davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

Coffee

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has stores sprinkled liberally throughout the Los Angeles area. I love ’em. Yeah, I know I’m dropping about $3.50 every day on something I could get at home for 35¢, but … I really loves me some Swiss Mocha Latte in the ante meridian, y’know? I was in line

#coffee #los angeles

Helium Joke

Every now and then my mom – because she loves me like silly – sends me newspaper clippings from the comics section. I just got a particularly funny one from Frank and Ernest. Two microbes are reading the latest issue of BioWeek magazine and one says to the other, “There’s a cover story on helium.”

#comedy #elements #family #jokes #mom #science

Gift

Woo hoo! I got my Secret Santa gift yesterday. It’s a very merry Homer Simpson Collector’s Trivia Tin! Thank you, Lee! Click ‘more’ for some great Simpsons links!

#cartoons #holidays #maps #the simpsons #work

#cookies #food #fortune cookies #rants #snacks

Marketing 101

I went to Jack in the Box last night and ordered a Sourdough Combo. (Yes, I wanted a free holiday ball.) “And can I get a small fry on the side?” … A modest request, right? “I’m sorry, there is no small. Would you like a medium fry?” <pause> “Fine.” Make simplicity a selling point.

#fast food #rants #restaurants

Blogger Insider

I’m two weeks behind in posting my Blogger Insider questions and answers. I suppose I owe apologies to Jaz and Mike. So, without further ado … Here are the questions Mike asked me and my answers:

#blogging #life

#bowl games #college football #espn #sports #television

Spotlight

<news flash> I’ve been selected as a Movable Type Spotlight Site. Expect more blogging soon. </news flash>

#blogging #kudos #movabletype

Megway ™

I can’t decide whether I like this press release so much because it’s the funniest thing I’ve ever read or the most depressing. If you read it and understand why it’s so funny, then you’ll get why my frustration – because of my inability to explain it to 99.8% of NPCs – is so depressing.

#blogging #comedy