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What to talk about…

Posted on March 5, 2005 | 1 comment

So it’s been a little crazy lately. While I seems like I spent all my time in February talking about books and music, it seems all I’ve been doing lately is some of the memes that are out there (but they’re so much easier than doing a meaningful post).

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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.

Posted on February 27, 2005 | Leave a comment

Orson Welles said that or at least according to Sunday Brunch he did.

1) Do you take your lunch hour at work?
Yes, I need that time to get out for a few…
2) What is your favorite place to eat lunch at?
I usually just rotate through the fast food resturants. I probably go to Arby’s or Wendy’s the most.
3) What do you usually eat for lunch?
Generally just a Coca-Cola and a sandwich.
4) Do you have anyone that you eat lunch with on a regular basis?
On a random-semi-irregular basis I get lunch with Sarah (who works in my building) or Kelly (who works in a different building) somewhere. Most of the time I’ll get lunch when I need to go between buildings (I work in a school district).
5) If not eating, what do you usually do on your lunch hour?
I always eat but I’ll usually read a book (sometimes a magazine) while I’m eating.

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Product Placement on Television

Posted on February 21, 2005 | 1 comment

So there has been complaints of product placement in television shows. It came up a few days ago in a meme question and I’ve seen it mentioned somewhere else since then plus I’ve been thinking about it a bit since Friday. I’m not sure what the problem is? We see product placement in sports all the time, in the background, on the uniforms, sponsorships of the show and who knows what else. I’m not sure what it matters when the hosts are drinking Coca-Cola on American Idol or someone on a fiction show is eating some brand name candy. Someone is going to start drinking Coke because Paula drank it on TV? What about when someone famous is drinking it on an ad? I’m thinking I’m not going to be any more motivated to buy Red Zone deodorant just because I saw Clark Kent with some in his locker on Smallville a few weeks ago. Although the ad stuck in my head (so I guess it worked on some level), but that’s just because they paused on it a bit too long the few times they showed it (it was on a banner at the Smallville High football game too).

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Four for Friday

Posted on February 19, 2005 | 1 comment

Was thinking I’d do a meme or two before bed. I’ll do this one from Four for Friday

Q1: Which is a bigger waste of time in your life… being stuck in traffic or being placed on hold during telephone calls? Which do you find more annoying?
Probably being stuck in traffic for two reasons. I’m probably not getting anything done and now I’m probably late… On the phone on hold I can at least get other stuff done (if you want them to answer quick, just start brushing your teeth).

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Thursday Thoughts #1

Posted on January 5, 2005 | 2 comments

Thursday Thoughts is a new weekly meme. Don’t forget you can always links to all sorts of memes at The Daily Meme

Since this is the first of Thursday Thoughts, let’s start with first-time blogging.

1. When did you start your blog/web site?
Just over a year ago, December 2003.
2. Why did you start it? (Is there any specific reason?)
I had kinda been thinking about it and then one night after watching an episode of Joan of Arcadia, I started one up and rambled a bit about her and I’ve been going ever since.
3. What is your blog/site generally about?
It’s a little bit about everything. Me, my life, lots-o-memes, Joan, technology, blogs, movies, books, music, friends, travels and other stuff. Any day now, I’m going to start a separate tech blog so I can get a little geekier about tech; I’ll still mention tech I just won’t get too detailed, that’ll go in the new one.

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It’s been a year, what’s changed (technologically and me)?

Posted on December 12, 2004 | 1 comment

So it’s been a year since I started this blog. I’ve typed hundreds of entries (I don’t think I made the 500 mark yet). I’ve changed many parts of it:

  • the title several times (Something Nice Happened Today [dropped the nice for a while], If I blog in a Forest and No One Reads It, Do I Make Any Noise [a few variations of that, but it was to darn long, but it was kinda my favorite] and Let Me Make My Point(e) [with the E emphasizing my my name] and it was temporarily Do you See My Point(e)?)
  • Changed the background a few times and had a few psychedelic rotating ones, it’s still a little busy but I work really hard to make it compatible in all browsers (and all screen resolutions) and if not there’s a nice PDA version you can use.
  • My blog ReadRoll has grown and I’ve redone that a few different ways.
  • Added and changed some categories but it’s still pretty close to the original.
  • Added the whole about section with lists stuff about me and what tools/plug-ins I use.
  • Redone the internals quite a bit, switched to PHP and a few other things.
  • Added some advertising to the sides and some ads here and there and maybe that’ll pay off someday…
  • I’m passing over 5 GB of data a month. And I’m still not sure where it’s going, I’ve disabled my photo albums so it’s mostly just my content. I’ve even reduced the number of entries on my main page and it’s still growing so at least I’ve got readers (and occasionally some commenters). Some people get really bent when they don’t get comments, I’m okay without them, but it sure makes me happy when I get them…

    I’ve tried to stay away from whining and complaining too much, but sometimes cars get broken into and sometimes people die and sometimes BK screws up my order so I need to vent a little. I’m about in the same place in life as a I was last year: single, childless and still looking to make those changes. (As much as people complain about it I’d rather be spending time this month assembling bicycles or cribs or whatever.)

    Even though I created The Daily Meme I’ve become less of a meme-a-holic which I’ve been missing so I think I’ll go back to those silly quizzes as a way to express things about myself…

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    Alphabet meme

    Posted on November 12, 2004 | 2 comments

    Push each letter of the alphabet in your browser and pick the first web site (blog) that comes up. A-Z…

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    These are 3 of my favorite things

    Posted on October 16, 2004 | Leave a comment

    List 3 of each:
    Pet Peeves: irresponsible cell phone use, people yelling at their kids for every little thing, honking
    Favorite Sounds: babbling brooks, ocean waves, (white noise from my sleep/sound machine)
    Favorite Candy: smarties a.k.a. lentilky (m&m-like things from overseas), m & m’s and receeses peanut butter cups.
    Biggest Fears: no wife, no kids, drowning
    Biggest Challenges: talking slower, listening longer
    Favorite Department Stores: target, best buy, compusa
    Most Used Words: but, also, if
    Favorite Pizza Toppings: pepperoni, ham & pineapple, meat lover’s
    Favorite Cartoon Characters: kim possible, speed racer,
    Movies Recently Watched: garden state, wimbledon, spiderman 2
    Favorite Fruits: cantelope, strwberries, banannas
    Favorite Vegetables: corn (canned or cob), brocolli, potatoes (baked)
    You can find this at The Daily Meme.

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