Oh this week is going to be beyond difficult…
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
I was thinking Jag but…
So, I was thinking that I need a car to impress at sales meetings. I was thinking Jaguar with leather seat et al. You know, traditional, dress to impress type car. But now! I think I want one of these! Impressive, fugly but memorable, and connected to the Internet.
Thanks to 10,000 Monkies for the pointer.
Here Comes The Rain Again
Storms are here. There is no way we are making it through this one and keeping the power up.
I wish I had that screened in porch I’ve been promising the wife for so long so we could sit out and watch the show.
Up in smoke
Ah! My last piece of concentration is lit. My last stick of Satya Sai Baba Nag Champa Agarbatti is burning down. May we never go to war with Bangalore!
In a vaguely related topic, I heard on NPR this morning that our politicans put legalization of marijuana on the table as a possible tax revenue to help pay for health care.
What is blogging?
Time to close a window – Calendar Apps
This window has 21 tabs open. I pretty much am disenchanted with most of the CRM software out there like Act! and Goldmine and equally as disappointed in most calendar software including Yahoo Groups‘ calendars. Lately, I have been trying Hipcal out but have not been knocked off my feet yet. Everyone probably has heard by now that Google has released its much anticipated Web 2.0 Google Calendar. I’ve had this tab open since the day it came out so I could review it and give feedback. I have neither a review and the only feedback is that it looks like all the rest with perhaps the exception of better calendar sharing opportunities (and spam opportunities).
Btw, for those wondering, "what is web 2.0?" It is just a buzz word for webpages/sites that refresh or load information behind the scenes so you don’t have to watch the page reload.
ding ding ding ding
Time to wake the doughnuts.
Time to close a window – Advertising Revenue Research
I’m about to put up a forum/discussion group on one of my domains. As much as I hate obnoxious advertising, monetizing a website really does help the publisher cover hosting costs et al. Google’s Adsense won’t work in the forum environment I am considering as per their TOS since I am thinking about having only registered users in the forums. I have reviewed Vibrant Media’s IntelliTXT and am rather impressed with it’s subtleness, distinction from hyperlinks yet acting like hyperlinks, and ability to aptly match an advertisement with the user’s entry.
The Firefox extension Adblock does stop both Adsense and Vibrant Media but I still think it is worth trying. In the least, this window with one tab has been open for weeks and needs to close.
Workin’
I avoided the sirens song and am happily banging keys.
From the mouths of babes
Dad: "How were your TCAPs?"
Sarah: "Boring!"
Dad: "I know they were boring. How did you do?"
Sarah: "I don’t know. They don’t tell us."
Dad: "How do you feel like you did? Good. Bad. Questions were hard. Made you think."
Sarah: "I don’t know"
Dad: WWASD
Mom: "Noah, can Granny and Granddaddy come to your graduation?"
Noah, confused: "Did they come to graduation?"
Mom: "Can they come to graduation?"
Noah, still confused: "We haven’t had graduation yet."
Mom: "CAN!"
Noah: *blink* *blink*
Dad: "Noah. _Can_ Granny and Granddaddy come to graduation?"
Noah: "I don’t know if they can."
Dad, shouting: "Do you want them to come?!"
Dad, regrouping: WWASD WWASD…
I NEED A LAPTOP!
Too many windows open
As I go about my daily tasks, I come across cool articles, websites, etc and open them in a new Firefox tab or a new Firefox window with intent to blog about them later. I currently have 17 windows open with an average of 5 tabs each. This Firefox window has 21 tabs open. I think it is high time to do some blogging BUT today is Wednesday! And we all know that Wednesdays are a Lost cause.
It’s seems rather appropriate that the first tab I choose to post then close would be from the Student Academic Services Study Skills Library on Procrastination.
Procrastination is a complex psychological behavior that affects everyone to some degree or another. With some it can be a minor problem; with others it is a source of considerable stress and anxiety. Procrastination is only remotely related to time management, (procrastinators often know exactly what they should be doing, even if they cannot do it), which is why very detailed schedules usually are no help.
Other characteristics:
- Low Self-Confidence
- I’m Too Busy
- Stubbornness
- Manipulation
- Coping with Pressures
- A Frustrated Victim
Four complex reasons for procrastination:
- Perfectionism
- Anger/Hostility
- Low Frustration Tolerance
- Self-Downing
Read more at the site and with this downloadable document.
The Cat’s Meow
Looks like the gang from This Blog Is Full of Crap (Nardo, Piper, Frisky, Missy and Magoo) are mixing it up with Jasper McKitten-Cat and Crew (Maggie on guitar).
And the day slips away…
I spent my morning at a sales meeting which went very well! (I hope) The afternoon I removed bubble jump from the 10 month old’s head (thanks to the 3 year old). Btw, no scissors, just olive oil and peanut butter then shampoo and let the dog lick the head. I had fun with the boys and drove the Jeep into the lower lot only to get a flat, so now I fix a flat. But first, SuperDad must rescue BrainlessBoy from AngryMom!
Update:The sales meeting did not go as well as anticipated. Apparently upper management had already decided upon a vendor and I was not meeting with the person with decision authority.
Who has the right of way?
I don’t care what color the light is you yield to an 18 wheeler! (and since it is a run-on accident, I am not correcting my run-on sentence.)
This test of physics (ie. 2 objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time) occurred at the intersection of Northshore Drive and Morrell Road at roughly 1:00pm today.
