I have to offer a hearty congratulations to the Iraqi journalist who threw not one but both of his shoes at president Bush during a news conference in Baghdad today.  There's a funny aspect and a sad aspect to this story ( Read more... )

Tonight was the first night of playoffs in my pool league.  My team was in 8th place out of 9 teams.  We had to play the 1st place team in the league.  I had to play the top player in the league and I managed to beat him by one game.  My win put my team into the top 4 teams which will be played next week.  We have to play two rounds next week.  If ( Read more... )

So I came back Sunday night from my vacation.  The week was filled with mini-golf, go kart racing, swimming, theme parks, ice cream eating, and much much more.  :)  Pictures to come on facebook ( Read more... )

So Sunday morning I'll be getting up stupidly early to catch a plane to Florida with Kym, Justin, and Kristen.  My plan is to spend the week trying to do most of the things in Orlando that are not related to the theme parks.  At some point we'll spend a day at Disney.  I decided that Medieval Times would make a good birthday dinner so I made sure ( Read more... )

That's right.  I was outdoors during a freakin a storm that was classified as a tornado this past Sunday.  I was with Kym at a folk festival called Falcon Ridge in Hillsdale, NY ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLY!!!

I've been noticing more and more lately that some of the engineers I work with are more setting shining examples of what I shouldn't be like. I don't know why it is that people aren't willing to step up and help when others ask for their help. I also don't get why people think they're so smart that they don't need to listen to the opinions of ( Read more... )

At least it felt like a long weekend because I got to do a ton. Friday started eating Chinese food with Justin then leaving for Worcester. Went out with Kym and my friend Jay to see Wanted. Was very impressed with the cinematography. Also, the pace of the movie was done very smartly speeding up and slowing down as needed to set the mood ( Read more... )

So at work I have to meet a deadline of shipping units to our customer by Friday. I know this early in the week so I lay out a game plan that shows the timeline for the rest of the week and how we can ship on time if all goes well. Turns out in reality all hardly ever goes well and you get to find that out when it's too late to change anything. ( Read more... )

So I got a visit from a sales rep from Clearwater gutter protection tonight. By the end of the conversation with him I had been told that my opinion didn't matter to him. So here's the letter I sent to his parent company. Enjoy ( Read more... )