this morning on my way to work.. there was a small side street i was driving down. my lane was blocked by a very long semi and trailer.. some sort of moving company. approaching in the other lane was a bicyclist. i figured.. bikers ride along cars normally and there were no other cars around.. Continue reading →
today was the first day with no plain m&m’s in the vending machine at work. this is twice now i’ve worked somewhere that didn’t stock them. talking with the vendor, it turns out they don’t sell as well as the peanut and crispy varieties.
20010219 – familiar strangers a concept i thought about tonight.. familiar strangers. it’s when you’re in the backseat getting a ride home or just out with frends or somewhere quiet sharing coffee with someone and you just kinda let your mind stray and distance yourself from the situation and the person or people in front Continue reading →
jamba juice — never seen one before starbucks — wow, cool!
recently i’ve been thinking about childhood and what makes you grown up. grown-ups seem to know what to do in different situations. how to fix things. and how to take care of themselves. they know what’s going on. but wait, i know some stuff.. i’ve impressed people and people have come to me with questions Continue reading →
yesterday i was thinking about this terrible driver i saw on the road (one of many, believe me) and when i was a small child in a kid’s seat in the back, i was disgusted. how can someone with a small child do things like zoom down the freeway, not use turn signals, and zoom Continue reading →
in the world news section today.. the headline, “elian heads back to school.” not sure if i should be rolling my eyes or shaking my head. i think i’ll do both.
mcdonalds has mechanized the fast food industry to the point where one can order a cookbook set of menu items by saying a number. and yet, my “number two mean, large sized, with a sprit”, continues to get incorrectly assembled. tonight was the third time in a row. preconfigured meals work great for the orderer Continue reading →