Sweat the Small Stuff: Ranting about the little peeves in life
Posted in General Rants, Habits, Pet Peeves on Feb 22nd, 2007
If I could sum up the problems in modern society, it would be this: people in general do not take responsibility for their own actions. This is one of my all time biggest pet peeves. We have created the problem over the course of generations, and with each subsequent generation we are making it worse. [...]
Posted in General Rants, Pet Peeves on Feb 20th, 2007
There have been so many jokes about the “one upping” habit that I am surprised that it still happens so much these days. There is no doubt it does. I am sure there could be, and perhaps there are, studies on why people feel the need to outdo you even on the smallest of things. [...]
Posted in Family, General Rants on Feb 19th, 2007
I have four kids, all 10 and under. My youngest is one year old, so that translates to early bed time for most of the household. Early bed time is for a few reasons. FKids need plenty of sleep. if you want to have a pleasant following day, you have to get your kids to [...]
Posted in General Rants, Pet Peeves, Tech/Net on Feb 18th, 2007
If you have a mail address and have at least one friend in the world, you likely have had some email joke/story/whatever forwarded to you. We all have done it, and we are all more than likely guilty of at some point having forwarded something that ended up not being true. Yep, Urban Legends, fake [...]
Posted in General Rants, Pet Peeves on Feb 16th, 2007
Back in college I had a professor that loved to use statistics to prove his point. I hated that. In today’s world of twisted politics and biased news reporting, who can really believe statistics? I know that statistical information obviously can have merit, but no longer does the phrase “Statistics don’t lie” have any merit. [...]
Posted in General Rants on Feb 15th, 2007
With the advent of the do-not-call list, telemarketing calls have taken a dive for me. For the most part, telemarketing outfits honor this list and because I rarely sign up for or purchase anything that would lead to a call, I don’t get many calls. There are those that call that are exempt from the [...]
Posted in General Rants, Work on Feb 13th, 2007
Writers’ block, designers’ block, whatever-you-want-to-call-it block; every creative pursuit has their version of it. By trade I am required to do some kind of creative thinking every day. Whether designing a web site or writing ad content, my brain is put through its paces to come up with something original or at least creatively interesting. [...]
Posted in General Rants on Feb 12th, 2007
I received this note from my brother this morning: “From a friend ranting: ‘My favorite Walmart photo story happened a few weeks ago… we sent some pictures over to Walmart to get developed, and they wouldn’t print them. They said, “These photos are too good, so they must be copyrighted.’” I had to laugh because [...]
Posted in General Rants on Feb 7th, 2007
How many times has this happened to you? You actually find a GREAT parking space at the grocery store, or Wal-Mart. You get excited, but when you pull in, there are 7 SHOPPING carts in your way….UUUGGGHHHHHHH. I drive a Ford Explorer, so I need a full parking space. This is just beyond a pet [...]
Posted in General Rants on Feb 6th, 2007
Is it just me or are the non-parents of the world blessed with the amazing knowledge on how to be the perfect parent? They have the perfect answer for everything. You don’t even have to ask them, they are on hand to offer up their amazing advice with out the slightest inkling it is needed, [...]
