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Expensive Car Repairs from Firestone Seattle

I took my car in to the Firestone in Ballard to have them redo the starter on my Ford Contour that the Westlake Firestone had messed up. They redid it for free because it was under warranty, but then found $400 in other “problems” that I had to fix and pay for. Firestone sure put a hurting on my wallet.… read more “Expensive Car Repairs from Firestone Seattle”

Monday Dinner- “House of Hong” Seattle, WA

We were feeling lazy tonight, so our group just went to House of Hong in the International District of Seattle Washington. The House of Hong is an overpriced Chinese place with lots of gaudy decorations. The food was just like any low end place in Chinatown, but the prices were pretty steep for what you got.… read more “Monday Dinner- “House of Hong” Seattle, WA”

Sooo…..

I decided I am going to take a shower tonight.

Stupid Ford Contour

I took my car into the shop to get the starter checked out- however the folks at Firestone were unable to replicate the problem. They did find $200 in other work to be done though. Ack!

Joel’s Informational Pages

I created a profile on Barack Obama‘s website and am investigating how Barack’s campaign is using this tool to engage more people.

Joel in LinkedIn My recently created profile on LinkedIn, feel free to contact me.

Joel’s Myspace Profile Link to my MySpace profile for anyone who cares to check it out.

Joel’s Facebook Profile Link to my Facebook info… add me!… read more “Joel’s Informational Pages”

Joel’s New Biz Idea

I had an idea for starting a new business and would like some feedback.

There are currently lots of social networking websites that allow people to create profiles and say things about themselves. I would like to make a site that allows people to say things about other people Wikipedia style. Wiki-people. People could sign on and write reviews of their friends and publicly thank or praise them.… read more “Joel’s New Biz Idea”

Seattle Flag Football Forum

I have created the Seattle Flag Football Forum for people who are interested in setting up scrimmage games in the area.

First Thursday Art Stumble

I went on the downtown art walk last night and Bobby Fischer joined me. We started at my office building’s holiday party and had a few Mac & Jacks and then headed off to the galleries. Bobby drank harder than I’ve ever seen him drink (though I’ve only seen him drink a glass of wine or a beer at a time).… read more “First Thursday Art Stumble”

Amazing Story

Read this New York Times article on drugs, sex and murder in the high class world of investment banking. Absolutely wild.

Survival of the Fittest

I just read a ten page story in the New York Times debating the environmental ethics surrounding a bird-watcher who killed a feral cat. Most environmental ethicists cited claimed that it was right to kill the feral cat, because it was a species unnaturally introduced into the environment.

That line of reasoning is complete bullshit. The most “natural” way is to just let things happen.… read more “Survival of the Fittest”