Random Thoughts

The following are essays on a wide range of topics. Some are funny, some are serious, but they are all quite random. Read and enjoy!

 

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Customers: a scientific breakdown

 You hear a lot about customer service these days. How every business attempts to provide superior customer service; unfortunately, it's only catchphrases and buzzwords for the most part. But one of the major impediments to providing superior customer service is the customer himself.  Read More...

It's not easy being green. Nor cheap.

Desperately searching for some appropriate bathroom material this morning, I happened upon a catalog that the Redheaded Hippie Chick received sometime last week. She's started receiving something called "Gaiam Real Goods" as part of her membership though an environmental co-op. Read More...

Luddite? Fudd-ite*? Nah, just hippie

"Gaaah! Stupid machine!" The Redheaded Hippie Chick was exasperated, and I was doing my best to play calm and collected tech support professional on the other end of the phone. It was day three of reformat-the-computer-sure-it-will-be-easy, and things were not going well. Read More...

Forgotten joys

"Well, here it is. I don't even know if it still works," the Redheaded Hippie Chick tells me as she sets the leather bag on the table. "I'm sure it at least needs batteries." Read More...

 

Some morning absurdity

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Gunmen shot dead 47 civilians and left their bodies in a ditch near Birmingham Thursday as militia battles and sectarian reprisals followed the bombing of a sacred Presbyterian shrine. Baptist Christians suspended their participation in talks on a new government. Read More...