I looked at the Caller ID and saw a name I wasn’t expecting; the conversation quickly turned from polite pleasantries to an offer that was too tempting to refuse: riding in the annual Rolling Thunder event for Memorial Day. I’d bumped into my stepfather’s longtime friend at my night job, and when he decided to »
A lot of people have been asking me why I hated the new Star Trek movie so much; there’s some sort of mass hysteria created if there’s a hint of suggestion that this movie is not the best thing evah (at least until, say, Angels & Demons or Terminator: Salvation, etc.) – and anyone who »
I’ll be speaking at this year’s CF_United conference in August – details about the conference can be found on their site (cfunited.com, I believe). As usual, my presentation focuses a little more on the business/workflow side of things, but in lieu of my usual management or marketing/video/training/content-centric spiels, this one focuses on process improvement by »
I’m at Reagan National airport right now, and will be here for the next two hours. I had booked a flight yesterday to head down to Florida to attend a funeral service; the death was unexpected, so the arrangements were made at the last minute. When I booked the flight, I chose a seat out »
Watchmen is not a story for everyone. Unlike the traditional comic archetypes of a ‘hero,’ the characters are unlikeable; they aren’t empathetic or relatable on more than a superficial level, which is of course the idea – likewise, they can’t relate well to people, events, relationships – or, in the case of Dr. Manhattan, time »
Sitepoint, which is a great resource for Web designers and developers (I highly recommend their newsletters as well as their books) is having a special promotion right now – you can get 5 PDF books for only $29.95 (that’s total for all of them!). There are 26 great books to choose from, and the best »
Apple recently began shipping iLife ’09, the latest update to their multimedia funhouse suite of software. While it’s still too early to provide in-depth feedback, my initial observations and product-specific reviews are provided here. »
This morning I was tagged by Steve Howard to blog 7 random things about me, and tag seven other victims as well. Now, I already have a random-facts entry on here, so I had to come up with things that I didn’t already have. So, here they are… 1. I used to manage promotions and »
The holiday season is often seen as a time when the ‘rules don’t apply,’ where we can eat, drink, and spend in excess. Any declarations of an attempt at moderation are met with ‘oh, but it’s the holidays!’ and someone trying to force a rumball down your throat. And lest you try to be sensible, »
You clawed through my chest and found my heart ripped it out of my body and tore it apart such tormenting pain I thought I’d never endure you caused me such grief but I’d still beg for more you wanted to hurt me there was sorrow in each kiss for anyone can abuse an emotional »
Thought I’d take a little break from the self-focused opines and blatherings to do something a »
