This essay caught my eye in the New York Times Magazine. I immediately added the book it was an excerpt from, Orange is the New Black: One Year in a Women’s Prison, to my summer reading list. It was the first book on my list that I tackled, so Summer had begun for me. That…
Category: My Big Mouth
Top 10 Travel Tips
A is before B. 5 is before 31. If you snore, or even suspect you snore, do not sleep on a airplane. Farting in an large metal box in the sky is beyond disgusting. Choosing to snore and fart? Expect things will be thrown at you. Like my fist. If you are unable to lift…
Summer Reading List
My nightstand is piled with books again. I am starting to dive in and already enjoying the first read. Here is what I plan to tackle this Summer. I’ll need more for the beach trip in August, what are you reading? Orange Is The New BlackMy Year in a Women’s Prison By Piper Kerman The Yellow…
Recent Reads 30 Second Reviews
I finally made some progress on my stack of books waiting to be read. I take advantage of my commute for reading time. When a book fails to engage me I tend to opt to listen to podcasts instead, then it takes longer than necessary to finish the book. A sure sign of a great…
Food, Inc. Broadcast Premier
If you haven’t seen the movie Food, Inc. yet you should. You also happen to be in luck, it is on PBS April 21st. Check the schedule for your local listings and sit down with a healthy bowl of popcorn and tune in. Set the DVR or catch it online on PBS from April 22nd…
Litmus Test Your Job
This week on The Because Show podcast they had Pilar Alessandra on as a guest. She is a self-employed screenwriter consultant and had a great talk. It wasn’t so much concentrated on screenwriting but more in the realm of starting your own business and useful advice for surviving in general in the working world. Something…
Because Drunk People Make Entertaining Reality TV
Check it Out – St. Patrick’s Day!
Learn Gaelic in time for St. Pat’s Day. Rosetta Stone is offering a free trial of Irish Gaelic. Tired of green beer, check out these great cocktail ideas. Check out this unique liqueur, beautifully colored for the occasion. Never fails someone spills green beer at dinner. Check out this tablecloth that makes it part of…
Devil’s in the Details
One of the major challenges I face in my software development role is managing scope creep. Granted this is not a unique challenge to software development, all projects face this issue. Though, I think with software it is magnified because you deal with if from both sides, the client and the development. The clients outlook…
Has it really come to this?
Do socks really need to be labeled as left or right? Perhaps they are being humorous, or perhaps the target consumer are adults who have not yet mastered their left from their right. Can there really be a functional reason to wear the socks as labeled? I am guessing that is the intent, I am…