Archive - September, 2007

We Are Not Abandoning You

September 30 2 Comments Category: Adventures with Dogs

Yesterday morning we dropped Tucker off at the Vet to have some x-rays done on the leg that has been plaguing him for months now. We have never been able to exactly pinpoint when/how the injury started, but we are pretty sure he hurt it while trying to heal a hurt bad on his [...]

Free International Calling

September 29 0 Comments Category: Startup Sacrifices, The Startup

Things have really started to come together with the startup and, late last Monday, Butterfinger launched a new service – free international calling! The whole process was pretty exciting, and I was anxiously holding my breath when we tried to make that first call using the new dialer interface and calling algorithms. The [...]

Oregon Trail Anyone?

September 26 2 Comments Category: Employment

The terminal I use at work to schedule patient appointments, enter charges, and write numerous entertaining messages to co-workers that shall remain nameless, runs on a DOS operating system circa 1988. Its gray screen with orange lettering, and complementary WYSE keyboard, get the job done using a sequence of nonsensical three-letter codes [...]

‘Til Death Do Us Dead

I have been engaged for almost three years now, and much to the dismay of many of the elderly patients at work, we have no plans to have a wedding any time in the foreseeable future. I am not opposed to a massive party with kegs of Blue Moon, all the sushi you can [...]

Homeless Chic

Ok… so it may be a tad bit of an exaggeration that Butterfinger and I are currently sporting the fall line for ‘Homeless Chic’, but it just sounds so much better than ‘Startup Sportswear’ or ‘Budget Couture’. I actually really enjoy hunting for bargains, and prefer to buy clothing at Target. What [...]