It has been over 22 years since I registered flysoup.com and thought it would be a good time to share the origin story of the site’s name. So, why share this story now, over two decades later? Well, I recently decided to change web hosting providers, and in the process of reinstalling WordPress and importing my old content, I reread all my previous posts. While this blog now represents a snapshot in time for me, I keep it in place for nostalgic reasons. This trip down memory lane inspired me to finally tell the tale of how flysoup.com came to be.
Continue readingAnagrams are revealing
Anagrams sometimes seem to reveal much more than you’d think they could. One of my recent favorites:
Continue readingWatching other people’s stuff
I’m at Starbucks working on my laptop and a guy comes over to me. He points to the table where he’s sitting and his expensive-looking Sony Vaio:
Continue readingMy favorite optical illusion.
I’ve always loved optical illusions, but this one by far is my favorite. Why? Some ask a question such as, “which line is longer?” By the way it’s worded, you know it’s really a trick question and that the lines are probably the same length, even though they may not quite look that way…
Continue reading31 Different Ways To Tie Your Shoes
I love learning new and interesting ways of doing normal, everything things. Here’s a nice list of different ways of lacing up your shoes or sneakers.
Continue readingThe Girlscouts and their cookies
I hate Girl Scout cookies.
Actually, I love them, which is exactly why I hate them. They taste good and they’re great with a large glass of milk. But lets face it. They’re not particularly good for you.
Continue readingMy love/hate relationship with Sprint.
Sprint and I have an understanding. I leave them alone and they leave me alone. As long as I don’t rock the boat, my service is good. There are no billing issues and I take my phone for granted.
Occasionally however I do something silly. A new plan is advertised that looks appealing… so appealing in fact that I decide to switch from a plan that has served me well to this brand new plan. That’s the moment that things go wrong. I rocked the boat. I should have known better but the new service looked so shiny and new that I couldn’t resist.
Continue readingWelcome
Let the blogging begin…