I spent a couple hours going through the closets and preparing several bags for donating to Goodwill. There’s a dropbox in the parking lot at Wal-Mart, which is pretty convenient. I have to go to the store anyway, so now’s a good time to drop this stuff off. What did I get rid of? Typical [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Have you heard about these Panera Bread shops that operate as nonprofits and just ask customers to pay what they wish for their orders? It’s an experimental thing, with a few stores in Missouri and other places. Apparently, people don’t take advantage of the system that much, and the store is running in the black [...]
Carlos Zambrano has to be the biggest d-bag in Chicago sports right now. I have never liked this guy, didn’t think he was worth the $91 million contract he signed a couple years ago, and am not surprised that he hasn’t delivered results. And after yesterday’s incident, where he completely lost his mind and went [...]
I came across a couple of Blogspot blogs that had blatantly stolen my articles and republished them without permission. They included my name and said “Thanks to [first name] [last name] for the post.” Uh, whatever. As if giving me attribution like that makes up for the theft. Anyway, I filled out a DCMA complaint [...]
I have a lot of old papers and letters that I keep around for sentimental reasons. I’m talking about an entire file cabinet filled with tests and papers from high school, as well as letters, post cards, and Christmas cards from high school and college. I know this is basically junk that I should get [...]
I haven’t been paying much attention to the U.S. Open this year, mostly because there were a couple of “unknowns” (to me, a very, very casual golf fan) at the top of the leaderboard. But after the third round, I noticed that both Phil and Tiger are in a position to challenge for the win [...]
Well, it finally happened. My 6-year-old Gateway laptop has given out and won’t power up any more. At least I knew the end was near (I’d been hearing strange grinding noises for a couple weeks whenever I turned the thing on), so I was able to back up all my important documents and photos before [...]