Archive - May, 2008

Airport Juice

My latest secret shopping excursion landed me at the airport. Most people would have been greatly perturbed at the notion of leaving a BBQ on a Friday night to ride around in an airport shuttle and submit a report, but I was energized. Instead of taking the airport for what it is at [...]

NyQuil Coma

If I had to pick the worst thing about being sick, I’d have to say it would be trying to sleep when one of your nostrils is completely stuffed up and the other is so clear that it burns to inhale. I woke up yesterday morning feeling like I was doing lines of ammonia [...]

Hurty Throat

Today is the first day in months that I actually have to leave the house and converse with someone I am not already acquainted. Not only do I have to make conversation with this person, it would probably be in my best interest to “sell” myself to this person as they are the publisher [...]

Water is Bad for Laptops

You can not tell by reading this post, but I am writing from a different computer. Why? Well, like the clumsy idiot I often am, I spilled water all over my laptop this morning. I got into a pointless argument with Butterfinger about muffins, of all things, then I proceeded to sit [...]

Tucker vs. The Cactus

Tucker is a hunter. In fact, when Butterfinger and I were first considering what to name our little cow-dog it was a toss up between Tucker and Hunter. He loves to chase anything fitting three basic criteria – small, fast, and furry. This has lead to many unpleasant incidents in the past, [...]