Archive for August, 2007
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Remembering 8/23
Thanks be to Chad Lewis for alerting me to this story that should be a wake-up call to all freedom-loving Americans. In Vancouver, Wash. squirrels were responsible for a power outage that affected more than 3,000 electric customers, according to the Columbian.
U.S. Government Surveillance Photos show squirrels at training camps in Bingen, Wash.
The […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Musings by Steven Gardner
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
At Least It Isn’t My Fault
3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Steven Gardner
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
A Win-Lose Job
Thanks to a post on Jim Thomsen’s blog, I was inspired to create a list of cities (which you can see by clicking the “continued” button below) I stayed in because of a job I had for two years not long after college.
American Business Seminars sold books and tapes for hundreds of dollars, mostly to […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Springsteen, Bad Business, Career, Sports by Steven Gardner
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Taking Requests — Barry Bonds
Sitting in Red Robin in Vancouver, Washington last week I looked up at one of the televisions and it was clear Barry Bonds had broken the home run record. I wrote a little thing about vacation last week, but Brant is asking for thoughts on Barry. What I’ll say is something I know has already […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Sports by Steven Gardner
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Mostly Cloudy
I find myself in Southwest Washington on a little thing called “vacation.” Perhaps you’ve heard of it. When you have a regular job that pays you money and for most of your fistula surgeries, one of the requirements is that you spend a designated number of days the hell away from the office. Now that […]