Month: March, 2011

I’m sitting in the big chair

18 March, 2011 (12:00) | Poll the People

Back to the discussion about reclining chairs when you’re on a plane, how do you normally handle the situation?  I’m thinking that most people usually avoid conflict, so they either don’t put their chair back at all, or they just do it and don’t say anything because it shouldn’t have anything to do with the […]

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And just like the movies

16 March, 2011 (12:00) | Dreams

Someone needs to invent the technology to record dreams. I have so many ideas and write so many songs in my dreams that I can’t remember when I wake up. This is one of the ideas that I do remember. I was involved in the creation and marketing of a device that added realism to […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #203

14 March, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Talking in public restrooms should be avoided at all costs.  You have a job to do, and you should be focused on your task.  Talking across stall walls is completely forbidden.  That’s just weird for everyone involved.  Yes, talking on your phone counts as talking across walls.

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A small reflection on when we were younger

11 March, 2011 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

There are a lot of adult LEGO enthusiasts who just enjoy LEGO as a medium to recreate scenes from movies or popular history.  Here’s a guy who likes to recreate scenes from Oscar winning movies in LEGO.

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Get on to the bus that’ll take you back to Beelzabub

9 March, 2011 (15:10) | Pittsburgh

Checking out BoringPGH.com the other day and stumbled on this gem.  I’ve never heard of the band Formula412 before, but I dig it.  The video is pretty decent, and I really like the concept.  Might even make PAT Transit look cool…if that’s possible.  It was done by Bill Paladino, who you’d recognize as the guy […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order # 278

7 March, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

The only time you talk about your old job is at a job interview.  Once you’re in, they don’t care anymore.  Don’t be that guy that dishes out diatribes on how he used to do this, or how things were when no one really gives a crap.

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