I've caught myself repeating this phrase often as the weather has turned from rainy to (at the risk of jinxing it) sunny in Vancouver. It hit 80 degrees back in Chicago before we cracked 60 here, and it was perfect…
Category: Observations
Last night, now that all four of us are together again after vacations and trips for work, we went to dinner at a funky Japanese sushi place called The Eatery. The sushi is so good! Captain Crunch. The Volcano. Miss…
A post from Vago Damitio came across my Google+ stream yesterday. He's been living in Morocco and has recently return to the States. He had this to say: Well, I see that the healthcare sucks, that public transportation outside of…
The Company sends a rep to an insurance talk every year. The insurance company, TAG, has been with The Company since its inception and from what I understand, it has been a really good relationship. Can't object to good relationships…
I’m listening to the NBC News live coverage of the FBI #BostonMarathon bombing press conference. They’ve released video footage as well as video, and since Monday, have been asking the public to send in any images or video of the…
Last night, my roommates and myself took a trip to the States to go grocery shopping. The price difference is rather ridiculous. You cannot purchase 32oz of Gatorade in Vancouver for a dollar. You can’t purchase anything in Vancouver for…
As predicted at #ABATECHSHOW this year, Canadians asked why I left such a great city, and Americans asked how I’m enjoying Vancouver. Last year I sorely missed Chicago. Being back was heart wrenching. All that I was leaving behind smacked…
Language has always fascinated me. It’s structure, how people employ and manipulate it, and use it to manipulate others. It seems we stop paying attention to certain phrases and references, we hear them so often. It occurred to me that…
It’s just dirty snow, which is what happens in Chicago after it has fallen but not yet melted. There are patches of clean snow still, and of course it is still cold. It’s still March! And the kind of weather…
@econwriter5 you should do a blog post on your motivations for twitter & why you are sour on it now — VBalasubramani (@VBalasubramani) March 23, 2013 Such was the suggestion after my post, Demise of Reader, Rebirth of Twitter, where…