• Drive time entertainment

    Yesterday afternoon I was driving behind a clunky, beat up, fire-hydrant red, 1972 Chevy P.O.S. (Now available with matching driver.) Just picture the guy given chase by Michael Douglas and Karl Malden to complete your mental picture. He was driving beside a small, clean, 1998 Mitsubishi Galant (with matching female driver). The driver of the P.O.S. was beckoning to the other driver like he was trying to coax a scared cat out from under the bed. This went on for several minutes until finally the Galant slowed down and pulled in behind the P.O.S.

    Why am I telling you this? For some reason unbeknownst to either you or me, I found this exchange quite amusing. Maybe you just had to see it. Maybe I’m too easily amused. Maybe I need to get more sleep.

  • Inadequacies

    There was an interesting quote in a book I just finished reading. It went something like this,

    “Physics majors see something and will ask, ‘why does that work.’ Engineering majors will ask, ‘why does that work?’ A psychology major will ask, ‘do you want fries with that?’” If you like, you could substitute the word “psychology” with just about any useless (or near useless) field of study and the quote should still work. It’s quite versatile that way.

    If only I had a credit hour for every time I felt self-conscious about my major, I’d have a PhD in something useful by now.

  • Technology

    I like my software BIG, so it’ll do everything but lift me up by the ankles and shake me down for loose change.

    I’m just sitting here at work, waiting for my application to check for an update over the network, and I thought I would strike while the iron was hot.