Author: Joel Gross
Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.
Justin’s Blog
My little brother Justin has joined the hordes of people attacking the internet. You can see his blog at http://justinjames.blog.com/.
“Remainder” by Tom McCarthy
I just finished reading “Remainder” by Tom McCarthy. It is a novel about a man, who after he suffers a serious head trauma and receives a massive settlement to keep quiet about it, slowly goes mad. Or perhaps he slowly goes sane and the rest of us are the mad ones. I thought it was okay, but it was a fairly arduous read.
Jeremy and I’s conversation on poor fathers
Jeremy: my dad used me to pick up my step mom
a waitress at a local restaurant
me: hahahaha
Jeremy: I’ve heard the story a few times
me: really?
Jeremy: he used me as bait, and it worked
yeah
me: what’d he do?
Jeremy: true story
me: nice
Jeremy: toted me around town, my cute chubby 5 y/o self was kind of a little feisty and attracted them in like bees to honey
I remember my dad’s first date with my stepmom
me: yeah?… read more “Jeremy and I’s conversation on poor fathers”
“Call me old fashioned…”
Windows Messenger Broke!
(*#%!!!!!!!!!!
FIX IT MBWAANA, RACHELLE, BEN, ALEX, or one of you other slacker microsoft employees! 😉
Work Party Tonight
Paaaaaaaaaaaarteeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!!!!!!!!!
Parties at my company are usually pretty entertaining because senior management does their best to go completely wild. My favorite is when Dean, one of the founders, does his “dancing in the box”. Funny as hell.
I probably won’t stay as late as I have the last couple times, because I am going to go meet up with my woman.… read more “Work Party Tonight”
Jordan: My first friend
Jordan Gross is my second brother; he’s 22, married and lives in Kent. I keep telling him that if he is going to live in the boonies and be married at such a young age, he needs to start his army. Pump out dem babies!!! The world record for most children is 69… I think you can beat it!… read more “Jordan: My first friend”
Wicked Man
My brother Justin just forwarded me this email he received from Grandma Gross. Randall Gross has abandoned his own parents in their old age. His father has suffered several strokes over the last decade and is starting to deteriorate more rapidly and his mother is trying her best to care for him, but she also is facing the hardships of the elderly.… read more “Wicked Man”
Hoo- RAH!
We had another motivational company-wide meeting today. Each of our top managers took turns talking about why what we are doing is important and what we should do about it. They had intended to have a quick 20 minute meeting followed by pizza, but they ended up stretching it out for 45 minutes. One unnamed manager, when trying to respond to the question, “What is our company mission?”,… read more “Hoo- RAH!”