I added another log to the fire. Fuck, my intricate pyramid of half burned logs, embers, and fresh wood collapsed under the weight of one of the legs. Sitting there alone, I didn’t feel any dire need to immediately rearrange the logs. It’s past midnight and everyone had already gone to sleep… Pussies. “This fire [...]

A letter to United Airways:
Customer satisfaction: I used to think that it meant something in the airline industry. I was always under the assumption that being in the business of getting someone from point A to point B actually involved getting that person from point A to point B. As it is, satisfaction is the [...]

At age 25 (well…almost), I can call myself middle-aged.
Not exactly what you expected after reading the title to this post, eh?
Well basically, what spawned this post was my dad’s first heart attack (yes, he’s fine) at age 50. My grandpa, his father, died of a heart attack at 55.
So as you can see…this [...]

“Why the fuck would you want to take a cruise to Canada…what the hell is there in Canada?” - Ryan
Friday night rolled around as I sat in my house waiting for Tim to drop by. I was going to spend the night at his place, since we had to wake up early, pack our stuff [...]

It’s safe to say that I am now officially addicted to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . It’s almost counter-intuitive: I attend class pretty much to get owned. Yes, I realize that I will continue to get owned for quite a long time, since I am the newest student at the gym. The thing is…I know I am [...]

Saturday I went to my first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class (which I will just refer to as BJJ for brevity). I had attended a class the previous Tuesday just to watch and see how the class is run, and get a general idea for the art. I wasn’t thoroughly convinced that I wanted to spend a [...]

Last Thursday night, I came into work after-hours and started moving all my shit into an office.
Since I started here at __, I worked in a simple cubicle; fairly typical of one’s first “real” job. I didn’t mind it all that much at the time, as they were paying me to sit next to modo [...]

Whenever you get called into your VPs office almost as soon as you come in, you just have a feeling that it can’t be for a good reason.
“Luke…modo….can you come into my office for a bit?”
“Umm sure”, we both respond.
“If you have an iced tea or soda, bring that with you, we might be [...]

“How many computers do you have in your room”
“Well, I have the two desktops and my laptop”
“How many are on?”
“The small desktop is always on, it’s the file server, my main desktop I sometimes turn on when I’m here”
“Ok, because I just got the electric bill and it is $150…which is the highest it has [...]