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A small minority of individuals show no loss of reaction time or mental skills when combining mobile phone use and motorway driving.. How much do you want to bet we’ll soon see surveys that show a majority of people think they are “supertaskers” and can talk on the phone and drive with no loss of [...]
You can’t see the sweat on my brow from this view.
So, my older brother got engaged. He announced this to the fam with a simple email. No details on how he did it, how much he had to drug her, and a ballpark date of when he’d actually Seal the Deal. Pretty typical Drew style. He did make his proposal in Thailand, which is pretty [...]
I know I’m totally late to the micro-blogging party, but I just re-discovered my Twitter account. I think I’ll start using it.
This past weekend I was in Detroit.
I guess it’s a sign that I’m getting old when I’m the one yelling at obnoxiously loud and inebriated kids behind my apartment building who are laughing, carrying on, and urinating in public at 2:30 AM, “People are trying to sleep around here!” I guess it’s also a sign that I’m a total nerd when [...]
I apologize for the lack of new posts. Truth is work is sapping a lot of my will and motivation to update the blog more frequently. I do enough writing at work through emails and documentation that I’m rarely in the mood to whip out well-written post. I guess that isn’t much of an excuse, [...]
First February posts should always include an astute observation. The snooze bar is probably the greatest invention in the world. Sleep well.
The other day I saw a car with two interesting bumper stickers. On the left side was one of those Darwin fishes. The driver was obviously a disciple of Evolution and its chief mechanism, Natural Selection. Not too uncommon, especially in Seattle. However, on the right side of the bumper was a sticker that said: [...]
I have two shoes. I have one on my left foot. I have one on my right foot. Both are the same make and model. Both have the same colors. Both are tied with the same knot. Both are laced in the same manner. Both are in the same physical condition with the exception that [...]
