Circa July, 2009

GET STOKED.

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Photochops, Random | 10 Comments »

I made this banner last year (no WAY Discovery would sanction this, I'm sure) but I would like to use it again this year in honor of the week of August 2nd. What happens on August 2nd? I <3 Shark Week. I don't ...

TMI Thursday: Of Porn And Preaching

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Life As A Nico | 11 Comments »

Ok, ordinarily I sadly don't join in the fun of blogger group activities (notice I've never joined a Carnival or a Blog Swap - which I love to read, incidentally). I just have a feeling that considering the industry in ...

Duties of 21st Century Parenting

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Internet, Random | 32 Comments »

No, I am not a father yet. Thank goodness. That would come as a shock to both you and me. One of my coworkers just recently had an adorable baby boy, and while writing the congratulatory email, I instinctively greeted the ...

Get Through Monday (#770)

Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in Get Through Monday | 2 Comments »

The Kick Start I drank too much coffee this morning. But this turned out to be a good thing; it's better to rifle through lots of initial Monday morning work with the jitters than to have to deal with the work with the post-lunch food coma. -nicopolitan

Ninety-Six

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Life As A Nico | 17 Comments »

Cymbidium Minneken 'Khobai'by van swearingenHad my paternal grandmother been alive today, she'd be 96. I still keep her in mind since I named my acoustic guitar after her. The name "Lillian" is written in my best cursive on ...

Social Networking – UR Doin It Rong

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Internet, Random, Research & Development | 18 Comments »

Sometimes when I am doing field research at work, I stumble upon some items of real curiosity. Take, for instance, the site MyBookFace.net.  No, I will not be so kind as to link that because I believe this site has 'fail' ...

Freelancing In 3 Easy (read: Oversimplified) Steps

Monday, July 20th, 2009 Posted in Freelancing, Research & Development | 23 Comments »

Why, yes, @erinichristine, I believe that you are! A lot of people I know do, in fact, have the hustle to figure out this kind of lifestyle.  But at the same time, a lot of us sometimes get so caught up ...

Get Through Monday (#776)

Monday, July 20th, 2009 Posted in Get Through Monday | 4 Comments »

Small Favors You're reading this. At least your internet is working, right? -nicopolitan

Asian Poses

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Internet, Random | 27 Comments »

I had a coworker who used to joke around with me about Asian and Pacific Islander culture because those were our respective roots. Since our jobs involved internet research, this naturally lead to accruing a wealth of great blogs ...

Shit: A Tale About Getting It Together

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Life As A Nico | 11 Comments »

Every once in a while, we are told that to focus is lend to moving forward. In the onset of July 14th, 2009, I am going to attempt to do this in order to learn something.  Let's see if it works.