So I could hear Richard in the next room. He was yelling at the TV. Apparently some woman's outfit had terribly offended him in some way. I immediately assumed he must be watching American Idol. Nope!

daniel · late evening · say it · ping it

Today was an exciting day for danielphillip.com! Our very first spam comments! I wonder if anyone got themselves some penis enlarging pills after seeing the commentary posted here. Again, again, and again. Do I get a cut in the profit? It wouldn't be enough to retire young and move to Puerto Vallarta anyway. Hmm. I was watching the news tonight, which is something I rarely do. There was an interesting (to me) story on new technology for grocery stores. Apparently, they had the big Marketechnic show here in San Francisco. The whole thing is like a trade show of sorts, where among other things they feature the latest tech-gadgetry to make checking out at the market a faster, customer friendly experience. They showed exciting things like Pay By Touch. I think that sounds great! Imagine checking out by literally pushing a button. All you do is chose where the funds are from. The whole transaction is authorized by your fingerprint. That will never by accepted by the American general public. As someone in the retail industry, I have to point out that there are many people who do not trust using their ATM cards to buy things. Let alone paying by touch! I have trouble (at work) getting people comfortable with eCheck. The whole purpose of eCheck as I see it is to prolong the use of check-writing, the time consuming dinosaur of all payment methods. They write a check, we scan the magnetic strip and instantly debit the account. The check is then voided and returned to the customer. It makes them furious! I think people are "floating" checks all the time. That's why they still use them. You cannot do that with any of the new methods coming out. I say just forget about new technology for now. Eliminate checks. That alone would vastly improve checkout time.

daniel · the wee hours · 1 comment · ping it

This is really strange. I remember a dream I was having last night. Well, now I only remember part of it. I usually don't remember any dreams... Anyway, I think I was at work, but maybe not. The only thing I know is that someone was trapped in the computer I was using. It was like they were a data file on the desktop. So that was weird. The whole time the computer was acting all wonky. I couldn't get anything done. As it turns out, that file on the desktop was causing it! So I asked for help. Apparently tech help was right there. This was a dream! We tried all kinds of key combinations, even rebooting but could not get this person (people?) out. I then had a great idea...

daniel · late morning · 1 comment · ping it

Look at my horoscope today:

Wow! Can it be true? I may need a personal reading or something. Once I read my horoscope at the end of the day... it said "Get out there, because today the world is your oyster" I was on my way to bed! I missed the whole oyster day! Oh, well. Better consult the board!

Okay, I’m at the gym, just doin’ my cardio thing. This lil’ gym sleeze gets on the machine next to me… You all know the type. Fully did up with the hair going on, a ton of make-up. I mean really, doesn’t it drip into your eyes when you sweat? So she was hardly wearing anything, and really working it on the machine. Any way, we’re just doing our thing, and suddenly I hear a little “TooT” for her way. Clearly it was her, cause the gal on the other side heard it too. She just kept on going. No “excuse me” or anything.

So now I’ve got my gym towel over my nose. All the machines were taken, so I had no escape. The other gal was trying not to laugh. Sleezy finally went away. (presumably to the restroom…) I was so happy when a friend from work took that stairmaster. What if she came back?

tagged: gym fart poop sleeze

daniel · lunch time · 2 comments · ping it