Category: Reviews

One more sign of government inefficiency: The Direct Loan Servicing Center through dl.ed.gov sends me an automatic email on a monthly basis to remind me to pay my loan bill. For the last THREE months the email has contained the WRONG links. I have tried to email them back several times, but there is no easy contact method.… read more “Direct Loan Servicing Center Garbage”

I purchased my Canon Powershot A540 6MP digital camera about nine months ago and have been pretty happy with it’s performance. The Canon Powershot A540 is a 6 megapixel camera with 4x optical zoom. The features on the digital camera are intuitive and easy to use. There is a scroll wheel on top of the Powershot A540 for selecting camera mode (pictures, auto focus, person, landscape, night, movie, etc.)… read more “Canon Powershot A540 Digital Camera Review”

Looking for one of the best low cost wine selections anywhere? Want very tasty food that is good for you? Do you like your food farm fresh? Do you not want to get ripped off when you are buying organic foods?

Me too. How unique we are.

I strongly recommend Trader Joe’s grocery stores if you are as interested in the above as I am.… read more “Trader Joe’s Grocery Stores”

About six months ago I went to the liquor store and purchased about a dozen bottles of liquor so that I could make drinks for my friends and I. One of the bottles that I purchased was a product by Cascade Mountain, specifically their American Gin. Plato came over shortly thereafter and he and I proceeded to mix a couple of martini’s using Cascade Mountain’s American Gin as our base ingredient.… read more “Cascade Mountain’s American Gin – Bad Taste”

Some time ago, I came across a wonderful new little web application named Gliffy. Gliffy is a free tool much like Microsoft Visio, but far easier to use and understand. Gliffy enables you to quickly create floor plans, flow charts, organizational flow charts or any other kind of visual diagram aid you might need.

I have used Gliffy to create several pretty diagrams for work and have been able to impress my superiors without having to spend hours slaving over Photoshop or Visio.… read more “Gliffy”

On Thursday, I went out on the art walk and remembered to bring my camera. I have some interesting photos of art work that I found to be better than the typical mediocre 1st Thursday Art Walk fare. Check it out below.

I found this painting to be entertaining. I can’t remember most of the artists names who’s did the work… next time I go I’m going to bring a notebook so I can take down names.

I kind of liked the welded together ping pong rackets… they sort of look to be in motion still don’t they?

The American flag above is actually a sculpture. Look closely and you can see a lot of “American” items hidden in it.

Please click more to see about a dozen more interesting photos from the art walk.

Continue reading Downtown Art Walk on Thursday

Commercial Loans in Seattle: Many commercial loan outfits in Seattle are very sleazy and closing the deal far ahead of their own customers interests. The loan officers don’t care about your business or whether you actually are successful at accomplishing your goals. The major banks in Seattle are notorious for pushing through loans that shouldn’t be funded at extortionist interest rates that end up breaking the backs of small business owners in Seattle.

The Mercedes Benz Gl450 is a beautiful automobile. Mercedes Benz has come out with a full-size sport utility vehicle that is a late entry to the market, but with good reason: they spent a lot of time perfecting the Mercedes Benz GL450. As an SUV minded person myself, I can appreciate the beauty of the 2008 Mercedes Benz GL450 in all of it’s power and glory.… read more “Mercedes Benz GL450”

After watching my first lunar eclipse tonight from the roof of my apartment building, I went with Nick Fitzer and his roommate Nick something-or-other to watch Juno. Many friends, including Plato and Jordan, told me that Juno was an excellent movie and so I have been anxious to see it for some time.

Plato repeatedly told me to take a date, but I grew impatient of waiting and I had a gift card to AMC burning a hole in my pocket.… read more “Juno Movie Review”

My good friend Rachelle has begun to write a blog. Rachelle’s blog includes various posts on fashion, photography and her life (if you look at the older posts). Rachelle worked at Microsoft for about a year as a contractor and after her contract expired, she has been doing various freelance jobs writing for newspapers and others.… read more “Rachelle Blog”