spontaneous expressions of mediocrity
After upgrading to WordPress 2.5, my blog’s admin area has become mostly unusable.  There will continue to be lul in new posts as I move to a custom publishing system.  WordPress has regularly disappointed me for years.  The fact that I stuck with it for this long is a testament to my laziness.
Microsoft will purchase Yahoo. It hasn’t happened yet, but the bid is now officially on the table, and it will happen. My previous experiences with unsolicited takeovers have shown me that they are usually best measured in terms of when—not if.
As a Mac person, I don’t hate Microsoft. They are nearly irrelevant [...]
I’ve been waiting two years to justify the purchase of an XBox 360, and justice finally came last Wednesday. Most of my friends have been killing each other on XBox live for years, and have urged me to jump on the band wagon at nearly every opportunity. Being the only breadwinner in a four-person family, it just wasn’t an easy thing to work in. But a year of working multiple jobs has paid off … almost.
A portion of visitors to blog.bigreason may notice a pinkish hue to things around here. Your eyes do not deceive you. There is a hue. A girlish hue. This is intentional, for I love girls, and October. And pink, after all, is the color of October — or at least [...]
13% of my annual income goes to providing health insurance to my family. This doesn’t include the money I pay to cover the portion of medical services my insurance doesn’t cover. Last year these costs exceeded $3,000. For those keeping track, medical costs for my family exceeded 18% of my annual income last year.
To help offset these costs, I do freelance work and play in two bands. I enjoy these things, but I rather not rely on them to avoid bankruptcy. For those of you who view universal health care as a step in the wrong direction, please take a closer look at where our health care system is right now.
It may also be wise for you to note that as little as two years ago, I was paying $120 per month to cover my family’s health insurance costs. If you are currently paying below $500 per month to cover your family, enjoy yourself while it lasts.
I don’t believe I’ve ever mentioned this on The Big Reason, but to those who know me personally, it’s no secret that I hate to fly. I would venture to say that I probably hate it more than most people do. I detest every last thing about it with every fiber of my being. I would have to say that the thing I hate most is the ungodly force of terror that gores its way through my body as a result of being blasted through the sky at such an unreasonable altitude.
Ha! The first thing I thought as I read that Jason Santa Maria had moved to Brooklyn was, “Sweet! They Might Be Giants are from there.” Then he went ahead and mentioned it, too.
I don’t actually know him—so it’s none of my business—but if I ever found myself in the same situation, I always pictured myself doing the exact same thing.
I had the option of working today and taking Friday off instead. I opted to do the American thing, and take her day as it was meant to be taken. All but one of my coworkers opted for the three-day weekend, and I think Dan mostly did it for daycare reasons.
