Archive for May, 2008
‘Tis the season?
Monday, May 26th, 2008Sufjan Stevens “Songs For Christmas” has begun to get heavy rotation on my sleeping music playlist. I think this means that I’m subconsciously longing for Christmas. I did the same thing last summer too. I’m assuming the cycle will continue until someone puts out a “Songs For Memorial Day” album.
Phonebooks. So many questions unanswered…
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008I got home from work today and saw a phonebook outside my door. Swell. A phonebook. When am I going to use a phonebook? Do people still use phonebooks? They do?? Haven’t they heard of the internet? Don’t they know you can just search for a name and find the number if it’s listed? No flipping through pages and squinting at tiny print. They can even look up a number to find a name. Can’t do that very easily with a phonebook.
The phonebook will sit outside my front door until the office people at my complex remove it. The same thing happened last year. It took about a week before it disappeared. What a waste of paper. Can I opt out of phonebooks? How did they know to even send me a phonebook? Who are “they” anyway? Can I find their number in the phonebook? I bet it would be faster if I looked online…
I guess it’s just another example of some old technology hanging on for dear life. The same goes for newspapers and paper bills and cursive handwriting.
My aunt, and elementary school teacher, tells me they’re still teaching kids cursive. Why?, I ask. Because it’s in the curriculum. Because they need to know how to sign their name. Pff, then only teach them how to sign their name and spend the rest of the time teaching them how to type. Better yet, spend more time on math and science so our children don’t fall further behind other countries.
Woah, wasn’t I just talking about phonebooks?
Wegmans on The Office!
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
I was watching the season finale of The Office tonight and noticed some familiar lettering on a can of soda. It was in fact a can of Wegmans brand soda. For those of you unfamiliar with the Rochester, NY based grocery store chain, I’m sorry. It’s a magical place — much more than a grocery store. Besides having an incredible selection of fresh produce and organic stuff that I’ve never heard of, the stores will typically have restaurants inside! It wasn’t uncommon to go eat at a Wegmans for lunch.
And before all the Google shenanigans, Wegmans was named the top company to work for in 2005. Yup, a grocery store.
Some quick research revealed that it’s actually quite common to see Wegmans products featured in episodes of the Office. I guess I just wasn’t paying attention before. Apparently the Scranton Wegmans will occasionally supply the show with some free stuff.
Alas, there are no Wegmans on the west coast 
But we do have Safeway here, which is a crap hole.
Boston Trip!
Monday, May 12th, 2008So I managed to obtain a (nearly) free flight voucher by purchasing some Docker’s pants a few months ago. The voucher was good for only a few select cities in the US. After a few months of working way too hard here on the west coast, I found myself in one of those “I need to get away” moods. So I got about as far away as I could without leaving the country.
I only made one plan — to see a Red Sox game — and even that was done on a whim. Other than the Red Sox game I pretty much just wandered aimlessly. I probably walked over 50 miles during the five days I was there — and now my toe doesn’t work. I also met up with some people, partook in some of the nightlife, and ate a lot of clam chowder. Very good trip. I want to go back.
Meh, words are dumb. Look at pictures instead!
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