Archive for December, 2009

Inspector Gadgets! (VOL044)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

On a recent trip to our one of our offices, I had the pleasure of flying out of the Cleveland Airport. Now, being a techy kind of guy, I travel with more devices than Inspector Gadget has in his hat.

With the holidays right around the corner, I wanted to give my listeners a few tips for the tech-savvy traveler.

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Screen-to-screen Salesmen (VOL043)

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

My friends and I all had jobs we hated while we were in high school. I worked the fast-food circuit, flipping burgers and trying to avoid burning myself while deep-frying chicken patties and french fries. I guess it taught me some basic cooking skills, so it wasn’t all that bad. I very much preferred it over one of my buddies’ jobs; he took a gig as a door-to-door salesman. He had to wander through neighborhoods, knock on strangers’ doors, and deliver a sales pitch for vacuum cleaners. I wasn’t much of a people person back in those days, so I would have taken the greasy kitchen over his job any day of the week.

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Cookies and Holiday Greetings by the Dozen (VOL042)

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

The holiday season is upon us once again, and with it comes the importance of remembering that which truly matters most: cookies. Lots and lots of cookies.

Chocolate chips, snickerdoodles, and gingerbread men by the dozen. We humans have a tendency to celebrate various occasions with food, and I am by no means opposed to this time-honored tradition.

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