Ever went into a store and asked the clerk behind the counter for a particular item and have them tell you it isn’t in stock in this store but it is at another of their locations? Know how they do that? Integrated computers. It’s where a bunch …

Okay so in a previous Randoms post I started a little hissy fit about pennies but really it’s a subject that deserves its own post so here it goes.
The US uses pennies, once cent pieces. Each penny is worth 1% of one dollar meaning it will take one hundred …

More random thoughts. Aren’t these fun folks?
Yahoo News lead this morning with an article about how the media could force opinion and skew stories by selective editing of pictures and comments. The example they used was the Treyvon Martin incident. First of all, Yahoo, if you’re going …

Piracy. Remember the good old days when it meant walking the plank, peg legs, colorful birds requesting well-baked wheat products?
None of that exists anymore. Not to say there isn’t danger on the high seas but that isn’t the subject of this little rant.
Nope, this one is …

The 2012 presidential election is less than a year away and the political ads are already in full swing. I for one couldn’t be more excited unless perhaps I was to shove an angry honey badger down the front of my trousers.
Actually that might be less painful.
Lets take a …

There’s an old saying that goes something along the lines of “those who ignore history are condemed to repeat it.” Another says “you can easily predict the future by understanding the past.”
History has always interested me, it was my favorite subject in school, especially once I figured out that …

The following is the text version of an actual Poison control call. Clearly the operator is just over it.
Operator (in a clearly bored tone): Poison Control
Semi-Frantic Female: Um, yes. I think I just poisoned myself.
Operator: With what?
S-FF: I ate a sandwich and the bread had some …

This is the story of Abe and Bob. Abe and Bob are heads of a moderately large, fairly successful business making…well, it doesn’t matter what Abe and Bob make. Point is one day they are sitting together talking about their business and how they can expand it.
“Pies! Let’s start including …

Followers of my blog (all three of you) may have read my gripping, award winning blog about going on a health food kick. As part of that I’ve been trying to actually incorporate food into my breakfast.
You know, food. It’s that solid stuff that you chew …

Over the past few years the post office has steadily been raising its rates, anyone who’s ever mailed anything has probably noticed. It’s usually a penny at a time or so for a stamp but packages have gone up a little more. The Postmaster General, Patrick Donahoe, has …