Author Archives: Doug

This blog is being penned from Gil’s Cafe on Milwaukee’s East Side. How does Milwaukee have an East Side, if it’s bordered on the east by Lake Michigan? A fascinating question. I think it’s because the direction is relative to … Continue reading →

There are a couple things worth noting in today’s blog regarding change. For one, I am changing jobs at the end of this week. Though this change is the right move career-wise, it’s no less difficult saying goodbye to the … Continue reading →

For all you Bradley fans out there in Chicago, we will be congregating at Belly’s tonight for the game. Click on this link to see where it is. First person to recognize Mike or I that doesn’t know us yet … Continue reading →

I write this blog during commercial breaks of Scrubs. The second episode on tonight is absolutely fantastic. If I spent the next 48 straight hours watching Scrubs and reading online articles about Bradley Braves basketball, and if every commercial was … Continue reading →

Comments trickled in over the last couple of weeks that people didn’t appreciate the Little Pepe pickle as much as his pickle brothers. Why hate Little Pepe I ask? Just because he’s a bit smaller, and a bit spicier, does … Continue reading →

As Mike mentioned in his previous post, our green “What a Stupid Idea” t-shirt made for one great St. Patty’s day shirt! Check out Megan sporting this beauty. Thanks for supporting us Meg!

This is a big week for redheads and pickle lovers: St. Patrick’s Day of course! We got things started early as usual here in Chicago, with a raucous celebration at the South Side Irish Parade on Sunday morning. Good weather … Continue reading →

This post has little to do with pickles, but it’ll grab your interest if you’re a geek anyway. Google bought Writely yesterday, launching a full frontal attack on Microsoft. Writely is a very cool online word processor, that lets one, … Continue reading →

I want to throw a belated shout out to Kerstin Furneisen, our wonderful designer who came up with the POTM logo. It seems we never actually told her we ended up using her logo (a big oops! on our part). … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever done any sort of programming or word processing, you know the seductive power of the Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V key combinations. All these words copied and pasted so quickly! This is more efficient than the ESPN Plays of … Continue reading →