Author: Joel Gross

Pirates in Somalia have grown increasingly more organized and powerful over the last few years and this year they have set records with the amount of booty they are taking.‚  You may think I’m joking, but unfortunately these pirates have seized over a hundred ships this year alone.‚  A couple of days ago, Somalian pirates captured their biggest prize yet- a Saudi oil tanker carrying over $100 million of oil.‚ … read more “Pirates In Somalia Grow Bolder”

How should you best handle confrontation and conflict with people around you?

Don’t be like me. 1

I have been reflecting lately and after talking to some of my friends and other people, I have realized that I carry a significantly more confrontational style of interacting with others than most people.‚  Even at work, there have been a couple of incidents where I stopped behaving like a friendly professional and went into a battle mode.‚ … read more “How to Handle Confrontation and Conflict”

The show Arrested Development has arrested my development.. I spent 5 hours watching back to back episodes on Hulu.com yesterday and another 5.5 hours so far tonight watching it.‚  I am now on Episode 19 of season 1.‚  Painful.

People everywhere are so incredibly stupid sometimes.‚  I really don’t get how our world has managed to survive intact with people constantly inadvertently trying to end it.

Ugh

The Japanese have all of the best game shows. Check out this one where people have to cross 3 spinning platforms without getting tossed into the scalding water on the sides! That’s what the buckets of ice are for lol.

… read more “Japanese Game Show with Scalding Water!”

I regularly go for runs all over Seattle and here is a couple of photographs of what you will find at the east end of Yesler.

Cool house… this guy has a great view.

Watch the video of the effects of crystal meth on this poor woman. One more reason why I don’t do drugs!

… read more “Kids, Crystal Meth is Baaaad…”