JPNor's blog

I don't know why this pisses me off as much as it does. If I walk into the bathroom at the office, I don't give a rats ass if the seat is up or down. I honestly don't even mind if a paper towel is on the floor six inches away from the trash bin. Hey, at least you tried.

As some of you may know, and most of you likely don't care, I am the business development manager for a small investigative firm. My primary job responsibilities basically involve onboarding new clients and overseeing the sales and marketing process. My job doesn't require a whole lot of selling (read: No cold calls. Wheeee!) but I manage the entire selling process and the 5 people that make things happen.

As some of you may know, and most of you likely don't care, I am the business development manager for a small investigative firm. My primary job responsibilities basically involve onboarding new clients and overseeing the sales and marketing process. My job doesn't require a whole lot of selling (read: No cold calls. Wheeee!) but I manage the entire selling process and the 5 people that make things happen.

Roughly 30 minutes after I posted yesterday's blog, a street performer by the name of Vermin Supreme showed up across the street with a megaphone and wearing a boot on his head. Over the course of the next 15 minutes, the crowd around him grew and grew until there was no more room on the sidewalk - eventually the crowd had poured out onto the street and was impeding traffic. I was amazed that such a huge crowd of people would form for a street performer, until.......

Roughly 30 minutes after I posted yesterday's blog, a street performer by the name of Vermin Supreme showed up across the street with a megaphone and wearing a boot on his head. Over the course of the next 15 minutes, the crowd around him grew and grew until there was no more room on the sidewalk - eventually the crowd had poured out onto the street and was impeding traffic. I was amazed that such a huge crowd of people would form for a street performer, until.......

I'm not a real political guy but I feel I can hold my own in a political discussion without sounding like a complete moron or an arrogant prick. Although this week has been interesting - politics has literally been in my face everywhere I go. In case you don't have a TV or visit any of the news websites, the New Hampshire Primary is today. So for the last 3 or 4 days, almost all the presidential candidates have been running around the state trying to garner support from independents and undecideds, while nearly every major media outlet in the nation has been following them around.

I'm not a real political guy but I feel I can hold my own in a political discussion without sounding like a complete moron or an arrogant prick. Although this week has been interesting - politics has literally been in my face everywhere I go. In case you don't have a TV or visit any of the news websites, the New Hampshire Primary is today. So for the last 3 or 4 days, almost all the presidential candidates have been running around the state trying to garner support from independents and undecideds, while nearly every major media outlet in the nation has been following them around.

I know, I'm very late on the Orange Box bandwagon. So I won't bore you with the details that you already know. Here's my Wicked Quick Review for Portal.

Fuckin' rocks.

Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to playing Portal.

I know, I'm very late on the Orange Box bandwagon. So I won't bore you with the details that you already know. Here's my Wicked Quick Review for Portal.

Fuckin' rocks.

Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to playing Portal.

If I had thought about visiting the Valve store sooner, I would have thrown this on my Christmas list:

There's some other cool geek shit at http://store.valvesoftware.com/ but the fuzzy WCCs are IMO the coolest.