Category: Life

Col­lec­tion of thoughts and issues, as I work them out. These rarely have any chrono­log­i­cal val­ue, but just get fit in with the rest of things.

The Check Is In The Mail

It looks like I’m not the only one who can’t fig­ure out what year it is (or was, in this case): Dear Jason Cole­man,Your Epson $20.00 rebate check has been sent via 1st class mail on 12/28/2006. Please allow ade­quate time for deliv­ery.Sin­cere­ly,Epson Rebate Admin­is­tra­tor From an e‑mail I recieved today regard­ing some Hol­i­day shop­ping rebating.

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Ethical Shopping

It’s Christ­mas Eve, and since Angela and I are just stick­ing around town this hol­i­day, we decid­ed to go run a few errands ear­li­er today. One of which was to go buy Sta­ples to pick up some print­er paper (I specif­i­cal­ly say Sta­ples, because they’re at the end of the street, about six blocks away).… Con­tin­ue read­ing Eth­i­cal Shopping

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Calendar Girls & Boys

A new year is fast approach­ing and you’re going to need a new wall cal­en­der. Why not con­sid­er pur­chas­ing a “When Har­ry Met Mag­gie” cal­en­der from LuLu.com. You’ll get 12+1 full col­or pho­tos of our two love­ly and charis­mat­ic pooches to bring you cheer through the year. You’ll see them grow from young pups into… Con­tin­ue read­ing Cal­en­dar Girls & Boys

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Office Christmas Party

Jason & Ang­ie at this year’s SPA Christ­mas Par­ty. Who knew I could look that smug? Copy­right 2005 Scott Gutier­rez Last Sat­ur­day evening, Angela and I drove to Vir­ginia Beach to attend the com­­pa­ny-wide Christ­mas Par­ty. We had most of the Vir­ginia Beach and Rich­mond officesin atten­dance for a great din­ner and the chance for… Con­tin­ue read­ing Office Christ­mas Party

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End of the Rode

I received an e‑mail today with absolute­ly noth­ing new in it today. It was an e‑mail that I knew was com­ing and I knew almost exact­ly what it would say. What I did­n’t know is just how sad I’d be when I saw it. My friends’ band, Green Rode Shot­gun, are going their sep­a­rate ways. They’ve… Con­tin­ue read­ing End of the Rode

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How I Know I’ll Be Married A Long Time

It’s not secret that two things that real­ly pull on my wife’s heart strings are pup­py dogs and lit­tle, gray-haired old men. Then there’s pup­py dogs who resem­ble lit­tle, gray haired old men (as in these). She can bare­ly stand to look at them with­out run­ning the risk of get­ting emo­tion­al. How­ev­er, it’s the fact… Con­tin­ue read­ing How I Know I’ll Be Mar­ried A Long Time

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