My wife’s iPod Touch stopped working and after an online search I realized it was due to a battery that would no longer hold a charge. I found this iPod touch repair website and rather then order the parts to do it myself, I sent the iPod to them and they took care of it for me. They made the process painless and kept me posted on when it arrived, after they’d replaced the battery, while testing and finally when it was sent back.

This is a commercial that should make you laugh…

This one made the Today Show and got a bunch of press so I’d be surprised if you haven’t seen it yet…

The Job, was created by Screaming Frog Productions. Written & Directed by Jonathan Browning and acted & crewed by some of the most amazing people on the planet!

The Job has played at over 135 film festivals around the world and has been honored with 28 international awards.

The new single from The Lonely Island’s debut album “INCREDIBAD.” Featuring Seth Rogen. The Lonely Island is Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone.

Someone recently sent me a link to a video that has been around for a long time and it made me realize that there are plenty of videos out there looking for a new audience so I’ve decided to start posting my favorite online videos. The Skeletor Show is one of my favorite video series online because it reminds me of simpler times… If you’ve never seen an episode there are several to watch on YouTube and I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of them, especially if you used to watch He-Man.

I recently visited Disneyland and was reminded about the obesity epidemic we’re facing here in the US. My wife, son and I decided to grab a bite to eat at one of the restaurants. They seated us at a table next to a larger then life couple and I had to move the table so I could get into my seat, fortunately there was no one sitting on the other side where my wife and son sat or so we thought… Moments later a group of copious women were seated at the empty table behind my wife and before you knew it both my wife and I were having trouble breathing due to the pressure of the table on our rib cages. It truly amazed me that these people didn’t seem to have any concern about how uncomfortable they’d made us and when I moved my chair out into the isle they spread their mass even more.

I know some airlines have already started charging people over a certain weight for an extra seat and I hope this isn’t coming across the wrong way but I think restaurants should start setting aside special seating for the obese. Most states have eliminated smoking sections so that leaves the door wide open for super sized seating or whatever politically correct term they want to use.

I’ve been banking with Bank of America for almost seven years now and they’re on the verge of loosing me because of that one annoying teller… You know the one, she missed the day when they taught that the customer was always right. Bank of America already makes it difficult for someone with personal and business accounts to transfer money between accounts. Whenever I get checks for my business, I have to deposit them in the business account and then wait a day or so before going into the bank to have a teller transfer money from the business account to my personal account. I still don’t understand why my accounts can’t all be linked together so that I can do everything online, like at my new bank Wells Fargo.

To add insult to an already pain in the ass process there is that one annoying teller that refuses to simply process the transfer on the computer… No, she says they are not supposed to do that and anyone that does it that way for me is doing it wrong. I’ve had to deal with her several times now and I’ve brought it up every time since I don’t understand why she feels the need to withdraw the money from one account and deposit it into the other via paper transactions. Why are all the other tellers able to simply do the transfer on the computer, something tells me it’s not them that is doing things wrong.

Red Velvet Sanwich Cookie

Over the past few years I’ve become extremely familiar with the Red Velvet Cake. To think I’d never even heard of it before meeting my wife six or so years ago… Now it seems like you can get some variation of Red Velvet Cake almost everywhere, whether it be in shot form at Chilis, cupcakes from Claim Jumper and even a rather nice slice of cake from California Pizza Kitchen. Today the wife baked me Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies, recipe courtesy of Paula Dean and I must say they are fabulous.

Why do people always make things seem like they take more time then they really do? I’ve recently been involved with a couple of new projects and the trend of exaggerating a simple task seems to be more rampant then ever. I get that there is an inherent desire to make yourself feel important and get others to think you’re indispensable. What I don’t get is why someone would risk having their bluff called when jobs are scarce and companies are looking for any reason to make cuts. If something takes an hour to do, don’t tell me it takes a day and then take two. Do your job and do it well because there are plenty of people just waiting for the opportunity to show you up.

I don’t want to point fingers but in my experience, IT folks and developer types are the biggest culprits when it comes to shifting the space-time continuum to suit their needs. Before starting my own business I worked for a number of different types of companies in a project manager or marketing manager capacity. The bigger the company the more rampant the problem and at one company I worked with several coworkers that actually suggested I slow down, I guess I was cramping their style. I’m not sure if this is a regional problem or if it’s happening everywhere but it definitely seems like it’s worse then ever lately, maybe it has something to do with more of the workforce being from Generation Y.

Checking and updating Facebook/Twitter/MySpace, reading Slashdot/CNN/etcetera has become part of the daily routine, not to mention managing several personal email accounts and IMing. I don’t think I could work for a company that restricted or monitored my use of the Internet  but I’m starting to think that is the only way to get people to actually do their job. Lately I’ve gotten into the habit of telling people how long I believe something should take based on my experience but it doesn’t always work because there are so many great excuses. Why are you procrastinating? What should you be doing instead of reading this post?