Category Archives: random

One of my many hobbies is giving people bad life advice. Fortunately my friends and family have learned to ignore me.

I’ve been employed in the tech industry for the better part of the last three decades, so you might imagine that I work with a whole lotta nerds – and, to be fair, I do. Some of them are kind … Continue reading →

Note: This post needs a ton of editing, but I’m going to throw it up so I can look at it later, cringe, and turn it into proper English.  If you see this notice, be ye warned. It probably wasn’t … Continue reading →

Part of my evening commute during the week is picking my wife up from school.  She both takes classes from and works at the local community college, which is in a fairly rural part of the county, so sometimes I … Continue reading →

I try to limit the number of message boards that I maintain posting accounts on, because history has shown that I am not able to maintain a level head when it comes to arguing on the internet. Basically, I am … Continue reading →

I mean, it’s just an unfortunate combination of some easily misread text combined with placement on a photo that just happens to draw your attention to someone’s butt.  You would need to have all of the sophistication of a 12-year-old … Continue reading →

So, there’s a German word, fremdschämen, which refers to the sensation of sympathetic embarrassment. I have a bad case of it, and it makes watching movies or TV in which I’m supposed to laugh at someone else’s discomfort really uncomfortable … Continue reading →