I know that I've been going crazy with the videos lately. I like funny videos but they are a lazy way to make sure that something gets posted & retain my readership. That said, even though some of you have already seen this I thinks it's pretty funny. Not in the same class as the shrimp running on the treadmill, but funny (it's a little hard to tell but the guy played Biff in the Back to the Future movies).

I can't wait for the Kitchen of the Future




Think of this as a little ethnographic context for Valley of the Dolls. I would be hopped on every pill I could get if I had serve those jackasses too.

Drunk Kitty (sedated after visit to the vet)

DATELINE: Spokane, WA

I'm back on the road and will be in Eastern Washington for the next two weeks. Holy smokes my trip was long. Left the house at 5:45am est, flew 4 and 1/2 hours to Phoenix

and then switched planes and had a second, 3 hour flight taking me to Spokane. I arrived at my hotel in Spokane at around 5pm est. Lame. I didn't know very much about Spokane except for old prejudices against Eastern Washington (flat, dry, boring, lots o' hicks) but after driving around a little today I think it'll be fairly interesting. The town reminds me a little of the suburb of Seattle where I mostly grew up in that there were a lot of businesses and signs from the 1960's and '70's. In that suburb those things have pretty much all been replaced by new, fancy places in the last 10 years, but not in Spokane. There'll be some fun things to take pictures of, like the White Elephant Surplus Store and Toyland. It's so convenient to be able to buy all my model trains, guns, and close-out toys in one place.
I even have a view of a river out my window. The view is somewhat reminiscent of the Susquehana in Bingo, but it's better than a parking lot.

As ugly as it may sound I have to brag a little on my business traveling know-how. I always review seatguru.com to get a little edge when I check in. The website lists the configuration every airplane for almost every airline and let's you know where the best seats are (most legroom, power outlet, etc). Using my savvy business traveler insight I was able to get the most awesome seat on the flight from Phoenix - Spokane. The plane has two exit rows on each side, but unlike many planes the first row only has an aisle and a middle seat (no window). The second row has all three and I was able to snag the window, meaning that not only did I have an extra wide seat I got to stretch my legs out with no seat in front of me. I basked in the jealous stares for each and every of the 180 minutes in the air.

I have no idea why but a whole bunch of people from across the globe have stopped by Businessn'at today. Here's the list: US, UK, France, Belgium, Malaysia, Chile, Taiwan, and Canada.

Title: Still life with neighbor's cat or

Alienation and Pink Chenille

The other day I had to drive out to Beaver Falls, PA, a small town about 45 min from Pittsburgh (for work). I had hoped to find some fun things to take picture of but there really was nothing interesting about the town other than Carol Duda's Beauty Shop & Target Ammunition Supplies. After the interview I drove around Beaver Falls looking for something photogenic, got lost, asked & received directions from a very friendly volunteer fireman, and then drove back to Pittsburgh.

This porno store has never been open since I've been town and now it's being turned into something else in the name of revitalizing the downtown. There's a bigger and equally colorful sign for this same porno shop further down the street but you can't really get a good picture of it because of various poles and wires.

BREAKING NEWS: Kitten grows into big, fat cat!

batlovin'

BREAKING NEWS: Poetry might not totally suck.

Last night was "Art Show and Portfolio Night" at Schecky's school.

It's a chance for the kids to show off the art projects they've been working on all year, as well as an opportunity for the parents to see how the kids' academic work has progressed since the beginning of the year.

Scheck's teacher had each child write a "Spring Time Poem" for the event.

There were many, many, many shiny happy poems about bunnies, and flowers, and sunshine.

And then there was Schecky's*...

Sneak Peek at the trailer for the new Batman movie

While they may be great at the yo-yo and eating hot dogs, our friends across the Pacific apparently do not spend a lot of time at petting zoos:

Thousands of people have been 'fleeced' into buying neatly coiffured lambs they thought were poodles.

Entire flocks of lambs were shipped over from the UK and Australia to Japan by an internet company and marketed as the latest 'must have' accessory.

But the scam was only spotted after a leading Japanese actress said her 'poodle' didn't bark and refused to eat dog food.

Attention all you single ladies - I've heard through the grapevine that unknowingly dating gay men has become a near epidemic. In the interests of your future hetero-happiness I have discovered a list of clues that you can use next time you're thinking about getting serious with that funny and stylish young man you've been dating. I know what some of you are thinking, but since I moved away from Ithaca I display far fewer of these suspicious qualities.

• If sexual activity steeply declines within the first few years of marriage.
• You're always more sexually aggressive than your husband.
• If your husband is turned off by the thought of touching your vaginal area or performing oral sex on you.
• If his best friend is gay.
• If he hangs out in gay bars.
• If he enjoys watching gay porn movies and surfing gay porn Web sites.
• If he is excessively homophobic, mocking and imitating other gay men.
• If he brags about gay men complimenting him on his looks.

That's President Deuchebag to you

The Man is fully confident in his awesomeness to freely admit that he is blogging at a Starbucks right now.

Is there anything they can't do?

First Hot Dog eating contests, now the yo-yo...is anyone safe?

They sleep 18 hours a day and party 24.

BREAKING NEWS: New cat in neighborhood mercilessly taunts Droolsy.

Just in case you are interested in what accoutrements go along with my high powered executive lifestyle, the pictures below are from The Man's actual workspace yesterday where most of the 10 interviews took place. And yes, that's the coffee that smelled like deli slices.

The man has had a very busy day. 10 interviews and then data entry for all of them. I'm going to sleep but will have to catch up tomorrow, which won't extra extra horrible because I'll only have to input 4 left over from today and 4 from tomorrow. Awesome!

Let me tell you, it was so great being back in academia today. My current client is a small private university and I was on campus all day today talking with deans and faculty members. The faculty members were especially enlightening - "That's very interesting Dr. [name], I had no idea how important [insert their academic department] is to the university and how vital funding for [insert their meaningless research] is to the future of the school." I don't know what I enjoyed the most, hearing about life-or-death battles for space in the academic buildings or the heartbreaking tale of one faculty member believes that being he does not have to give to the capital campaign because he is already doing his part in the fundraising battle by being a good teacher and making students feel warm thoughts about the university, which will eventually develop into the nostalgic feelings that motivate graduates to become donors to the university. You know, it probably was the guy who just happened to mention that he was at UNC-Chapel Hill before taking his current position - I was so impressed that I totally forgot that he was teaching a 4-4 course load at the rinky-dink school he's at right now.

H.M.S. Pimpawhore