Waiting… psp
Today, from the “Alex’s pet peeves file”, I bring you a thought that has been bugging me for a while that I figure I’d share with you, because as they say, misery (or annoyance) loves company.
Anyone who’s used a public restroom lately has probably seen the slightly newish no-touch paper towel dispensers, wherein [...]
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As always, my favorite holiday of the year is Tour de Fat. Hands down, the most fun day of the year — insane bikes, insane costumes, and beer. What more could you want?
I started this year off as a Canadian — denim shirt, denim jacket, tight (women’s) jeans (size [...]
TreeHugger reports on a study from the Texas Transportation Institute, stating that the average American will spend almost a full work week in traffic (38 hours) over the course of a year. Note that this number is not the time spent commuting, but extra time on top of an existing commute. A followup post tells [...]
I received my Social Security statement in the mail recently, and it tells me that over the course of my working career (11 years), my employers and I have donated $24,428 each, for a total of $48,856 to Social Security. We’ve also donated a combined $11,412 to Medicare.
I don’t really begrudge the less fortunate a [...]
Popular Mechanics has a hokey list of 25 things every man should be able to do.
I scored 20/25 for things that I am absolutely certain I could do (with skill).
Of course, because I am a man, I am also absolutely certain that if I were called upon to perform the other 5 things on [...]
As seen in a flame on lkml:
Around the World in 80 Days buy
I won’t tell you further, I know you know it, you were just playing the dumb.
I love globish.
Colin Powell has long been one of my heroes, mostly due to his pragmatism when it comes to real world issues. Here’s a great interview with Colin in GQ magazine with him. I started reading it, kinda nodding along, as he wasn’t really covering any new ground for me, even when he says something insightful [...]
… Almost.
I have one more to attend (Cousin Paul in Tampa in October), but for now, my three consecutive weekends of weddings has finally come to a close. Thank $DEITY. All that travel was getting old.
A few pics can be seen here:
wedding collection
You’ll notice that there are fewer pictures taken each week, which is a [...]