What A Difference A Little Customer Service Makes
Aug 30, 2004 in Things To Avoid
I’ve recently had the privelege of interacting with two vendors who had sold their goods to me: Dell and PUR, the water filter people. It’s amazing how differently I was… Read on…
Mmmm, Clean Car
Aug 29, 2004 in Otherwise Uncategorized
One of the many small miracles I get to experience as a resident of the fine city of Los Angeles is the Handy J Car Wash, a venue offering unparalelled… Read on…
Bhambriffic! DeFondtastic!
Aug 27, 2004 in B-School
I’ve only had one week of classes, but two professors already stand out as exceptional teachers. These are the guys who could teach me how to properly skin and dress… Read on…
I'm An Official Caffeine Addict
Aug 24, 2004 in B-School
So at some point in time it seemed like a good idea to start drinking coffee to get going in the morning. This quickly progressed to a venti soy latte… Read on…
Ladies And Gentlemen... Your Baltimore Blast!
Aug 23, 2004 in Spurts
One afternoon I made the — apparently fairly serious — error of hanging out in the courtyard at Popovich (the b-school building here). Somehow I ended up participating in the… Read on…
First Case Competition
Aug 21, 2004 in B-School
Friday was our first case competition. First time we had to read about somebody’s business decision and develop an alternative and present that in front of a bunch of people…. Read on…
I Am All My Nation's Colors
Aug 15, 2004 in Otherwise Uncategorized
My body has quite an extensive color palette going on right now. Starting at the bottom, we have: I got this lovely bruise from riding the mechanical bull at Union… Read on…
Go, Team! Yay, Team!
Aug 14, 2004 in B-School
Both of the teams I’m in did pretty well in their first week! My core group, A, took second in the Teamwork at Marshall day (tied with B), we came… Read on…
Team 8: The Ocho
Aug 12, 2004 in B-School
At Marshall, each class is divided into four core groups, each of which attends class together for the first year. Each core group is also divided into about a dozen… Read on…
Orientation, Day 1
Aug 9, 2004 in B-School
Today was the first day of Orientation at the Marshall School. I’m not sure that I have enough info at this time to really know how it will be, but… Read on…
How To Color-Code Your E-Mail Inbox, Calendar, Contacts And Tasks, And Hide Completed Tasks, In Outlook
Aug 8, 2004 in Switch
If you’re like me, you like to automatically have your e-mail and events and even contacts and tasks colored in Outlook. It just makes sense to have everything clear to… Read on…
Importing From Quicken Mac Into Quicken For Windows
Aug 5, 2004 in Switch
It’s harder than one thinks it might be to import your Macintosh Quicken file into your new Windows version of Quicken. Among other challenges, Quicken support uses the word “convert”… Read on…
Schwarzenothing
Aug 3, 2004 in Ye Olde Politicks
While I didn’t vote for the Governator, I was not unhappy to see him take office. A change was clearly needed in Sacramento; the state’s problems were getting larger, and… Read on…
I Call Bullshit On This Iran Stuff
Aug 1, 2004 in Ye Olde Politicks
Apparently the administration would like us to think that Iran was, or, perhaps, is now, behind al Queda. I’ll admit that, unlike Iraq and chemical weapons, there seems to be… Read on…