Author: jason

  • Sigh

    them: estimated wait time 2 minutes.<10 minutes later>them: you want a callback?me: yepthem: an agent will call you back when available<20 minutes later>them: ring ring, this is your requested a callback, press 1 to acknowledge.them: great, you’re #2 in the queue. we’ll talk to you shortly.<15 minutes later>them: hi… how can I help you?

  • Quote of the Day

    I ask Matthews if he ever pictures his own death. “Yeah,” he says, “I think I do. I think about the people I’d leave behind. I need to stop making friends, so I can outlive all the people I care about, and who care about me. And then I can just drop dead. But I…

  • Ghost Phantomime

    Out today, so good. The Jesus He Knows Me cover is kinda epic.

  • # Days Since I’ve Been Hit by a Car While Running

    11.

  • The Little Things

    In the process of porting our cell phones from Metro to T-Mobile. After getting my own line moved, I noticed when you call support line they use caller id to give a personalized greeting… “Hey Jason, what can I do for you today?” in their customer service bot’s fairly realistic voice. Nice. I also appreciate…

  • So that happened…

    A week ago, I was out on an early morning run, and got hit by a car running a stop sign. After a trip to ER and a overnight stay for observation, I’m mostly ok. More details on another day.

  • Finally crossed something off my to do list.

    Freed up some space in the bedroom and put our old living TV on the wall. I wouldn’t try to chin up off the mount, but it was plenty strong to hold a TV though. The wire hanging down offends my OCD sense a bit, but I’ll just get over it.

  • On The Hunt

    For scorpions of course! Here’s a recent victim after getting hosed down with Terro Scorpion Kill. Got hunt a few times a week in the yard, or else you start seeing little friends wandering around inside the house.

  • Cover Me in Sunshine

    Still one of the best things on the internet…

  • The Sad Irony

    Recently, I was taking my son to see a doctor at big medical campus nearby. Getting him loaded up and ready to roll into the building, I was nearly overcome by someone’s cigar smoke. Quick look around reveals a guy sitting on the tailgate of his truck smoking a stogie, parked about 20 feet away…