Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Was that his last Reuben?

Yesterday, I learned that a former coworker passed away this past Monday.  He was an older guy and we didn't interact very often in the 5 months we worked in the same office, but he did leave an impression.  I would guess that he was in his late 70's, possibly early 80's.  He had a very sharp yet dark sense of humor.  My last memory of him was going to his desk to fix a problem with his computer.  He had just come back from the nearby deli and was several bites into a Reuben sandwich.  Three months later he would die peacefully and at home.  Ironically, I had my first Reuben in a good 10 years on the Sunday before he died and thought about him when I ordered it.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

I did it

Here's my one post for this week.  I tried writing a couple different things, but it was getting too complicated.  Doing complicated stuff is like doing work, only in this case I wasn't getting paid.

Solution: Delete draft.  Start new post.  Make a bad photoshop.  Write some words.  Hit publish.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Achievement

Or, How I caught up to the current episode of Breaking Bad with minimal effort.

Step 1.  Watch the 33 episodes currently available on Netflix

Step 2. Use the $10 Amazon instant video credit I forgot I even had to watch the first 5 episodes of season 4 at -$1.99 each

Step 3. Spend $3.88 to watch the next two episodes via Amazon instant video (saved 10 whole cents!)

Step 4. Watch the next 4 episodes via Fios on-demand

Step 5. DVR the remaining 2 episodes

5 steps sure do sound like 4 too many, but in the end it was quick, easy and legal (no more bit torrent for this guy).

As for the show itself?  Holy effing ess!  How could something this F-N-C-word awesome go un-watched by someone like me for so long?