February 2012
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Feb 10th
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Feb 8th
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“People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find...”
– John Wanamaker
Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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Best Buy Mobile. 875 N. Michigan Ave.
Sales: Your zip code's 47906. Where's that?
Me: Indiana.
Sales: So you're a Colts fan?
Me: That, too.
Sales: I'm sorry, we can't help you. Bears fans here.
Me: I just want an iPhone.
Sales: Let's check your contract. You aren't eligible for an upgrade until September. If you want an iPhone, it'll be $700.
Me: That's interesting. The AT&T store said I'd be eligible for upgrade pricing today.
Sales: Well, at most they'll take a few bucks off.
Me: How do you mean? Help me understand.
Sales: It might be less, but it won't be upgrade pricing.
Me: Well. I'll head to the AT&T store and check with them again.
Sales: You are? It's not going to be any different.
Me: It's only a few blocks away. Thanks for your help.
(AT&T sold me an iPhone 4S for $200. Score.)
Feb 6th
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“I worked at a four-star restaurant in New York. As soon as the review came out…...”
– Adam Sandler as chef John Clasky in Spanglish. The movie in which Adam Sandler is not the craziest person in the script. Who doesn’t love food? I think it’s amazing people would care so much about being food critics. All that judgment can turn a person sour. We are here to be fed and...
Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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“Trying to convince editors to just run today’s paper again tomorrow....”
– Lauran B. (Chicago Sun-Times)
Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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“Trust people until you can’t trust them.”
– Fred L.
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Choose. Between 36 book covers.
Tell me what you like and don’t like about them. Top three? Bottom three. Last night, around the time I stopped having fun was when giving thinking on an author’s marketing decisions and then defending it against the input of other people who are not in the publicity or publishing business. While I think layman’s opinions and outside thinking are so very important, it grinds me...
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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“If a guy is a great dancer, does it mean he’s good in bed? Yes. He’s...”
– Tosh.O
Jan 25th
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“Every week, Tebow picks someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is...”
– Rick Reilly, ESPN. Love the guy. Although his game? I hope he improves in the off-season so that we won’t be calling his team the Bad News Broncos.
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Brig: What material do you think this shirt is made of?
Kenny: I don't know. What?
Brig: Girlfriend material.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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A word about snakes in a bottle.
File this under lessons I learned the hard way. Go easy when drinking anything natives call a medicine, especially if, word of warning - someone’s put a venomous snake in the bottle. The reason it’s called a working man’s drink is because it’s given in small amounts to people with weak nutritional profiles. It’s a potion, not booze. Healthy people and anyone near...
Jan 17th
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Jumanji is a film I'd pay to see in 3-D.
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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“My MacBook Pro wont upload photos into my iPad. WHY ARE MY BEST FRIENDS...”
– Lisa F.
Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Why did the baby cross the road?
Because you're an irresponsible parent.
Jan 12th
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Thrilled The Beatles are on iTunes, but where's...
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 8th