(re)Introducing the 9/80 Workweek
This isn’t the first time I’ve had a job with this kind of a schedule, but after an all-hands meeting (how I love those) on Thursday, the Big Wigs said that they were going to implement the 9/80 workweek starting in the beginning of September.
For anyone unaware of what a 9/80 schedule is, instead of [...]
Oil Prices and Yee-Haw Sports
With fuel prices the way they are, wouldn’t you think America’s most rowdy “sport” would be a popular target for all of us complaining about fuel prices? I mean we all know that Nascar is an exciting tour-de-force and call me crazy, but going around a few hundred times in a circle seems to [...]
A Letter to George Lucas
Dear George Lucas,
Please stop making movies. They were good 20 years ago when there was little to no CGI, but now they have become a huge crutch. You have ruined Indiana Jones and Star Wars, and I’m afraid that you’re not going to stop there.
Sincerely,
Adam Lawton
In Anticipation of GTA4..
..a group of posers thought it would be a great idea to carjack my buddy Alex’s Honda. In broad daylight. By the time I ran out to try to catch them they were already gone, so we all hopped on a couple of pickup trucks in true Florida yee-haw fashion and gave chase.
We [...]
A Yin-Yang Sorta Week
First the bad. Tuesday night while dropping my mom off to pick up the truck my power steering goes out RIGHT as I’m turning into the place. I’m thinking sabotage, what else could it be? I called mini the next (wednesday) morning and made an appointment to get it fixed. Of [...]
Adam Lawton -VS- The Kidz
I’ve never been a big fan of the little humans, much less ever wanted to have one.* I must say though, there are certainly some that could possibly change my mind at some point.
Yesterday my boss brought his 1 1/2 year old daughter to work for a couple hours or so. She was [...]
Fruit and Candy
So I was eating some pineapple for dinner and I thought ‘wow this tastes really good.’ I kinda went on a diet back in February where I don’t eat anymore fast food, drink soda, and have cut back on the sweetz a lot. The pineapple was very (naturally - as opposed to artificially) [...]