When it comes to communicating with the people around me, I am fortunate to have a couple different options at our disposal. There is the eye gaze for when I’m home and plugged in. I believe that we’re quite up to speed on that machine, so I’ll spare you the ins and outs of the [...]
Archive for the ‘Memories’ Category
My B2B Story
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Memories on May 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Free Parking
Posted in Life, Memories on April 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This photo was taken exactly seven years and seven days ago on my thirty-fifth birthday. The reason for the semi-amused, semi-perturbed look on my semi-chunky face is because even though it is a little after 6:30 in the morning, someone has decided to park their car in the one space (of the roughly two dozen [...]
Close But No Cigar
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Memories on March 10, 2011 | 8 Comments »
In my nearly forty-two years (and counting) on this planet, I’ve accomplished many things. Off the top of my head, they include: Earned a degree from a four-year university in five years Won two league championships for baseball (The Theissen Glass Braves in the Midget League and The Carpets International Eagles in the Teener League) [...]
An Update or Two, A Poll, and Two Pictures
Posted in Ask the Audience, Life, Memories on January 4, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Thank you for your kind words of support in the comments section of my latest blog entry. I appreciate the fact that people even come by here at all, much less take the time and effort to write such thoughtful sentiments, I can only express my gratitude by saying thanks. So thanks. In terms of [...]
For Old Lang Zyne
Posted in Memories on December 31, 2010 | 6 Comments »
As many of you prepare to ring in the New Year tonight, I can’t help but reflect back on some of the more memorable NYE celebrations I vaguely recollect attending. There was that time in high school when I came down with the Taiwanese Flu for the entire winter break and I ended up watching [...]
The Winner Takes It All
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Memories on December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
He entered his friend’s home carrying a six-pack of Mickey’s Big Mouths and fifty bucks burning a hole in the front pocket of his acid-wash jeans. The place smelled of young men: Barley and hops, cigar and cigarette smoke, three extra large assorted topping pizzas, and the unmistakable odor of frequent and freshly minted farts [...]
One-Way Trip to Davy Jones’ Locker
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Memories on December 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »
If we lived in the days when pirates ruled the seas and were free to mete out their own form of walk-the-plank style justice, I would undoubtedly be sent to the briny depths for all eternity because of the things I have done in this lifetime. Here are but a few recent examples. For encouraging [...]
The View from the Other Side of the Table
Posted in Emma, Memories on November 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
You never forget your first… …parent teacher conference. I thought that I would lighten up the mood a little by leading with an amusing anecdote. I explained to the sixth grader’s parents how their son would arrive early to my classroom each day and spend the ten minutes or so prior to the start of [...]
Goal Orientated
Posted in Life, Memories on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My goal as a kid growing up was to earn all A’s on my report cards so I could get into a good college. Well, a 55 to 1 A/A- to B+ ratio at Parkside Junior High and a 4.13 AP-class adjusted GPA at Capuchino High School pretty much meant mission accomplished in that regard [...]
Use Your Illusions
Posted in Life, Memories on October 31, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I guess you can trace my interest in these type of pictures back to freshman year at UC Davis when I happened upon a dude selling posters in front of the Coffee House early one day Fall quarter 1987. I ended up purchasing my first Salvador Dali print. At the time I fancied myself an [...]
