Archive for September, 2007
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
This is for all the designers that might stumble upon my humble blog. I am holding a contest over at Sitepoint to design a logo to be used on this blog. This should be a completely original design and contain NO copyrighted imagery or clip-art. This is a contest of originality and creativity.
For all the details and to submit your entry, please visit: http://contests.sitepoint.com/contests/3521
This contest ends on Monday, October 8. So please keep that in mind as you prepare your entries. You can also submit preliminary designs to Sitepoint prior to that deadline, and I’ll try to provide my feedback as soon as possible.
BEWARE: I am a fairly harsh critic, but I will aways try to be helpful.
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
The other day, I was in the male restroom at work, and a co-worker came in and started talking to me. This led me to start thinking about a blog entry about Male Restroom Etiquette… It is my view that under most circumstances, one should NEVER talk to another man while using the public restroom facilities. Just ask Senator Craig what he thinks about it… (ok, bad political reference… but you had to know it was coming)
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
After posting my last commentary on Eating Pet Peeves, I felt I needed to say a little something about table etiquette. Some people have it, some people don’t. I feel this has a LOT to do with your upbringing. Do you hold your silverwear properly or do you just shovel food into your mouth? Do you eat slowly and chew your food with your mouth closed, or do you act like a modern day Attila the Hun at the table?
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Someone asked me the other day, if I had any pet peeves. Of course I do, but I found out that a lot of them have to do with eating or habits that people have while eating. I eat out fairly frequently, and I was once married to a “picky” eater so I find myself uniquely qualified to compile a list such as this. Feel free to comment on these and add your own.
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
You may have picked up an undercurrent to some of my posts lately. Happiness. Many people go through life, expecting to be happy, but find themselves stuck in a mundane existance that they just can’t seem to get out of. I was watching a movie last night (ok, it was “Take the Lead” with Antonio Banderas).. anyway, there was a memorable quote that kind of stuck with me:
Pierre Dulaine: You can get what you want.
Rock: No, some people get what they want.
Pierre Dulaine: Those are the people who show up to get it.
Sometimes its not a matter of just showing up, but you have to take active steps toward making your destiny happen. Nobody is just going to give you that car, or job, or million dollars. You are going to have to get it yourself. If you are unhappy with your life, the only person you have to blame is yourself.
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
I’ve been attempting to do a few things to get some viewership on to this blog. Its one thing to blog in the dark, hoping someone will stumble upon my blog, and take an interest. Unfortunately, this isn’t how things are done on the internet. With millions of bloggers out there, it really is up to me to drive traffic to my own blog. Much like other things in life, nobody is going to do it for you, its up to you to make things happen.
You will notice that I’ve added Digg buttons on each of my postings. If you like an article or item that I’ve posted, please Digg it. Its free and easy, and might get a few more people to come check out my site.
I’ve also added a link to my feed on the right hand side. Now you can view my blog posts in your favorite newsreader. While I’d certainly prefer that you come visit and comment on my posts, I recognize that many people use newsreaders to get their latest news… so I’ve made it easy for you to get my postings when they are posted.
Thanks for the help.
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Lately I’ve been feeling a bit “unsatisfied” with my life… I can’t pinpoint why that is.. its just a feeling I have. I have this nagging feeling that I need to make some kind of change. So I started looking at my life in terms of what I’m doing to make myself happy. That really should be the goal of everyone. To be happy with their life. Is it to make more money? Find a girlfriend? Change jobs? Live in a comfortable home? Travel?
What I came to realize is that I don’t really know what would or wouldn’t make me happy. So I started to explore my personality a bit more, and try to figure out what that nagging feeling of “unsatisfaction” was. This led me to looking up my Zodiac sign. I’ve known for a very long time that since I was born at the end of May, that I’m a Gemini. I occasionally look at my horoscope, and say, “hmm.. thats cool maybe I’ll be a millionaire today.” And I’ve looked up what personality traits a Gemini is suppose to have… Yep, that fits me.
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Today marks the 6th anniversary of that terrible day that terrorists decided to attack America. I remember driving to work in the Washington D.C. area, and hearing radio news reports of a plane crashing into the World Trade Center. I remember thinking to myself, “ah, some private pilot got too close to a building… no biggie, I’m sure that kind of thing happens all the time.”
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