Month: January 2002

25-Jan

the tequila shot clock

Sitting on plane watching ”Never Been Kissed.” Dude in front of me is totally going over all this strategy stuff for getting into the pants of Halliburton. He’s using standard ecomm lingo in his little report. Total Cost of Ownership. What the hell does that mean? I remember when the word Enterprise started getting used […]

15-Jan

this is the end?

I left Philly on Friday just as I had any other Friday. One unusual thing did happen. The plane began to take off, then abruptly shut down its engines and stopped. We then turned around and started heading back. The pilot came on to tell us another aircraft was down field and that it was […]

10-Jan

for russ tray shun

I’m a perfectionist. It’s annoying. I’m also very fastidious when it comes to details. At the moment I’m in between decisions about what my job is so I’m letting my mind run rampant. I’ve heard two different takes and I’m waiting for the winner. I hate waiting.

08-Jan

where’s the beef?

We sometimes laugh at things and then years later wonder why we found it funny. It’s the same thing as trying to watching British television. What they think is hilarious is often times crude and stupid in my opinion. I’m sure it goes both ways. The ”Where’s The Beef” ads in the 1980’s for Wendy’s […]

01-Jan

american airlines flight 2004 en route to philly

I realize now that I was updating my blog everytime I was on a plane. Vacation made doing that difficult. ”Sir, you have to have a ticket before we’ll let you sit on the plane,” scolded the ticket counter lady. ”But I just want to write my blog in there!” I begged. ”Sir, we don’t […]