[I wrote this years ago, but had posted it on a site I no longer maintain; I thought it might be nice to share it with you now.] As many of you may already know, I spent over a year total in Europe during and immediately after finishing grad school in...
Topics: people-and-relationships, personal, society, travel

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I decided to take a bit of this long weekend to prep for yet another overseas trip (this time to Sydney, which I really like!). Digging into my Travel (real-space, not electronic) folder, I found a plethora of Australian bills and coins from my last...
Topics: travel

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Cranky Old Guy #1:  What did you do to your glasses?! Cranky Old Guy #2:  I stepped on them. Cranky Old Guy #1:  [a thinkify’ing pause] You’re not supposed to do that!
Topics: grab-bag, wackiness

{"title":"Overheard at the optometrist today","post_url":"http:\/\/www.bladam.com\/main\/entry\/opto-overheard\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/bladam-full","author":"ThatAdamGuy","date":"2009-11-18 23:31:15","summary":"Cranky Old Guy #1:"}

After having fallen hugely behind on browsing my Facebook newsfeed, Friendfeed, etc., I decided to see just how much time I had been spending during those “on top of it” days… and, by extension, how much time it’d take me to keep..
Topics: geekery, society

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[Note:  Links below are affiliate links, so if you click and buy, I make money.] I have bought hundreds of items from Amazon (yes, I’m an Amazon Prime member, surprise surprise ) Some of them I’m particularly fond of and want to either.
Topics: business-and-consumers, business-cheers-and-jeers

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