// March 12th, 2010 // No Comments » // Technology
My company is going to buy me a new laptop. A MacBook Pro (MBP)! WooHoo! I’ve wanted one of these for a while now and it’s finally going to happen.
As luck would have it though, they’re supposed to release a new version of the thing soon-we-dont-know-how-soon-but-soon-we-think so the rumor sites say.
Aaaaaahhh!
Can’t wait though.
// February 26th, 2010 // No Comments » // Life
Had dinner at our favorite Chicken Nugget place last night for a school-night (where a portion of the proceeds go back to our kids’ school). I won’t name names but let’s just say they aren’t open on Sundays.
Something got us and at least a dozen other people we know. We’re thinking the fries. Seems to be the common thread. Those who avoided the fries seem to have been spared. For the rest, it’s been 24 hours of toilet-hugging and Pepto.
Joe has taken the worst of it. Poor little guy.
I’m on about 3 hours of sleep. Here’s to hoping tonight is better for everyone. 
// February 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Life
If there were any single piece of advice I could give anybody, this would be it: Keep It Simple.
Make it your mantra and live by it.
My life has never once been improved by adding complexity to my life, and made only better by simplifying.
This applies to everything, how you approach relationships, finances, faith, hope, expectations, parenting, work — everything.
There’s no area of life I’ve found that doesn’t benefit from application of this mantra.
It’s liberating, truly.
People tend to over-think everything. I’m no exception. But when I can re-center around what’s truly important it comes down to very, very few things, and everything else is just window dressing.
// February 13th, 2010 // No Comments » // Life
Here’s to hoping a schwanky new theme will inspire me to write again. I think it’ll be helped by my finally separating my professional writing from personal. This site is now entirely personal so I don’t have to have mixed feelings about what to write on here. Now I just have to let something besides work pry it’s way into my brain. Here’s to hope!
// August 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // Life
Because clearly the people at some restaurants cannot.
Went to get some of my favorite sweet-bread-encapsulated-chicken-nugget provider for breakfast. The total $3.02. Change $1.98. Seriously! Can’t spot me $0.02 Mrs. Manager? Then the nerve to say “God Bless You” as I’m driving off. Fortunately God is more merciful than she felt this morning.
But the capper was lunch. Now in possession of $7 and 98 cents in cash, I head to my favorite pizza buffet for lunch. The cost. $7.99. Will they take my $7.98 and risk losing that 1 CENT in profit. OF COURSE NOT! OH COME ON, SERIOUSLY!
I know times are tough but have you heard of pay it forward?
So I debit-carded my $7.99 lunch and am still in possession of my $7.98 in cash, which I’ll happily spend somewhere else.
