Entries from April 2008

April 29, 2008

Rules on Spending Free Money

Picture this:
It’s Christmas morning. You’re ten years old. You don’t slowly wake up as much as explode into a giddy state because of the promise your father had made. For the past few months he’s been promising to buy you a brand new, state of the art, can’t help but be jealous when you see [...]

April 24, 2008

Say What You Mean

Ever heard the phrase “do as I do, not as I say,”? How about “do as I say, not as I mean,”?
- What I said -
It’s not a problem.
- What I meant -
Thank you for making me wait for so long. You’ve pushed me to my complete limit and I’ve discovered a whole new [...]

April 21, 2008

Coffee Thoughts

While standing in line at a Starbucks, the mind starts to wander…and wander…
One medium coffee and one tall, soy, cinnamon dolce latte. I hope I have enough money. I should have enough. One medium coffee and one tall, soy, cinnamon dolce latte. I’m not going to say Tall or Grande. I don’t do Starbucks speak. [...]

April 4, 2008

Beware of Awesome

Try to guess which phrase my father forbids me to say:
a) I quit
b) I’ll try
c) How bad could it be
If you knew my father and his less than secret quest to destroy me, you would have guessed the correct answer, C. When it comes to quitting my father said, “The only thing more noble than [...]