Traditions to Keep and Traditions to Lose

Not all traditions are worth keeping. Some are good for the soul. Some traditions bring only temporary happiness. Some are horrible to everyone involved. For a tradition to be worth keeping, it has to have some lasting merit. There’s a simple tradition in my family of handing out candy on Halloween while watching a movie. This …

The Hidden Benefits of Technology

Google Maps may be alleviating traffic. Have you ever used it to find the fastest route to your destination? Here’s how it works: you type in your destination, and as long as you allow the program to detect your current location (through the GPS in your cell phone, don’t worry, the FBI doesn’t monitor Google …

Just Admit It

Hanging from the office lights, I casually snipped off and conked the HR guy, Gavin, on the head with a freakishly large, size eleven boot. It was his boot. He was trying to get me to give his boot back to him. He’s so tall, you’d think he could jump higher, but reality isn’t always …

Funny Tweets

It’s funny. Everything’s funny, really. I can’t admit that I get out much. I’m the infonet version of a couch potato. My explorations into the far reaches of the infonet have yet to begin. If I were to draw you a map of the web I’ve visited, it would be a single line. Twitter? Yep. …