Category Archives: Coworkers

Big River: Welcome To The Circus

Recently it has come to my attention that one of Big River’s fellow tenants called us “circus people.” Granted, this comment was heard by one of our “circus” people while sitting in a restroom stall playing games on an iPhone, … Continue reading

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How I Came To Big River And Other Lies

The story has many versions. One of them has me showing up at Big River ten years ago with hair down to my ass, driving a red convertible with a six-pack and two strippers. That’s not true, no matter how … Continue reading

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Ciderman

Flipping through channels the other night I noticed that Toby McGuire was in both Spiderman and The Ciderhouse Rules. Not that Mr. McGuire ‘s roles have anything to do with this story, but it connected synapses in my brain that … Continue reading

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Traveling

Fred and I are driving through the South. We flew through it earlier. AirTran to Atlanta, a Hertz stop and we’re on our way. We hit a few new business fishing holes and stopped in Chattanooga, TN. Going to Chattanooga … Continue reading

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Gizmodo and Engadget

In case you have grown tired of the endless things available on the web to distract you, I offer you two more: Gizmodo.com and Engadget.com (thank you again, Jeff). Now I can sleep even less because I’m up all night … Continue reading

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Wht ru txting?

I find the texting craze that is so fashionably addressed toward teens to be amusing. I have seen several TV commercials making fun of parents for being clueless on the language of texting. That said; I probably send 40-50 text … Continue reading

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Important Information

It’s amazing what you can learn if you hang around Jeff. This week, he told me that there are companies who will “appraise” your website domain name and give you an accurate value. These valuations come with little certificates that … Continue reading

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Pandora’s Music Box

As I type this, I am listening to some cool music from the Music Genome Project. Went to Pandora.com (thanks Jeff) and typed in what I wanted and they loaded me up with that and everything like it. You want … Continue reading

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Hallowsweat

Jeff just sent me this website link featuring those old school, cheesy, plastic Halloween costumes like I used to crave as a kid: RetroCrush. These kinds of outfits (as Jeff admitted an affection for as well) smelled like the butt-end … Continue reading

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A Hundred Yards and a Bucket of Blood.

The rain came early and hard. The thunder and lightning came next. It went on all night and stayed in the morning. No one cared. They came for a reason and everyone who had a reason got what they came … Continue reading

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