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There is a distinct disadvantage to being a Programmer Analyst

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like (if you want to) and include me. You can’t use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It’s a lot harder than you think! Re-post as “my life according to (band name)” A disclaimer: Some of this stuff obviously isn’t true, the songs just fit that way. ...

So, I’m sitting in my chair watching “This Week in Tech Live” (because I’m a geek) on the laptop when I start thinking “How can I watch this on a bigger screen?”. So I pause the show, stand up and look behind the TV (Carrie and Ashley were watching “Bridezilla’s”). Carrie’s eyes got big. I turn around and look at the back of the laptop. “Hmmmm…” Carrie pauses Bridezilla’s and looks at me. “What?” ...

I imagine that the measure of success for an operating system is when a non-tech user uses it on a daily basis. Long story short - my father-in-law runs Linux now. Some background… I built my father-in-law a computer for Christmas about three years ago. At the time it was cobbled-together from used and discarded parts and ran Windows ME, but it got him online and let him play solitaire. ...

This is the best picture I ever took on my old crappy flip-phone

For the very first time ever, Jim decided to make a dish to contribute to our office Xmas party. Jim’s most usual contribution to any office party is something easy like a 2-liter bottle of soda or just a cash donation. Needless to say, we were all skeptical when he insisted that we’d be surprised when he showed up on party day with a homemade Taco Casserole. Party day dawned and the unthinkable happened: Getting off the bus outside of work, Jim slipped on a patch of ice and down he went. ...

Ok… it’s been all summer since I wrote a new blog post. Well, actually, I have been busy on another blog and of course, it’s almost Creepy Clevelandseason! But today was kinda special. Today I made great progress in dealing with my horrible, irrational fear of my car by performing some ‘recommended maintenance’. For the past year or so, every time I take the car to Firestone for an oil change, I get one of those ‘Recommended Services’ sheets and a cheerful smile at the end. The recommended services are always the same… fuel filter ($138), spark plugs and wires ($167) and a transmission flush (some non-affordable amount I don’t remember). ...

So last night Carrie and Ashley and I went to see Jim Gaffigan. What a riot!! We got the tickets the moment they went on sale back in November, and it paid off when we got front row seats!! (Well, technically, there were three rows of folding chairs in front of us (what’s up with that?), but those seats were too close in my opinion; like sitting in the front row at the movies). He had an opening act, Rich Brooks, who was pretty funny, and he and Jim both stayed after the show to sign autographs and take pictures. ...