Archive for the ‘Meanderings’ Category

test post

When I upgraded by blog site last month, I left out some code that prevented postings from the Meandering category from being distributed via RSS.
I put that code back in and this is a test.

Things I should try and remember

You would think that as a person ages, they would get smarter.  That is how it should be, but unfortunately, that is now how I am.
Here is a perfect example:

While I didn't throw up, I sure as heck wanted to…

Just one of those days (6/12/08)

I have been battling bugs in other people's software all morning when I received and email from 'Kim.'
Get your corn really big!
Be the center of the world!
Be the MAN!

 
Wow! Now that put me in a better mood….
For the record 'Kim:'
I live in Coppell, Texas.  We don't have any corn.
I thought the center of the world […]

Curing writers block

I got a serious case of writers-block this morning.  I'm not sure, but maybe it was caused by showing up to the office at 6:45am on a Saturday.  I dunno.
Anyway, I decided to take a break from latest monster invention and browsed around he Internet for a while, reading blogs and such.  […]

Why I seldom watch the news

I visited a customer in Waco, Texas yesterday.  They had a TV in the lobby so I was watching the morning news while waiting for him to arrive.
In one 30 minute period, here is what I saw:

Marijuana makes teenagers depressed.
In an act of revenge, some teenage girls in California blew up a house.
An 8 year […]

Question of the day. 5/1/08

If you put lemon juice on things like avocado to keep them from browning, what do you put on lemons?

Word of the Day: Psychographic

Wow!  I ran across a new word today: Psychographic
[From Wikipedia.]
In the field of marketing, demographics, opinion research, and social research in general, psychographic variables are any attributes relating to personality, values, attitudes, interests, or lifestyles. They are also called IAO variables (for Interests, Attitudes, and Opinions). They can be contrasted with demographic variables (such as […]

I've donated blood pretty much all of my adult life but I started donating red blood cells (RBCS, or "double-reds") a little over 4 years ago.  It takes a while given the fact that you can only donate every 112 days, but last month I finally hit pretty cool milestone:

Random Mitch-ism - 4/4/08

I said the following Wednesday night for some unknown, but apparent at the time, reason:
Don't bother me with things like the truth and reality and stuff. They can suck.

Most of the time I go home for lunch a bit before noon.  The History Channel usually shows Modern Marvels at Noon Central Time ( here in the U.S. ).
Yesterday, I was eating lunch when the Modern Marvels episode went into great detail on the history of fertilizer.  Let's just say that I didn't watch […]