Category: Tender Lumplings

Taking a Stand on Christmas Creep 12

Taking a Stand on Christmas Creep

I've pretty much had it with Christmas advertising already and it isn't yet Thanksgiving. Since just after Labor Day, stores have been hawking Christmas lights and playing Christmas music and basically bombarding me with everything Christmas for more than 2...

On Mythical Functionality 1

On Mythical Functionality

I had the following conversation with a co-worker today: Co-worker: Hey, uh…do you guys have a magical utility that emails reports? Something we don't know about? Me: Yes. It also ejects Pop Tarts from the floppy drive, if you have...

Victory Against the Chickens 4

Victory Against the Chickens

Just a small note to indicate that the war on the chickens is over… and I won. I walked past that house the other day and noticed that the chicken coop is entirely gone. I guess the county eventually took...

Is Your Kitchen Restaurant-Quality? 5

Is Your Kitchen Restaurant-Quality?

No, I don't mean that you make meals that could be served on Iron Chef or have the really fancy Electrolux induction cooktop, but that you're following proper food handling guidelines to make sure nobody picks up a bug. The...

When Poster Parodies Attack 5

When Poster Parodies Attack

The group health plan at work decided to send up a bunch of "healthy living" posters to remind us to stop eating junk food and start working out. They're along the lines of this one: Of course, it just begs...