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I've just signed up at cork'd because I'd like to, some day, learn something about wines and begin enjoying them. I did grow up in North East, PA, which competes with just about anywhere in the world for being the largest wine producer per capita. Or something like that… Anyway, if someone out there actually […]

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, […]