22 Feb 10 The Clipper Club
I’ve been going to get a haircut for months. Yes months. It had been at least six months since I last got one.
My hair is thick, and I’ve never been able to do anything with it. I’ve usually just had a buzz cut all over 2-3 times a year.
Why am I telling you all this? Just to show you what a hopeless case I am, but how my outlook has been recently transformed.
How? Well, those of you who know me know that I am a Twitterholic. I happened to see The Clipper Club one day while I was rambling about in the Twitterverse. Now, bearing in mind what I’ve said above, I was skeptical about being pampered. I’m not really a macho type of guy either, I just need a haircut OK?
My wife told me to go and get a haircut and it would be her valentine treat for me.
So I did. Now I’m converted. I understand the pampering bit now. I didn’t go for the full monty. Just a haircut.
First impressions? I walked into The Clipper Club and I get a great welcome.
That’s always nice. Lori was not only a great barber, but great company for a half hour.
Aside from a great haircut, I left feeling like we were almost old friends!
Lori expressed surprise that I succumbed to her advice. She made a few suggestions in regard to my grooming, and I was more than happy to cede to her professional judgement.
I’ll certainly be going back again, and I won’t wait six months either.
I think I really might have the full works next time too. I quite like the idea of a full neck and shoulder massage. I spend way too many hours in front of this computer!
The after effects?
I’ve taken to using shampoo on my hair again, instead of a bar of soap, and I’ve taken Lori’s advice and started to use Woody’s Pomade to try and get my hair to stay where I comb it, and where I want it to be instead of where it decides to go all on its own!
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10 Aug 08 Social Media – Twitter
I guess when you use many online services, and when many people in your online circle do too, you tend to be a little surprised when you find those that have never heard of it.
One example of this is Twitter.
I use Twitter daily, multiple times daily. What do I use it for? I keep in touch with the wide world with world news from the BBC; I get hurricane alert news; Cricket scores, and local weather. I also keep track of some of the local bloggers and them of me, as we tweet snippets during the day.
I also use it to keep in touch with my wife when we in different places, as it’s easy to use via SMS on a cellphone. It’s the brevity that’s good too. Not a huge amount of options – just 140 characters of text (which can be a URL) and away you go.
Perhaps it sounds a pointless little app. What’s wrong with a phone call, or just a text message. Well, nothing perhaps, but that forced brevity is good compared to a phone call that is meant to be short, but goes on for a half hour or more; twittering is easier if you’re at a PC, than finding the cellphone and using the keypad, even if you’ve got a latest generation smartphone.
I would suggest you try it out if you haven’t. You might find it’s more useful than you imagined.
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05 Apr 08 Intelligence Test
You are most welcome to comment with the answers, and I’ll reply with your score, if you leave a valid email address (so everyone else can’t read it that comes here after you!)
1.Do they have a 4th of July in England?
2.How many birthdays does the average man have?
3.Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
4.How many outs are there in an inning?
5.Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow’s sister?
6.Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
7.If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
8.A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour.
How many minutes would the pills last?
9.A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left?
10.How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?
11.How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
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