OfficeMax had a press release today that I thought was interesting.  They're renaming their document and print services "ImPress," which I'm sure is trademarked but I don't know how to do the little r in the circle thing.  The release talks about the services to be offered and also the media campaign to get the word out.  Here are a couple ( Read more... )

Don't get me wrong, I love the show and I love this season.  I'm all for pushing the envelope, and I know 24 has never shied away from that, evidenced strongly  by the turn of events in the last 5 minutes of last night's show.  But does anyone else notice how ALL of the muslims and arabs in the show are terrorists (with only one exception - Nadia ( Read more... )

Here's a Top 10 list with what's going on with me right now.

1. I discovered Pandora.com a couple weeks ago.  Pluses: you are involved, and the more time spent fine-tuning the better the product.  Minuses: high maintenance, distracting, and slows down my computer.  My channels so far are "Zach Braff Radio", which is music I might have expected to ( Read more... )

Here's a funny story with personal relevance.

Early this morning was the winter solstice.  According to my 6th grade science teacher, Mrs. Bateman, this means that on this day in our annual orbit the cockeyed tip of Earth is positioned so that the north pole is at its furthest from the sun, and those of us in the northern hemisphere experience the fewest hours of daylight of the year.  (I see ( Read more... )

I just beat Julia at Monopoly.  [happy dancing.]

I'm getting really excited for Australia.  Our departure is only 4 months away now, looking to be right around 26 March 2007 (that's how they write the dates there), with my first day of work the following Monday, 2 April.  My last day in Chicago will be either March 16, if all goes well, or March 23, if I'm struggling to get everything wrapped up ( Read more... )

I'm very happy with the election results.  I feel like America got the memo.  Not only did the Dem's win the house and the senate, but they won with a lot of new moderates, or social progressives/ fiscal conservatives.  That's where I put myself.  There were a few telling statistics that I've been hearing, and of course I don't remember all of them ( Read more... )

If you've already read my post from this morning, I understand you've already invested an inordinate amount of time to reading about me.  So here's someone else's life to read about.  Maybe you've already heard about this, but Scott Adams, the Dilbert guy, has had a brain condition called Spasmodic Dysphonia.  Essentially, his brain forgot how to ( Read more... )

On Friday, Julia took the Cougar to work.  I have the Camry while we decide whether to fix its assorted problems or ride it out until we sell it in the spring.  She was sitting at a stoplight on 22nd street in front of the Oak Brook Mall when a pigeon fluttered hurriedly down to street level to her left.  Suddenly, another pigeon dove down and was ( Read more... )