Diet

So my wife put me on a diet a couple of months ago. And it's paying off. It's a very low carb diet. Let me back up for a minute. Back in 2010, I didn't know anything about carbs or diets and I got into trouble with my doctors. In December 2010, my doctor forced …

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A Review of Hatching Twitter

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've never read about such a group of immature, whiny, backstabbing losers in my life! To think that some reviewers consider them brilliant is really pretty funny. They were mediocre thinkers with mediocre talent who …

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Been Sick

Man, I've been sick for several days now. Not violently ill or anything. Just sick. As in a bad cold. Or bad allergies. Or something. For awhile now, I've been getting sore throats and earaches. I made an appointment to see my doctor, but they couldn't fit me in for two freakin' weeks, so I've …

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A Review of Unseen Academicals

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett My rating: 3 of 5 stars It pains me to give a Discworld novel a less than stellar rating, but I found this one lacking in some way. It started out promisingly -- the wizards at Unseen University find that in order to keep a sizable endowment, they must play …

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My Life Twin

I met my life twin today. Not my life companion -- that's my wife. My life twin. I took my car to the Toyota dealer to have some work done. The service manager was a nice guy about my own age with hair my own color and a goatee similar to my own beard. His …

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