06/06/06
Spooky day or just another Tuesday. I had always been wary of 666 as a bad sign. That was until I met my wife on a blind date. When she gave me her address I could not believe it…666Wrightwood Avenue.
Talk about being nervous for the start of the date!
In getting prepared for our trip to Australia and New Zealand this summer, I realized one of the most difficult challenges is how to power all of our devices while traveling abroad. I stop to count all the electronic gizmos we are taking with us. The inventory is as follows:
4 iPods (2 minis, 1 nano, […]
Not too many decisions people make surprise me in business although it is always fun and interesting. Two things however through me for a loop:
1. I finished a taxi ride from the airport and the driver refused a tip. He said that "doing a great job was tip enough"
2. My wife had her wisdom teeth […]
Today is my wedding anniversary. I went to the florist to get my wife roses. I pointed to the bunch in the cooler and said, "I’ll take that dozen roses". The retailer replied "There are only 10 roses now in the dozen bunch". When did a dozen become 10? Another way to cut costs of […]
The Chicago Tribune had an interesting article this morning about how the dread of anticipating a painful event is worse than the pain itself:
"Now researchers using brain scans to unravel the biology of dread have an explanation: For some people, anticipating pain is as bad as experiencing it. How bad? Among people who volunteered to […]
It is appropriate that I sold my 63 Ford Falcon Convertible on Tax Day. I might as well get all the misery over in one day. After six years of wonderful times, I had to sell her after my mechanic moved away. It’s hard to have an old car without someone there to fix it. […]