Oh, gall durn it, youbetcha!

I’m guessing there’s some wiener in the room 11 people don’t want to put up with any longer. You know, that guy that always sits next to you on long plane flights.

That may have been me. My children have a long list of really stupid things I’ve told them over the years.

1. Work out everyday. Keep that gym membership as long as you can.

I always tell car salesmen that I’m thinking about buying a cheaper car than I really want just to have that price point dangling over the conversation.

First, be creative. Can you throw in a free brochure or something? A lot of times, people just want their ego to get stroked. Second, be firm; “Sorry, I don’t have any room there, perhaps you should consider the economy model...” and move on.

I’ve got an Evernote Moleskin notebook I use all the time. It seems like once a day, the quickest, easiest way to record something is to write it down. If a page needs to be saved, I just use the photo feature in Evernote to store the note. It works surprisingly well for a free feature on a free app.

Google also has a nice app called “Field Trip” that will let you know about nearby historical markers and other points of interest.

Comcast also gives you the Norton Security Suite free.

When I was in college (30 years ago), I played hockey and the trainers gave us basically the same thing if we played in warm rinks. We would take the pills two to four hours before the game. I think they worked too. I don’t remember anyone having trouble with cramps during games but I remember cramps being a problem…

I water Gatorade down 2:1 if I’m actually using it to hydrate for heavy activities and I try to drink it before or during the actual activity.

First, the HR lady gave me bad directions. Second, she looks at my resume and says, “Oh my, we have an opening for a junior person and I can see from your resume that you are qualified for a senior position”. They did have a senior position that was opening up in a few weeks though, apparently one of their admins was…

I thought he missed the shoulder check and decided to throw out his elbow to “finish the check”. It sure looked like a deliberate elbow to the head to me. First, Kucherov’s helmet immediately flies off so it was obviously a very high hit. Second, you can see his arm sweeping through the air after he hits Kucherov so…

Here’s the scene; my first date after almost ten years of marriage. I’m nervously leaving the young lady’s apartment when she realizes she has locked herself out. She decides that we had better take care of this right now before it gets too late. Her super isn’t around but she knows an easy way to break into her…

Just added to the long list of “Things Canadians Can’t Do” at number 9,956; Insult someone.

Correction: No one likes the Canucks. The best we can hope for in a series involving Vancouver is that their fans get angry and set each other’s cars on fire.

Coors was invented for sloshing away a good burn. The two just go together.

My problem is that Mr. GoAheadAndTryIt doesn’t wait for anybody to answer. We just go.

ground beef + bermuda onions + Paul Newman's Spaghetti Sauce over fresh pasta with garlic bread on the side and lots of a good red wine. The only ingredient that is really important is the red wine.

I have trouble imagining spending more than about a thousand dollars on any one thing so I put everything in terms of monthly expenses. I might look at the costs over a five year period for something like buying a car vs leasing but in the end, it comes down to what I can afford to do in one month.