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Well, it’s time for me to show off some of my Christmas gifts. Even though the Miller Brewing Corporation doesn’t want to hire me because of my blind devotion to their product, I am going to talk about them anyway.
This Christmas was a Miller Lite/Big Lebowski Christmas.
Miller Lite Stuff:
The first gift I opened was this:

The [...]

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I had the day off yesterday to recuperate after driving over 300 miles on Christmas. But with Christmas money burning a hole in my pocket, I decided to go to Best Buy.
My original intention was to get either a photo printer or an iPod. But after lots of browsing, I found myself playing with the [...]

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All of our experiences are filtered through our expectations.
Every situation comes with an expectation, and when there’s conflict between what we expect and what really happens, we are jilted out of our normal, day-to-day, zombie-like autopilot state of mind. We start noticing things.
I was thinking about my own expectations this morning, and came up with [...]

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I couldn’t believe it when I woke up this morning and found out that I had won an award I never could have imagined.
Time Magazine named me Person of the Year.
It’s true. They really did. Here’s the cover:

Way back in the mid nineties when I was putting together web sites using basic html using [...]

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I don’t know why I feel like writing this right now, but I’m going to do it. This is an oft told story of my most embarassing moment. I’ve told the story time and time again, and over the many years, I’m sure I’ve embellished a little- so I’ll say that the following is based [...]

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As someone that uses cash a lot, this commercial drives me absolutely INSANE.
You’ve likely seen it. It’s the Visa commercial where everyone is moving like an assembly line, and at the end, they pay for their purchases using their Visa card. But, one rebel decides to pay with cash, and slows the whole thing down.

Now, [...]

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We only use a small number of phrases in our daily lives. And some of these phrases are used over and over again. Sometimes we don’t realize how frequently we use our catchphrases, and even when we do, it’s very difficult to stop using them.
Here are a few of the more common catchphrases I hear [...]

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I made this today because I have nothing to say. So instead of trying to write a post, I’m just going to show you the photoshop job, and ask that you suggest a title. Thank you and have a nice day.

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Over the last couple of days I’ve had an incredibly difficult time trying to think of anything to write about. I’ve been doing my Christmas shopping, exploring some work opportunities, and some other things I won’t bring up here yet. So rather than posting anything, I haven’t posted anything.
But I also know how difficult [...]

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Okay, so the title is a little bit more complicated than the post. Sorry.
This week I saw the following equation:

I thought it was funny, and the poster called it “The She’s Not Like Other Girls, Trust Me Formula”. But the only problem is: it doesn’t make any sense. I understand it like this:
Cute/Crazy- You want [...]

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