Jeff J. Snider General
Today is “Talk Like A Pirate Day”! In honor of this special day, I would like to share my favorite pirate joke. It may not be suitable for all viewers, specifically viewers who are opposed to jokes about pirates’ crotches.
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Add comment September 19th, 2005 at 09:55am
Jeff J. Snider General, Web Stuff
I have had quite a few people recently ask me about Vonage, the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) company that I use for my home phone service. I figured I should just put something about it on my blog so I would have a link to point people to. Here is an email I sent to some friends a few months ago:
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1 comment September 12th, 2005 at 10:14am
Jeff J. Snider General, Personal & Family
All of a sudden, we don’t live where we used to. For the last month or two, Beth and I have been a little concerned about our housing situation. You see, I have been applying for jobs all over the country the last couple months, in hopes of having some idea of what was going on in our lives before July 31, when our current lease expires. Around the beginning of July, our landlords started asking us if we were staying or going, and when we explained the situation to them, they agreed to be patient. But then it got to be the last ten days or so of our lease, and we still had no idea if we planned to be in the area for the next two weeks or the next ten years.
There were a few different situations that were tied for worst-case scenario. We could tell them we weren’t staying, hoping that one of the jobs would pan out, and then be stuck with nowhere to live. Or we could tell them we were staying, then get a job a few weeks later, and get stuck paying rent in two places until they were able to rent it out. Or our heads could explode.
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Add comment July 29th, 2004 at 11:11am
Jeff J. Snider General, Personal & Family
It’s been nine days since I posted anything, and what a busy nine days it has been. I guess it’s easiest to just give a bullet list of what’s been going on:
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Add comment July 9th, 2004 at 10:45am
Jeff J. Snider General
Surprise surprise, someone decided to sue the people behind the Atkins Diet. I came across this article on the New York Times’ website: link. It details a lawsuit filed by a man named Jody Gorran, whose cholesterol skyrocketed after two years of the Atkins Diet.
I am torn on this issue. On one hand, I hate dumb lawsuits (although if someone can come up with a money-making lawsuit idea for me, I might change my mind). On the other hand, the particulars of this lawsuit indicate that Mr. Gorran is not looking for easy money (he is already wealthy, for one thing, and the dollar amounts specified in the suit are pretty small). It’s that nagging point on my third hand that concerns me: what about common sense?
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Add comment May 27th, 2004 at 08:29am
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