A blog that explores the things that weird people like.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2011
Here’s the weird thing about the whole job interview process: no one really likes it, but everyone keeps doing it. It’s costly for employers, who spend money on recruiters or HR staff to review resumes, phone-screen candidates, check references, etc. Then they pull employees away from productive work to spend time interviewing candidates. Usually several [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2011
I was recently in a meeting that was scheduled for one hour, but it ended up running over two hours. That was bad enough, but the real insanity kicked in when the last 20 minutes of the meeting were spent discussing when to have the next meeting. If you like meetings, you are most definitely [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 16th, 2011
OPENING SCENE Pre-dawn on the edge of a forest in primeval Europe. A group of Neanderthals sleeps around the glowing embers of last night’s fire. Yesterday’s kill was successful, and today they sleep soundly after gorging themselves late into the night on Woolly Mammoth roasted over an open fire. Possibly, there was also lots of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2010
I don’t know what’s going on in the industrial design and manufacturing centers of the world, but something has gone horribly wrong somewhere when you need tools to open toy packaging. Underground nuclear testing has confirmed that Barbie™ packaging is one of the most durable forms of matter in the known universe. A Bratz™ doll [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2010
“I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.” — Mark Twain Mark Twain would have loved Froot Loops. Apparently Samuel Langhorne Clemens had some serious issues with spelling. He felt it was a complete waste of time and energy to correct spelling errors. I’m guessing he had [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2010
Very superstitious, writing’s on the wall, Very superstitious, ladders ’bout to fall, Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin’ glass Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past. When you believe in things that you don’t understand, Then you suffer, Superstition ain’t the way. — “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder You said it, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1st, 2010
And he said: “Son, this world is rough And if a man’s gonna make it, he’s gotta be tough And I knew I wouldn’t be there to help ya along. So I give ya that name and I said goodbye I knew you’d have to get tough or die And it’s the name that helped [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2010
Times are hard, I know. It’s tough to fork over $10-20 to go to a car wash and get the salt, grime, bird poop, and miscellaneous road scuzz off of your car. And the gas station squeegee is free; one of the few perks left when you buy gas. But you are definitely weird if [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2009
Okay, I’ll admit I don’t particularly care for tattoos to begin with. But they’re very popular, and it looks like they’re here to stay, at least until you pay for laser removal. But if you are one of the apparently growing number of people who think it’s okay to tattoo cleavage, you are definitely weird. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2009
Playing golf is bad enough. Here you have an activity that is difficult and frustrating to begin with, but with the added benefit of being expensive and time consuming. You need to buy golf clubs, golf balls, golf tees, golf shoes, and special weird-looking golf clothes that you can’t (or shouldn’t) wear anywhere else. You [...]
