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Donation #20

I made blood donation #20 [1] this afternoon. This one was unique though. As the lady inserted the needle into the vein, instead of the usual small drip of blood escaping, it sprayed out onto my arm, across my shirt and my face. Rather unexpected. The previously humorless "blood

Gogo

I finally decided to give Gogo Inflight a try on my Delta flight from Denver to Atlanta ... mostly because the $12.95 fee was being waived for first time users, and partly because I finished reading the wrinkled Us Magazine I found in the seat-pocket in front of me. I&

D

This is St. George, UT. Its sign-on-the-hill leaves a little something to be desired. I can't tell if they simply lost interest in its construction; or perhaps they just ran out of white rocks. Or maybe it was the grade the Health Department gave the local restaurants?

Fred: Before and After

Meet Fred. He doesn't do much these days (beyond serving as a warning to others), but not so long ago he proudly roamed my office - however briefly. Below, I present, Fred: Before and After. I would have swept those hairs off the floor if I had known

Protocol

If you walk into a restaurant and place an order to-go, does protocol dictate adding even a small tip to the check?

Two Minutes

Two minutes to 30; in my birth-time-zone that is. And I'm still a teenager in base-16.

I love Delta and Delta loves me

I flew to and from Charlotte on Saturday. Sitting in the Charlotte airport Saturday afternoon, waiting for my return flight, a storm was raging on in Atlanta that resulted in the cancellation of my flight. I didn't know this however. Me and my Rubik's Cube were

What a Manager Says vs What a Manager Means

My favorite is the first one about the "team player" thing. Why must you have an emotional attachment to the job? I think the parallel that statement implies is that of a sports team. With players being paid millions of dollars. For that amount of money you can

Vanity

I registered my new car and I got a vanity plate. My first vanity plate. The answer to the question of which vanity plate I got should be obvious. I'll post a picture after I receive it ... "within ninety days".

Homeopathy

This summary from Wikipedia regarding the supposed effects of dilution which are fundamental to homeopathy really cuts to the chase: Furthermore, since water will have been in contact with millions of different substances throughout its history, critics point out that water is therefore an extreme dilution of almost any conceivable

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