Archive: 2009

January 2009

01: Happy New Year
01: A Box of Pears
02: Owen 16
02: The Lunch Coupon
02: One Mint Julep
03: These Are My Kids
03: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
03: Danica's Speeding Ticket
04: My Son Gets a Haircut
04: Ninja Cat
04: Art and Technology
04: Decline
04: Essence of Lean
06: How to Answer Interview Questions in 3 Easy Steps
06: Preparing Kids for Success
06: Then Wear the Gold Hat
07: The Legend of Cliff Young
07: EppsNet Book Review: Dig Your Job
08: The Alfa Romeo Sloth
08: Police Dog in Action
09: Presentation Zen
11: EppsNet Interview Tips
11: The Learn'd Astronomer
11: EppsNet Movie Reviews: Slumdog Millionaire
13: It's Not News Yet
13: What You Don't Say
13: I Mentored Someone Today
15: The Work is Its Own Reward
17: Winternationals - Day 2
18: Winternationals - Day 3
19: Hockey Moms on the Road
19: Dog Food Review: Wellness
20: I Will Always Remember This Day
21: I Don't Want to Die
22: Knock Knock
22: Semester Break
22: Scent of a Woman?
23: Things That Pop Up and Poke You in the Eye
23: The Man Happy in His Work
24: BKFF
25: It's a Pug Thing
25: Not Knowing Things
26: Where is the Change?
28: LinkedIn Meta
28: User Surveys on the Web
29: Overheard
30: Falling Down Stairs
30: That's Not Leadership
30: Dear Landlord
31: Added Comments Feed
31: Five Interesting Facts About VisiCalc
31: How to Get an A in Honors History

February 2009

01: Stealing Ideas
01: Insulting People as a Public Service
01: Failure is an Orphan
02: It Must Be February
02: Before ADHD Was Invented
02: EppsNet Music Review: Springsteen Halftime Show
02: Snow Diary
04: Why Don't You Go Ahead and Do Something?
05: Whatever Helps
06: Weeding Out Bruins on Facebook
08: 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes
08: Working on Some Moves
08: Why Parents Do What They Do
08: Thomas Jefferson on the Stimulus Package
09: Another Reason I Like to Just Stay Home
10: A Lack of Foresight
11: 25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You
11: Separated at Birth?
12: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
12: To Live and Die in Irvine
12: The Art of the Possible
14: Happy Caturday
14: Happy Valentine's Day
14: Don't Tase Me, Bro
15: I Got a Passport
16: A Trade, Not a Steal
16: Living on the Edge
17: A Lesson in Trust
19: The Chicago Tea Party
19: Nerds
19: Ryan Davidson, 1993-2009
21: Facebook Competition
22: It's Oscar Night!
22: It's Not Safe to Live Here Anymore
22: The Facebook Comment I Didn't Write
23: So You Want to Be a Writer
24: Taco Tuesday
24: Headline of the Day
24: You're Getting Stimulated
25: Bank Error in Your Favor
25: Shmoop
26: Life Imitates Dilbert
26: Here's What I've Done
26: Frugality or Faux Pas
28: Be on the Lookout for a Hardened Criminal
28: Facebook is Crushing My Will to Live
28: James D. Watson Bobblehead, R.I.P.
28: ¡Las Pugs Enmascaradas!

March 2009

01: At the Starbucks Drive-Thru
01: Outside the Lines
02: Obama the Entertainer
02: Americans are Mathematically Illiterate
02: Stimulus Bill is Creating Jobs
06: Horton Foote, 1916-2009
06: That Eastern Conference is Pathetic
06: In the Mirror
06: Don't Go Hiking in a Sewer
07: Teaching Coding to Kids
09: Could Not Be More Serious
10: Albert Schweitzer was a Bore
10: Thomas Jefferson: Obama Not Up to the Task?
11: Stand By Me
11: I Wonder
11: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
11: Check Your Facts
12: Quotes & Lessons from "Comedian"
12: Situational Avoidance
12: Diversity
12: Oh the Vacuity!
12: Sometimes I Am Too Fast
13: New TGIF Policy in Effect
13: Haiku
13: Hockey Haiku
13: HW's Parenting Pointers
14: I Got This Joke From Shaquille O'Neal
16: Haiku on The Myth of Sisyphus
16: Failures and Mistakes
16: Unable to Make Anything Easier
16: Daily Twitter for 2009-03-16
17: Shot the Monkey
17: Daily Twitter for 2009-03-17
18: Daily Twitter for 2009-03-18
19: The Art of Ingenuity
19: Clearly and Simply
19: Good News
19: Jack Welch Can Blow Me
19: Tweets on 2009-03-19
19: IHF Champions
20: An MVP-Caliber Performance
20: Building Credibility
20: Tweets on 2009-03-20
22: Tweets on 2009-03-22
23: Tweets on 2009-03-23
23: Crucial Conversations
24: The Beauty of Cultural Diversity
24: Why Would You Use Agile for Offshore Development?
24: Tweets on 2009-03-24
25: Tweets on 2009-03-25
26: Tweets on 2009-03-26
27: It's Not All About You
27: Overheard
27: Thomas Jefferson on the Financial Meltdown
27: Communication Bandwidth
27: Tweets on 2009-03-27
28: Tweets on 2009-03-28
29: Tweets on 2009-03-29
30: Tweets on 2009-03-30
31: Ducks Visit WIHA
31: Suicide Bombers Have a Union?
31: I Will Not Try to Reason with Idiots
31: Two Bright Spots in the Recessionary Landscape
31: Microblog: 2009-03-31

April 2009

01: Microblog: 2009-04-01
01: What Kind of Vegetable?
01: The Conundrum of Fame
01: Distributing Useless Information
02: A Case of Honorable Intentions?
02: Signs of the Times
02: Promises, Promises
02: Moldered City
02: Microblog: 2009-04-02
04: Microblog: 2009-04-04
05: Rollo Takes a Walk
05: IHF Post-Season Awards
05: What Did You Learn? What Did You Teach?
05: Emergency Preparedness
05: Be Disloyal
05: Microblog: 2009-04-05
05: Everyone in Irvine Drives the Same Car
06: Pug Photos on Flickr
06: Microblog: 2009-04-06
08: Microblog: 2009-04-08
09: You Had a Bad Day
09: I've Lost Another Friend
09: Overheard
09: Microblog: 2009-04-09
10: Microblog: 2009-04-10
11: Darwinism
11: Welcome to Mississauga
11: Microblog: 2009-04-11
11: Basketball Diary
12: The MIT Guy
13: Thomas Jefferson: A Birthday Gift
13: Microblog: 2009-04-13
14: Microblog: 2009-04-14
15: Nut Cases on the Right vs. Nut Cases on the Left
15: Chivalry is Dead
15: A Father-Son Day
15: Microblog: 2009-04-15
15: O.J., Hulk and the Shaggy-Haired Pool Boy
16: Microblog: 2009-04-16
16: Taxes Make People Nuts
17: Another Reason Why All the Great Scientists (Except Marie Curie) Are Men
17: Beth Orton Sings "Frankie"
17: Microblog: 2009-04-17
18: An Absolute Pleasure
18: Imagine Finding Me
18: The Starbucks Girl Will Be a Good Pug Owner
18: At the Dinner Table
19: Core Audience
19: Metacognitive
20: The Best Counselor Ever
20: Microblog: 2009-04-20
20: My Kid Gets a New Nickname
21: Microblog: 2009-04-21
22: Overheard
22: The Giving Tree
22: Microblog: 2009-04-22
23: The Bumstead Maneuver
23: Microblog: 2009-04-23
24: Katie Couric Eating a Tuna Sandwich
24: NARCh Qualifier
25: USC Spring Football
25: Fight On!
25: Rated M for Mature
26: Dream On
26: Need a Boost?
26: Getting Pissed Off
26: Pug vs. Baby
26: The Sad Life of the Goalie Parent
26: Microblog: 2009-04-26
27: We Won't Get Flued Again
29: It's Not Their Destiny
29: Now It's Tomorrow
29: Microblog: 2009-04-29
30: What I Learned From Today's Webinar on Productivity
30: Kelly McGillis is GAY?!
30: Microblog: 2009-04-30

May 2009

01: Microblog: 2009-05-01
02: Do Not Do What Someone Else Could Do
02: Microblog: 2009-05-02
03: I Can't Read The Sign
03: Microblog: 2009-05-03
03: I Have Some Fundraising Ideas
04: I'm Afraid People Will Laugh at Me
04: IHF All-Star Game 2009
04: Microblog: 2009-05-04
06: Sockington the Cat
06: Microblog: 2009-05-06
07: Stop Moving My Wastebasket
07: Twitter: 2009-05-07
07: With My Hands Behind My Back
08: Twitter: 2009-05-08
09: The Value of Education
09: ABCs of Me
10: The Secret Sharer
10: Happy Mothers Day!
11: The Beast of the Buffet Line
16: The Myth of the Natural Genius
16: Shopping for Watches
16: Programmers Say the Darndest Things
16: Two Jokes
17: Another Reason I Prefer to Just Drink at Home
17: Twitter: 2009-05-17
18: Why (Some) People Love Meetings
18: Cat and Dog : Not Cat or Dog
19: Conversations with Frank Gehry
19: Twitter: 2009-05-19
21: Trojans Are National Champions!
22: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
22: Twitter: 2009-05-22
22: The Passive-Aggressive Cleaning Crew
22: Where Are We?
23: Twitter: 2009-05-23
24: Learning to Drive
24: Finding the Dragon
25: Drinking in the Morning
25: Women and Solitaire
25: 20 Years Went By Like the Wind
27: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
27: La Jueza Empática
27: Twitter: 2009-05-27
27: Free Advice for Women Considering an IT Career
28: Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows
28: That Narrows it Down to Half the Population
28: Twitter: 2009-05-28
29: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
29: Twitter: 2009-05-29
30: God and Me
30: The Da Vinci Code
30: It's Cold When the Label Turns Blue
31: Life's Simple Pleasures
31: You Have to Look at the Total Cost

June 2009

01: Yet Another Reason I Like to Just Stay Home
01: I Like to Manage My Own Time
01: Twitter: 2009-06-01
02: Nightmares
04: Another Reason I Just Like to Drink on Planet Earth
05: David Carradine, 1936–2009
05: Randy Johnson's 300th Win
06: Keeping the Magic Alive
07: The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes
08: My Son Gets His Braces Off Today
08: Twitter: 2009-06-08
08: Shell or Chevron?
09: The V Model
09: Twitter: 2009-06-09
11: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
15: Another Reason I Like to Just Stay Home
15: The Streets of Irvine Were Deserted
15: Doomsday Cometh
16: Twitter: 2009-06-16
17: Twelve-Minute Breaks
17: I Love LA!
17: Halfway Through High School
17: Twitter: 2009-06-17
18: We've Fallen Behind France in Moral Fortitude
18: School's Out
19: Pug Photos on Flickr
20: Twitter: 2009-06-20
21: Time Flies
21: The Dogs of War
21: Too Much Collegiality
22: Feeling the Burn
22: Church Camp
23: Goofus and Gallant
23: Cat People
24: Welcome to "The Obama Show"
24: Twitter: 2009-06-24
25: Icons Are Falling Like Dominoes
25: The Triumph of My Pedagogical Method
26: Wanna Be Starting Something
26: Another Way to Tell When Your Relationship is in Trouble
26: Kodachrome
26: Hot Dog Diplomacy
27: The Half-Full Glass
27: EppsNet Restaurant Review: Anaheim White House
28: Classification of Books You Haven't Read
29: Greatest Tweet Ever
29: Team Player
29: How Korean Markets Keep Prices Low
29: To Whom It May Concern

July 2009

August 2009

01: Music is a Universal Language
01: Overheard
01: Twitter: 2009-08-01
02: Carbon Emissions Reduction, Biden Style
02: Twitter: 2009-08-02
03: Twitter: 2009-08-03
04: We Played a Fun Game This Morning
04: Twitter: 2009-08-04
05: Helping the White House Keep an Eye on Things
05: Emotional Rescue
05: Twitter: 2009-08-05
06: I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!
06: John Hughes, 1950-2009
08: Twitter: 2009-08-08
09: Twitter: 2009-08-09
09: Polite Acerbity
10: You Better Believe It
10: Microwave Instructions
10: Matchup Problems
10: Twitter: 2009-08-10
11: Cash for Clunkers
11: Twitter: 2009-08-11
12: Ultra Lean Planning
12: My New Favorite Writer is Named Camille Paglia
12: What Was Difficult
12: Twitter: 2009-08-12
13: Twitter: 2009-08-13
14: Control is Not Important
14: Twitter: 2009-08-14
15: Pug on a Diet
15: New Used Books
16: Comfortable With Our Stupid Children
16: Twitter: 2009-08-16
17: Family Happiness
17: Twitter: 2009-08-17
18: An Obstacle Course
18: Twitter: 2009-08-18
19: There Are Good Places to Hike Right Here in America
20: Twitter: 2009-08-20
20: Twitter: 2009-08-20
21: We Apologize to Jackasses for the Unintended Insult
21: Twitter: 2009-08-21
22: Pug Photos on Flickr
22: Reduce Your Worries
22: HW 's Presentation Tips: Get to the Fucking Point
22: Famous Quotes Revisited
22: White House Adds $2 Trillion to Deficit Forecasts
22: Magic Johnson at USC Scrimmage
23: The Death of Ivan Ilych
23: Twitter: 2009-08-23
24: The Moreno Valley: Junkyard of OC Dreams
24: HW 's Book Reviews: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
24: Dwight Howard's Reality
24: Personal Space
24: Appeasement
24: Twitter: 2009-08-24
25: Twitter: 2009-08-25
26: Thomas Jefferson on Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009
26: Lightning's Book Reviews: Don't Know Much About History
26: Twitter: 2009-08-26
27: Twitter: 2009-08-27
28: Twitter: 2009-08-28
29: Twitter: 2009-08-29
29: What Makes Me Mad
29: Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne
29: Morality is Insignificant
30: Ghost World
30: Satan on Ted Kennedy
30: Teddy's Accomplices
31: Twitter: 2009-08-31

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

01: Happy Halloween
03: Stop the Presses!
03: Overheard
04: Twitter: 2009-11-04
05: The Canyon of Heroes
05: Twitter: 2009-11-05
06: I Went to Juice It Up for Lunch
06: Useless Information About Fiddler Crabs
07: A Chicken That Walked Backward
07: Twitter: 2009-11-07
07: Disliking on Facebook
07: Twitter: 2009-11-07
10: Twitter: 2009-11-10
11: I Got an A on My Report Card
11: Twitter: 2009-11-11
11: Jerry Weinberg
11: The Path of Trojan Dominance
12: Twitter: 2009-11-12
13: Twitter: 2009-11-13
16: Snakes on a Plane
16: Bad Timing
18: Homework Follies
18: How to Deal With a Bully
19: Twitter: 2009-11-19
19: Diversity in Practice
19: Your Face is Your Fortune
19: Suck it Up, Liver Cancer Patients!
19: Obama in China
19: Want a Date? Consider Becoming an Atheist
21: Résumé Tips: Attention to Detail
24: Twitter: 2009-11-24
25: Climate Comedy
25: Are Nash Equilibriums Killing Agile Initiatives?
26: Vanity Fair
27: Thanksgiving Memories
27: Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats
27: Twitter: 2009-11-27
27: Pug Photos on Flickr
29: USC 28, UCLA 7
29: Occupational Intensity
29: Shamans: Another Reason I Prefer to Just Stay Home
30: Charlie Weis: Done
30: Overheard
30: Infomaki: An Open Source, Lightweight Usability Testing Tool

December 2009

01: The Vast and Endless Sea
01: We're Going to Let You Die
01: Why Social Networks Matter
02: That Clears the Air!
02: Twitter: 2009-12-02
02: Bad is Good
02: What Would Hope Do?
06: No More Stuffed Pugs for Christmas
06: Lack of Privacy Is Part of the Deal
06: Twitter: 2009-12-06
06: It's Not All Bad for USC Athletics
07: Twitter: 2009-12-07
08: Twitter: 2009-12-08
08: Time-Saving Tip of the Day
08: Adventures in Agile: The Scrum Board
09: Remember When?
09: Why Tiger Woods Gets All the Girls
09: Twitter: 2009-12-09
09: Playing Politics
10: I Was Personally Selected by God Himself
10: Why Is This Making Me Think About Monica Lewinsky?
10: Twitter: 2009-12-10
10: Christmas in Capetown
10: Mad World
11: The Three Requirements for Happiness
11: I Don't Think Anybody Knows
11: Twitter: 2009-12-11
11: Mascots: Trojan vs. Bruin
11: Anne Frank
11: Evolution of a Mission Statement
13: Twitter: 2009-12-13
14: Regarding My Behavior at Last Night's Holiday Party
14: Twitter: 2009-12-14
14: My Dad's Getting Old
14: Dad Is Not Nuts
14: A Project Management Question
15: DogPoopBags.com
17: Girls Will Mess You Up
17: Let Us Pray We Choose Wisely
17: I Am a Programmer
18: Twitter: 2009-12-18
18: Advice for Teenage Boys
19: What If They Cost Money?
19: Drop an Assumption
19: A Good Hire
20: Twitter: 2009-12-20
21: Twitter: 2009-12-21
22: 10 Ways to Recognize the Innovators in Your Organization
22: I Am So Angry With President Bush
23: Tyler Enters Rehab
23: Twitter: 2009-12-23
30: High Noon
30: A Basic Fact of Team Sports
31: Twitter: 2009-12-31
31: Tolerance
31: Twitter: 2009-12-31