How I Ended up Following a Makeup Blog
At Least thus far it is mostly about makeup, something I’ve never used. The reason it’s in my Blog Roll and my news feeds? Because a former student is writing it, and I generally encourage this whole blogging thing, despite the fact that I have a hard time motivating myself to blog (Fun Fact: JonWestfall.Com …
My Halloween costume: the eternal optimist.
New faculty orientation tomorrow – wonder if I’ll get to meet Mr. Okra, or if I’ll have to wait for a game.
I Definitely Grew Up in Ohio
I’ve joked about this before, but a while back it made news that Ohio was the “sweariest” state in the US. Apparently those of us who hail from the Buckeye state swore in 1 out of every 150 phone conversations in the study. Karey & I had great fun talking about this study, peppering our …
Essentials of Being A Geek
In addition to an academic, I also consider myself a “geek“. But am I really one? It seems according to BuzzFeed, I don’t make the cut. However I cite the following: I have a love of learning in depth information on a variety of subjects. I independently seek out new items to geek over, since I know …
Happy 10th Anniversary to JonWestfall.Com
A little over 10 years ago, on March 24, 2004, I posted the first entry on my LiveJournal blog – what would eventually become JonWestfall.com (I actually mentioned in that post that I was trying to figure out how to show the RSS feed from my LiveJournal blog to the relatively static homepage of JonWestfall.Com). …
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Your Geek Squad Badge Just Isn’t Worth That Much
When will Geek Squad employees (or ex-employees) learn that their badges are not worth > $100, even if… They were a deputy counter intelligence (While Double Agent badges are most common, deputy badges come up about once every 2 months) they have a low number (Unless it’s less than 100, nobody cares) I’ve seen badges …
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Quotes On Homepage
Anyone who cares might find it interesting to read some of my favorite quotes, now on the top of the sidebar on the right. You can read them by waiting 20 seconds for each to reload, or just look at the list below (automatically updated as I add quotes I find).
All Of The Bags!
I’ve often told others that I probably own more bags than they do, and my wife admits that I definitely own more “purses” (in the sense that purses = bags; and honestly fellow men, can we really pretend that the bag we take with us isn’t a purse?). I’ve decided to compile a gallery of …