Archive for the 'Deep Thoughts' Category

Another one bites the dust

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Just this year Y100 disappeared into the radio netherworld. Today 94 WYSP made that same journey, never to return.
I don’t normally listen to commercial radio these days except in the morning, but when I got in my car to go home for lunch, 93.3 WMMR was on and Pierre Robert was talking with two other [...]

The Tims, they are a-changin’

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

A couple years ago I was cleaning the mountain of stuff piled on my desk at home when I happened to come across my old drivers licenses. At the time, there were only three licenses to consider, but now there’s a fourth.
All I can say is Wow.
Who is that fresh-faced stranger from 1994? I’m not [...]

Does college matter?

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

I came across this blog entry today and found it to be an interesting read with a lot of good points. I thought it especially salient for me since I never finished college and have considered whether or not to finish my undergrad education. I do have an opportunity for tuition reimbursement now, so it’s [...]

A bit of nostalgia

Monday, February 14th, 2005

(Two and two are four
Four and four are eight
Eight and eight are sixteen
Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two)
Inch worm, inch worm
Measuring the marigold
You and your arithmetic
You’ll probably go far
Inch worm, inch worm
Measuring the marigold
Seems to me you’d stop and sing
How beautiful they are
— music and words by Frank Loesser, sung by Danny Kaye

On money, culture, and sucking

Thursday, January 6th, 2005

Found an interesting article this morning that I found fascinating, though not as much for ex-Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamaushi’s bold refusal of Steve Ballmer’s attemp to buy his company (which was the lead at The Inquirer) than I did for his startling non-PC-ness. He was shockingly — refreshingly! — direct in his statements about rival [...]