Archive for November 2005

One night this past weekend, when my family was in town visiting, my brother and I went out to have a few drinks and play some pool. Growing up, we both learned the basics of how to play at our grandparents’ house. Then, in college, we both played somewhat frequently at some of the college [...]

Something occurred to me the other day while I was busy familiarizing myself with my new job. It’s something that I’ve thought about in the past, but always kind of sub-consciously. Until the other day, I’d never really thought it through all the way. We programmers are currently in the middle of a huge disagreement over [...]

Sometimes I find myself wondering what kinds of idiots work for television networks. I’ll be sitting in my apartment, maybe writing something up on my laptop, maybe just laying around, and I’ll see something on TV that just amazes me, and not in a good way. You know what I’m talking about; something that makes [...]

My family is in town this weekend for Thanksgiving, and I just got finished having Thanksgiving dinner (side note: in the south, dinner is a word that can be used interchangeably for lunch and “supper,” with dinner implying a nicer meal). The food was all very good, but what amazed me most of all was [...]