December 2005 - Posts

All MY Missouri Friends Save at Banks
26 December 05 02:00 PM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   

The good people of Springfield, Missouri are routinely subjected to bad and cruel things. Grey winters, exposed power lines, and newscasters so awful you can't even laugh at them, just to name a few. But this year a thing so horrifying has been foisted Read More...

Filed under: Autos and Driving, Marketing

On Love and Hate
22 December 05 10:30 AM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   

Sometimes I love being me. But most of the time, I hate it. Never am I anywhere between these extremes. I sleep a third of each day away, and it's in this happy, happy time that I'm fairly fond of myself. In my dreams I lose complete track of reality. Read More...

Filed under: Improvement

Using Your Coffee Hole For Good
20 December 05 11:30 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

For whatever reason the Starbucks near our office has boxes of espresso beans stacked down their back hallway. Yesterday I found that they’re also keeping a stack of boxes in the men's restroom. So if you happen to be sitting in the Louisville, Colorado Read More...

Filed under: Coffee

Anonymous No More
19 December 05 12:30 AM | Jason Looney | 2 Comments   

I've mentioned Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) on this website a few times, but only in passing. Since my blog has helped me develop a webby relationship with many of you, I feel it's time for me to come clean. A little over eight years ago I attended my first Read More...

Filed under: Favorite Posts, Alcohol

I Gave At The Office
14 December 05 11:15 PM | Jason Looney | 2 Comments   

Now, I'm all for giving blood. Especially in sanctioned and socially-acceptable ways, for instance, the office blood drive. I especially love getting to make the same jokes every year. phil_etchell: i'd be happy to donate, they're just a little particular Read More...

Filed under: Marketing, Work

A Popcorn Social
12 December 05 07:15 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

When I say in job interviews that I'm a people person, I mean it. I just love people. I love them more than animals, more than trees, and even slightly more than I love snack cakes. The only thing I don't love about people is that, from time to time, Read More...

Filed under: Dead Animals, Snack Cakes, Food, Alcohol, Work

Five Burning Questions
05 December 05 11:00 AM | Jason Looney | 4 Comments   

Five questions that smell like burning: Should I put this Snickers bar in the freezer? I mean, I work with fairly honest people and all, but isn't an unattended and frozen Snickers bar pushing the boundary of what temptations we can reasonably expect Read More...

Filed under: Television, Food

Vermeil a Far Cry from Shanahan
02 December 05 08:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   

This column was originally published on scout.com . Perhaps the most interesting match-up in this weekend's showdown between the Broncos and Chiefs will be that of the teams' head coaches, Mike Shanahan and Dick Vermeil. Both coaches have been to and Read More...

Filed under: Sports