Entries from July 2009

July 16, 2009

A Tale of Two Houses

#1 A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas [...]

July 15, 2009

Customer Service

What the hell is customer service?  Does any company believe in it anymore?  Oh I’m quite sure that it is mandated by executives, but does anyone on the sales floor practice good customer service?   I went to Academy, the other day, with both of my children.  (Wow, that sounds weird!)  I had The Boy [...]

July 8, 2009

The less there is to do, the busier I am?

It feels like the less I have going on, the less time I have, too.  Weird phenomena.  It is the same concept of getting a raise, but not having any extra money.  Well, unless you are a Dave Ramsey fan, spend wisely, and save like a mo fo.  I took some time off of school, kind [...]