Seven Things (You Probably Didn’t Know About Me)

June 6th, 2009

Derek wanted me to write a blog of seven things you probably didn’t know about me. But since I’m not a very private person, I really had to think about what to write. This may not be funny, but it should at least be interesting.

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An explanation of Twitter’s @reply changes

May 13th, 2009

Today, there are a lot of tweets going around about Twitter changing the options of @replies. You may have seen the #fixreplys and #twitterfail tags. But I think there are a lot of people upset over something they don’t completely understand. So let me try to explain… and if this all seems insanely confusing, it is, so bear with me.

Keep in mind, this only affects how you see @replies in your feed (at twitter.com/home, through a Twitter application or as an SMS to your phone). This does not affect what you see if you go directly to a person’s twitter page (ie. twitter.com/username).

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A Letter to Recent College Grads

May 5th, 2009

Dear recent college graduates,
I hear a lot of talk about how you will be entering the worst job market since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate is skyrocketing. Just this year, I’ve had to take two furloughs in an attempt to save other people’s jobs, which happened after two rounds of layoffs.

It’s true. The job market and economy suck.

But you don’t need to worry… not for too long at least. Sure, you may have just gotten a diploma qualifying you for a “higher than minimum wage” job in the “not retail” field, and it may be impossible to find a job in that field right now. However, the economy will turn around. Employers will need to fill positions they previously eliminated, and when it comes time to choose between rehiring the people they laid off before and you, they’ll choose you. Here’s why…

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I put a man in jail today…

April 28th, 2009

… except I would hardly call him a man. He was a mere boy… just 13 years of age, and already leading a Godless life of crime. Also, I’m not sure if he went to jail, but he definitely went for a ride in a cop car.

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What does pink taste like?

March 25th, 2009

Yesterday, I went to the store and bought a box of Crystal Light On-The-Go Pink Lemonade packets. I don’t know why I chose the pink lemonade over the regular yellow lemonade… I just did. But this started a discussion at work about the difference between pink and yellow lemonade.

Is there a difference? If so, what is the flavor of “pink”?

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The Most Magical Cruise in the World

March 13th, 2009

Julie and I try to take a big vacation at least once a year. Our first trip was our honeymoon to Xcaret, Mexico. Last year, we stayed in a cabin in North Carolina. This year, we decided to take a Disney cruise, with stops in St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Castaway Cay (Disney’s private island in the Bahamas).

Here’s the quick outline of our week…
Saturday - Boarded, left Port Canaveral
Sunday - Day at sea
Monday - Day at sea
Tuesday - St. Croix
Wednesday - St. Thomas
Thursday - Day at sea
Friday - Castaway Cay
Saturday - Back in Florida

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Retraction: Word Of Mouth

February 16th, 2009

For the past few years, this site has undergone many variations, and has most recently been resurrected as a personal blog about whatever happens to come to mind.  Not many people actually read my blog, and I’m ok with that.  It’s more of a personal journal made public.

But when I recently blogged about a coworkers bad experience at a local restaurant, I started getting comments from the owner, the manager involved, and my coworkers wife… not to mention other random people who read the post.  I don’t know how so many people found out about the post so quickly, but it spread like wildfire.  And while I should be excited that so many people were actually coming to my site, there is one small problem.

I work for a company that works closely with many other companies in Tallahassee.  Even though Injekted.net and the company I work for are completely unrelated, I don’t want my blog to reflect negatively upon my company and the relationship it has formed with the community.  

For that reason, I have decided to take the post off of my site.  While it doesn’t change the experience my coworker had at the restaurant, I am stepping out of the middle and will let him deal directly with the restaurant if he chooses to do so.  And in the future, I’ll be more careful about what I write.

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Church Search

February 15th, 2009

When I was younger, I was actively involved in church, going to youth group weekly, services on Sunday and Wednesday, and loving God all the time in between.  Then I went to college, where I was taught to question everything.  And I began to question all of my beliefs.

After Julie and I moved to Orlando, she wanted to start going to church.  While she was in college, she was involved in BCM (Baptist Collegiate Ministry).  She went through some tough times with her family, and the BCM helped her through. 

I still never got my answers, and based on my experience with Christians, they didn’t want to talk… they just wanted to have their faith and expect everyone else to do the same.  But I love my wife, and wanted her to be happy, so I agreed.  However, I had one demand.  The church had to be “cool,” meaning that I could wear jeans, they played good music (not those corny hymns), and the pastor had to keep me interested.   Read the rest of this entry »

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My Mom’s Bad Day

February 10th, 2009

I have always been a momma’s boy. I love my dad, but it ’s always my mom that I call when I need advice or to just talk. When I lived in Orlando, I had a 45-minute commute to work every day, and I would talk to my mom the entire way. However, ever since we moved to Tallahassee, I call her only once or twice a week because Julie and I carpool, so I talk to my wife during the car ride instead.

On Saturday, my mom sent me a tweet (a Twitter message) telling me that… well, I’ll get to that in a little bit, but the message compelled me to call her. Mom was having a bad day…
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Run Fatboy Run

February 7th, 2009

No, this is not a review for that Simon Pegg movie. This is a true story about a fat guy that ran a half marathon.

First off, let me say… running is quite stupid. (Let me clarify, running when it’s not from the cops is stupid.) While the act of running is pointless, the way I feel after completing a run is amazing. This wave of excitement comes over me… like, “I just did that!!” In the past, I ran a few 5Ks and a 12K…. but I hadn’t run in almost a year when I got this sudden idea.

I’m going to run a half-marathon.

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