you can predict how well it will sell based on the title alone at Lulu Titlescorer. FWIW, a book named "Erik Knows All" has only a 14.6% chance of being a best-seller.

My Aztek was financed through GMAC. On December 19, I called to inquire about the payoff on the account and was told $4990.28. The due date was December 23, and after that date, the loan would get interest at about $2/day. I received this quote while speaking with someone, and so I then asked what […]

Not a whole lot is changing, really, but a few things are. I'm getting sucked into the whole "pool" thing - planning to play a lot more and working out a deal with the pool hall in North East to do their site in exchange for playing time and some lessons. Trying to figure out […]

Carey and I watched the first episode of "Deal or No Deal" last night. We watched a dumb woman pass up $171,000 for a 1-in-3 (2-in-6) chance of winning either $300k or $500k. The other four choices were $50k, $7500, $500, and $100 or something like that. The lady, who had never owned a house, […]

West Wing actor John Spencer died of a heart attack. I've never been one to say something at times like this - any comment seems pithy when a life is lost - but I will miss seeing him on The West Wing and it will be interesting to see how the staff handles this adversity.