Entries from January 2008

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

February 2008 INeedCoffee

** No Coffee or Tea For At Least 2 Weeks
by Michael Allen Smith
ineedcoffee.com/08/zoom/
I messed up. I messed up bad. A few weeks ago I got a direct mail advertisement for a dentist offering new patients a free Zoom teeth whitening with the purchase of a cleaning and X-rays.
** Creating the 2008 Sketchtoon Coffee Calendar
by Michael [...]

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Civil Unrest Means it is Time to Order Coffee

Seems our pals in Kenya have decided to start shooting up the place. One writer stated:
…you see a Kenya that is about to remind us of 1994 Rwanda. The road blocks manned by men with rungus and pangas, the anger in their eyes, the wanton killing without remorse, the seeking of one’s identity before [...]

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Tea Cupping

Last August I went to a coffee cupping and did an impressive job of guessing the coffee region of eight different bean types. This Saturday, I participated in my first blind tea cupping. Even though I’ve only actively been drinking tea for a few months now, I found guessing the style of tea to be [...]

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Jump Jump

Saturday was Dillon’s birthday party. It was at Pump It Up (The Inflatable Party Zone). Of course I had to get in some jumps. It’s hard to get decent photos while bouncing.

Monday, January 21st, 2008

To Be a Badass Kung Fu Master

When I was in middle school back in Columbus, there was a Saturday night TV show called Black Belt Theater. Every week they would run some low-budget martial arts movie. A common plot theme is for the young student to train in a martial arts school under the supervision of wise monks. A friend [...]

Monday, January 21st, 2008

I Am Sem

A while back I told everyone that my fast food name is Sam. Too many fast food clerks can not spell Michael, so I decided live my fast food life using an assumed name. I selected Sam. This is what I wrote in October 2006:
My name is SAM. It’s my initials backwards. Nobody has misspelled [...]

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Release Me California

Dear Arnold,
Once again I must remind you that I’ve moved to Washington. I’m not paying to have Silver Surfer registered another year in the Peoples Republic of California. I’ve signed two documents already stating as such. I thought this issue was closed back in October.

Unfortunately I received yet another nasty letter from one of [...]

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Recommendation Zombies

I’ve noticed a disturbing trend recently. People are becoming Recommendation Zombies. In the past it seemed a person would limit their recommendations to products and services they had a first hand positive experience with. That no longer seems to be a criteria.
Why are people recommending I watch movies they’ve never seen? Read books they’ve [...]

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Check Out My Financial Newsletter

It seems I have been getting a few visitors to this web site that are looking for Critical Mas Financial. Although my return this year so far has been stellar, my 2006 return would have you questioning any stock advice I gave out.
I did some searching and I think I found the site my [...]

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Travel Map Updated - January 2008

I was able to finally add Canada to my places traveled to list. What will be the next country I add? Maybe Japan.

create your own visited countries map