Do not, I repeat do not, come in from the wind, snow and ice when you haven’t been wearing gloves on your hands and attempt to do the necessary actions with those hands that allow you to make use of … Continue reading
While more amusing than dangerous, the Iraqi journalist throwing his shoes at President Bush during a press conference in Iraq yesterday highlights two points: 1. The President’s Secret Service detail was woefully slow in responding to a threat to the … Continue reading
Missouri has been home to many famous people; Harry S. Truman, T.S. Eliot, Walter Cronkite, Dick Van Dyke and, one of my favorites, Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known to the world by his pen name Mark Twain, … Continue reading
Next Saturday morning I’ll fly home to Florida for the holiday, so this is my last weekend in Missouri for the foreseeable future. My non-stop flight leaves St. Louis at 8am local time and arrives in Orlando at 11:20am local … Continue reading
The men’s room sits less than 10 feet from my office area and the door is in a direct line of sight from my desk. I just watched a guy walk in there carrying a folding chair. I hope, really … Continue reading
Listen, I have all sorts of faults, shortcomings, obsessions, idiosyncrasies and quirks, but I’m so glad I don’t have an addiction that requires me to go out in the cold and wind and rain or snow several times a day … Continue reading
I’m enjoying the new TNT series “Leverage”, which stars the talented Timothy Hutton. It has the feel of the “Oceans” movies; the “Mission Impossible” TV series and movies, and especially an old favorite from my early adult years; “Switch”, in … Continue reading
As you can see from my “What I’m Reading” spot over on the right column, I’m currently reading “Get A Freelance Life” and as someone who has read quite a few books on the subject,I have to say this is … Continue reading
After having experienced freezing rain and snow while here in Missouri, I have decided that freezing rain is much more uncomfortable than snow. That stuff seems to “soak” right through to your bones with its icy cold fingers. Brrrr!! Thank … Continue reading
Somehow (actually I know “how”; it’s because I try to be helpful when I first arrive on the scene) I always become the walking dictionary in our offices. “Jeff, how do you spell _____?”, “What does ________ mean, Jeff?” or … Continue reading
Sunday, one of the local stations here aired “Galaxy Quest” and even though I have a much-watched DVD at home, I still had to delay my planned trip to the grocery store so I could watch it again. “Galaxy Quest”, … Continue reading
This blog post had me laughing all day. Note: Do not read if vulgar language or the putting-in-place of a “holier than thou” person offends you. Seriously. I’m laughing, but I mean it, seriously. Thank you for subscribing to The … Continue reading
This is one reason why people in the fast food business are made fun of all the time. I step up to the counter at “Gray Meat Royale” (think about it) to give the girl behind it my order. “I’d … Continue reading
No sleeping in this past Saturday. Instead I got up, showered and was on the road by 6:15, driving a little over 2 hours to St. Louis. Fortunately, the roads were fairly clear of ice and snow and there was … Continue reading
It’s always interesting when you’re having a discussion with someone about a subject and they refuse to acknowledge their error when you present them with the facts. “Well, I’m going to believe what I believe.” or “Don’t do that. Don’t … Continue reading
Friday night I went to downtown Jefferson City for the Living Windows holiday event, an annual celebration that involves the downtown merchants and retailers providing live, holiday-based entertainment in their storefront windows or on the street in front of their … Continue reading
Just a heads up to those of you who are on Facebook (and MySpace, I’m told) to be careful of any messages supposedly from friends encouraging you to check out a video on YouTube, especially if it’s touted as being … Continue reading
My daughter e-mailed me on Thursday that my grandson, Mikey, had finally agreed to upgrade his Yahoo Messenger chat program and that I should log on and chat with him. So when I returned to the hotel room after work, … Continue reading
Our office safety person sent out a warning about driving here in Missouri during our inclement (read; freezing my butt off) weather and specifically being careful when driving on “Black Ice.” I thought I’d share it with you. Black ice … Continue reading
Last night’s weather forecast gave a little better picture of what today might bring for my trip to the St. Louis arch. Now it appears that the snow will remain north of the east-west interstate road I’ll be driving on … Continue reading
