http://www.escottjohnson.com Just trying to enjoy the ride... Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:36:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was just perusing Yahoo!, and noticed a story about a new diet on the front page. The promise of this diet...Eat More, Lose Weight! No, I didn't make that up. It's called Volumetrics. I'd bore you with the details, but I would just be boring you. Make sense? Anyway, I'm ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/13/oh-goodyanother-diet-plan/ Do you ever get sucked into buying a product because of its fancy new packaging? Chances are you were duped into buying the same old crap by some huckster snake oil salesman who devised a new color scheme. Well, I'm sorry to tell you...the same thing has happened to you today. ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/new-looksame-crappy-content-so-whats-new/ Does it ever seem like we're constantly inundated with completely useless information? Sure seems like it to me. Then again, you never know when that seemingly useless bit of knowledge will suddenly have merit. Allow me to explain. I used to work for a big accounting firm in Atlanta. I went ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/story-time/ There are some things I just don't understand. For instance, what makes certain people think they can just randomly stop you in a store and start talking to you? This is a totally foreign behavior to me, since I barely talk to people I know, let alone complete strangers. I was ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/people-are-strange/ A few things have piqued my interest as of late. I'll share them here. Did anyone see the story about the guy who tried to smuggle the monkey on an airplane by hiding it under his hat? This has me baffled on several different levels. Did he really think he was ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/random-musings/ Okay, I won't make a habit of this, but you need to read the attached article. It's one of the strangest pieces of journalism I've ever seen. Check out the bolded portions in particular. The one about staring at the dime is one of the oddest sentences I've ever read. ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/this-is-just-bizarre/ I admit it. I've been a little hard on the boy wizard lately. Unfair, perhaps. For the record, from my limited knowledge of the books, I don't think J.K. Rowling is introducing evil into the lives of unsuspecting children. I do; however, have one specific concern regarding books dealing with ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/okay-maybe-im-being-too-hard-on-harry/ Today's entry will be short and sweet, as I'm working like a madman at my real job to finish some things. As I was perusing the local rag this morning over a nice bagel, I nearly spit out my iced tea. The front page of my Local & State section has ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/the-whole-world-has-gone-mad/ Okay, here goes. I've never read a single word of any Harry Potter book. I know, I know. You would think an aspiring novelist would at least take a peek at the best selling series of all time, but I haven't. I honestly can't tell you why. It's not that ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/i-have-a-confession-to-make/ Does anyone remember the good ol' days? Were they really that good? I'm not even sure. The thing that got me thinking about this was the fact that we lost the internet at work for a couple of hours today. What exactly did we do before the internet? I found I ... http://www.escottjohnson.com/2008/03/11/ahhhh-the-good-ol-days/