Category Archives: Everything Else

Okay, nobody understood the whole “fear of success” post. It was the one entitled “one silly step at a time”. 2 out of 2 readers were completely confused. I guess if this is a trend, I really don’t have to … Continue reading →

Utter and complete destruction is always just one step away from where you are at any given moment. So, like, don’t take that step, eh? Things seem so obvious when you get up this early. Maybe there’s something to this … Continue reading →

I wrote something about “fear of success” and posted a link to lazaris.com. Specifically, the link was to: http://www.lazaris.com/publibrary/pubfear.cfm Thanks to the power of search engines, when I did a search for “fear of success” it pointed me directly to … Continue reading →

I write a lot about silly things. Fear of Success http://choosetoprosper.com/bcole-fear-success.html It’s easy to write about silly things. No body likes to fail. But failure is only temporary as long as we take another stab at what we’re doing. — … Continue reading →

I’m trying to figure out a skin allergy so I recently switched to all dye-free and scent-free laundry detergent and dryer sheets. Now all my clothes smell like, well, either what fabric smells like naturally or like the inside of … Continue reading →

I ran out of shampoo this morning and had to use my five-year-old’s shampoo. Now my head smells like bananas. So why exactly do we want our children to smell like food? I’m amazed we don’t hear more about monkey-head-eating-attacks … Continue reading →

I always hear we use 10% of our brains. Well, my 10% is full. It took 38 years, but that’s it – it’s full. Maybe that makes me an idiot. Maybe it makes me a genius. Don’t know, don’t care. … Continue reading →

I need to succeed in business. I’m tired of looking at the thermostat thinking, “I can’t afford 72.”

“If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you.” -Friedrich Nietzsche “We are moving to a Google that knows more about you.” – Google CEO Eric Schmidt Welcome to the Internet. Here, take a Google … Continue reading →

“Google aims to monitor whatever you type in your word processor, the things you copy to your clipboard, the position of your mouse, the content of your emails, instant messenger messages and more.” [original article below] I found this while … Continue reading →

I saw a hit and run today. I looked down for a second and when I looked back up, the lady in front of me was pulling out onto the main road when a guy in another car came out … Continue reading →

My laptop is alive. And it doesn’t want to be. I’d always thought of my laptop as an inanimate tool until this morning. It all started two days ago when my brother and I ordered new Sony Vaio laptops to … Continue reading →

I was at a birthday party with a bunch of eleven-year-olds this weekend. 3 girls took to calling me, “Mister Old Guy.” For example, “Mister Old Guy, you’ve got a lot of grey.” Real quote. The birthday boy stopped me … Continue reading →

Did you ever wonder, “How long would it take somebody to find me if…” I returned upstairs at work after a small break and, as I rubbed sore spot on my head, asked my coworkers how long before I returned … Continue reading →

Yes, Part 3. “S”, one of the girls in the office was telling me that “R” – the subject of Part 1 and Part 2 of our ongoing microwave story – was going to raid the freezer in our warehouse … Continue reading →

I’ve burned a few audio compilations to CD and have had trouble with the playback within a few months. I went looking for what might be wrong. Here is what I’ve found: (1) I use cheap/bulk CD-R’s. Generally, they’ve always … Continue reading →

I got a very nice complement at work when one of the girls downstairs asked her sister who works for us, “Doesn’t Scott look cute today?” It’s not like I’m The Elephant Man or anything but I was kinda surprised … Continue reading →

I called work from home today and got “R” (NAME WITHHELD TO PROTECT THE MICROWAVE CHALLENGED – see last post). We chatted for a minute and she asked me, “Can you tell the difference between bottled water and sink water?” … Continue reading →

The last several times someone has fixed popcorn in the office microwave, the circuit breaker has popped, taking down computers and throwing us into darkness. My brother and I were working today and one of the girls poked her head … Continue reading →

I drove by the scene of a shooting this morning. I cut through the neighborhood across from mine to get to the main roads. On the edge of the neighborhood, in a small diner’s parking lot there was a figure … Continue reading →