A Handful of Dreams

Today is my Grandfather’s birthday. He’s 95 years old. Happy Birthday, Grandpa! Your doctor says that you have a good shot at being one of his few patients to make it to a hundred. I hope you prove him right.

* And by “Snuggie,” I mean, of course, “a bluetooth kit for his car.” (Yeah, I gave him the BT kit, but I had to give him an IOU, because purchasing said kit requires taking the radio out of his car and that would have been slightly difficult to do on the sly. So, I [...]

I’ve been thinking an awful lot about college lately. Partially because my five year reuinion is coming up. Partially because the economy sucks and they’ve been sending out a forest worth of mailings in the hopes that people will start sending in sacks of money. You know, those big bags with dollar signs on them. [...]

(This entry is inspired by a random blog entry topic generator. The subject is bad advice) The world is full of bad advice. “The real estate bubble will never burst.” “You should totally buy Bear Stearns’ stock.” “Why don’t you take a shortcut through that cemetery.” Some people even get paid to give bad advice. See: [...]

I am on the second business trip of my adult life, attending a training session down in Ft. Lauderdale. Why would I willingly choose to go to Florida in July? Well, I’m a glutton for punishment and my alternative was New Jersey. So…. here I am. When I first booked my plane tickets, I was [...]