Life in General

THAT guy!

April 22, 2010

THAT guy! Me with Matthew Lesko Originally uploaded by manticor24

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The Bryan Home Shopping Saga

April 12, 2010

…or “Why I decided not to buy a condo right now after all.” Since I keep having to tell people the story, then I figured I might as well write it down. It might also be a good reference for me. OK. So here’s what happened. Late in 2009, I started getting serious about home [...]

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Geek Pride

December 21, 2009

I just read this article from the New York Times about getting rid of the words “geek” and “nerd” because they’re pejorative. What a nerd. A geek would know the difference. There’s a reason why the saying goes “The GEEKS shall inherit the Earth,” and that is because we geeks are cool enough to make [...]

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Luck is a Skill (I knew it!!!)

October 13, 2009

I just stumbled across this article about luck. As counter intuitive as it may be, it seems luck actually a well-honed skill. That’s right! If you want to be lucky, all it takes is a healthy dose of optimism, and positive thinking.

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I don’t like blogging!

September 25, 2008

So why do I have a blog? It’s not fun to write about things that only I care about. I’m not really using it as a diary because it’s completely public. So what the hell? I don’t know. I’m getting tired of this thing. I really just wanted to own the domain “BryanSimonson.com”. I am [...]

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I’m not a lazy bum any more.

July 26, 2008

That’s right. I have been for awhile. Since about May 16th, my last day at iFLOOR. But those days are now over. I decided that jobs weren’t only for suckers after all. Starting (I think) next Wednesday, I will be working for Microsoft, as a contractor. Have you ever heard of Live.com? No? Well you [...]

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Good times

July 10, 2008

Today (technically yesterday) was a pretty good day. I skipped the gym because I felt mildly sneezy, but everything else was pretty cool. I interviewed for a part-time job doing IT admin stuff, and I think I did pretty well. They asked me back for a second interview tomorrow. That’s good because the company seems [...]

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Just finished my homework

July 8, 2008

Who are you, and why do you care? You’re me (because I get no other traffic), and you don’t care for that reason. Just had to clarify that point before going any further. Yeah, I just did a bunch of quadratic equations, and I’m feeling pretty proud of myself. Sure, it’s a review of Algebra [...]

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Good Ol’ Seattle Weather

December 3, 2007

Seattle is a bit rainy today. This photo was taken while I was driving to lunch in Tukwila. If you’re wondering why I would drive my Hyundai Accent (heretofore known as ‘the ultimate Korean driving machine’) into this, it’s because at first it was only about a foot deep– but I didn’t expect the lake [...]

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Kick in the head better than Citysearch ads?

June 22, 2007

Well I can tell you which one hurts more; the click. I wish I had read this or this before buying tens of thousands of clicks from them. Here’s what happened. I signed up for advertising on Citysearch, and a few weeks into it, I got a call from my account manager asking if we’d [...]

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