It is best not to talk about religion or politics at work. Leave them out of all interactions. I KNOW this, really I do. Religion and politics on social networks? They’re our bread and butter, right? My new workplace, as is becoming common amongst big companies, has it’s very own social network where employees can […]
I close my eyes and feel myself in another kind of vehicle. The seat vibrates beneath me and I imagine the rumble of the bus’s idling engine is actually the whir of a jet engine. The driver becomes a pilot when he announces, appropriately, “now departing, Line 112 to Edmonds Community College.” I keep my […]
I was there when it all started. It was the autumn of 2006. I was working as a subprime loan officer with the nation’s largest mortgage lender, Countrywide Home Loans. I was working on a deal to refinance multiple rental properties in California’s Central Valley that belonged to the personal friend of one of my […]
Are you ready for some FriendBursty Football? I’m re-announcing Geko’s creation of a Fantasy Football League just for us FriendBursters. It’s over on Yahoo, and I invite anyone and everyone reading this blog to come and join the league! It’s fun! And there is a prize for the winner!!! If you’ve never played fantasy football, […]
As the sun set on this beautiful summer evening, I went into MySpaceLand in search of a blog I wrote back in August of 2009. I was able to pin it down to a specific date because I found the video I made to accompany it. August 12th, 2009. It’s been several years since MySpace […]
I’ve never truly understood bicycle shorts. I suspected that those who wore them probably did so for some semi-erotic reasons under the pretense of what?… better aerodynamics & freedom of movement? Why else would any self-respecting dude wear what amounts to spandex in public? I finally understand the function of bicycle shorts. They’re to keep […]
“Do you sell can crushers?” “Where are the GFI switches?” “Excuse me,” the smiling middle-aged woman asked me right after I had dispatched a customer towards a product that I only had a vague idea where it was, “do you have those little pieces that go behind a lighted vanity that make the screws fit […]
I am finishing up my first two days off from work in over a year!! Said like that, it sounds pretty impressive. Well, there hasn’t been a “from work” to be off from in over a year, so it’s just a little word trick. * * * We’re going to start off with a little […]
Hey folks! It’s been a while since we’ve played “NAME THAT…” here on my blog, so here we go once again! We’re switching from animals BACK to countries again. Not for any particular reason… The rules are simple. Below are a bunch of pictures all relating to one particular country. Your job is to guess […]
Doesn’t the very term “Joko History” itself imply narcissism? See, I could name two or three things that have really bugged me over the years as I have observed other bloggers that I am in danger of repeating right now: an inflated opinion of oneself (by using the calendar as a medium for re-posting, I […]
