Archive for December, 2007

Mr. Depression, Ms. Shrink and Mr. God (or Alcohol is the shit. or The Whatever Post)

I’ve written before about how I might have been suffering from a really bad case of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Well, I’m 100% sure that I’m suffering from it now. This doesn’t surprise me the least since after being prescribed antidepressants and after my psychiatrist issued a moratorium on all of my activities that involve alcohol, [...]

GarageBand Wednesday: Mr. Brightside / Seek and Destroy

Here’s a video from my band’s gig at Freedom Bar. Seek and Destroy (Metallica Cover) And here’s a video from my company’s Christmas party where we played a song from a band I really don’t get. Mr. Brightside (The Killers) Enjoy. Oh and Merry Christmas. Or something.

Fucking zit

I’ve always had relatively great skin. I mean it’s not super smooth or anything but I’ve never had pimple problems. The worst I had to deal with were a bad case of white heads which I pricked the shit out of leaving my cheeks badly pock marked. Also, white heads are gummy and they taste [...]

Sorry 37 Signals, but you should really give your marketing strategy more credit

I’ve always admired 37 Signals as a company ever since I read Getting Real over a year ago. But when Matt Linderman wrote about formulating what, in my opinion, are marketing strategies based on self promotion and “riding the wave” I lose a modicum of respect for them. From Signal Vs. Noise, 37Signals’ blog: 8. [...]

A really really broke(n) Christmas

If, like me, you are a totally unsuccessful junior executive / alcoholic Internet star; chances are Christmas doesn’t mean shit to you anymore. The days when I would go around the city with a cute new outfit to visit my godparents and “collect” are long gone. I could barely remember the days when I’d spend hours on end sitting on [...]