Monthly Archives: July 2008

I’m doubting the coolness of traffic receivers

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Joel

Yesterday morning, I was driving along to Philadelphia, minding my own business, when my GPS device (with a built-in traffic receiver) alerted me to a significant delay on I-676 — greater than 30 mins, and suggested rerouting me to Route … Continue reading →

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Updates and ideas

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Joel

Hey hey hey.  When I have some free time (not), I’m going to start scanning in old photos from the family photo albums.  I’ve moved my old Growing Up photos to a new photo gallery. A little posterity never hurt … Continue reading →

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Here fishy fishy fishy…..

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Joel

Doug and Kathy came over for dinner and brought the fish tank and all the paraphernalia.  We are now the proud owners of 8 freshwater guppies and other assorted fish, plus a fish tank and stand, etc.  It’s sitting in … Continue reading →

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The land before good children’s movies

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Joel

Ugh, we watched The Land Before Time, an 1988 animated movie from Don Bluth, the same fellow who produced The Secret of Nimh.  I’m glad I’m not allergic to corn, because this movie was corny and just terrible.  Thank goodness … Continue reading →

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A lazy July 4th 2008

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Joel

Ah, nothing better than a 3-day weekend.  Well, that’s not true.  I do appreciate the rare 4-day weekend (e.g. Thanksgiving.) Yesterday, due to unforeseen circumstances, I ended up working from home.  There was an early dismissal, but it didn’t matter … Continue reading →

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Joel’s Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Joel

Ever heard of Emotional Intelligence (EI)? We had an interesting all-day session on Wednesday at the office about EI. Turns out that my social style is “The Expressive Style.” I found the session useful, but similar to a class I … Continue reading →

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