There have always been trinkets of all sorts that advertise a company’s existence.  Some are funny, some are really lame, some are cheap while others cost more than what you’d expect.  Going along with this, my wife gets free schwag in the hospitals she works in all the time from pharmaceutical sales reps.  Something that I’ve been using at work is a coffee mug with the drug Lexapro’s label and logo on it.  Lexapro is used to treat anxiety and depression so it’s always a good conversation starter.  People here have some genuinely interesting trinkets on their desk, so this f ...

There used to be one refuge from the bad commutes in Atlanta but that has finally disappeared too.  It used to be the Friday morning commute, for whatever reasons, generally was hassle-free.  This is no longer.  The only days where there is a respite from bad traffic are holidays and if the exit you enter the highway is past where a major accident has occurred.

I have to write this entry as a cleanser to my conscience.  There will be no naming of names, as I don’t want to denigrate the dead.  A terrible thing happened to a guy I used to be a coworker with last week.  From what the police can gather, he set fire to his apartment and then blew his brains out.  He was in his late 40s and single.   There are several possible explanations as to why he did this to himself.

It’s that time of year again – the Holiday Movie season.  I’ve written before about how I’m a sucker for Christmas movies, but I should clarify that I’m not a fan of every Christmas movie.  Some years have produced classic holiday films – A Christmas Story, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, etc – while others have produced stinkers like Jingle All The Way (notwithstanding Phil Hartman’s outstanding role) and Christmas With The Kranks.

I’ve scanned the birthday invite below to see if I’m not the only one who is mildly disturbed by the name of the company.  In addition, the drawing is sort of creepy too.  Who in their right mind would take their child to a place called Bounce N Bob’s?  Maybe it is a legit place but I think it’s just a cover for “Fondlin’ Frank” who would love little kids to "bounce and bob" on him.

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I’m curious if others are experiencing this as of late.  The rat bastard spammers have now hit the text messaging world.  There’s a hitch though besides simply ignoring the messages.  Most cell phone plans still charge you by the text unless you pay for a set amount of monthly text messages.  For instance, we get charged 10 cents per text message.  I haven’t hit the point where it would be worth it to get the monthly text messaging fee but I do not like the fact that spammers are costing me money and might eventually force me to get T-Mobile’s text messaging package, even th ...

I really had to use self restraint yesterday on my drive into work, but it’s not from what you might assume to be a case of road rage on my behalf.  Our office campus, which is a huge area with 6 buildings, is heavily wooded in some areas.  The landscaping crew is pretty busy this time of year trying to just stay even with leaf removal.  Now that we’re in the peak leaf-dropping season, they have resorted to putting HUGE piles of leaves in various parts of the drive through the work area, which they then pick up later in the day.  These are spaced about 500 feet from each other so it's tempation after temptation after temptation as I drive into work.