http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog More on the Fej than you care to be. More on the Fej than you care to know. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:31:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let’s start with this. I am connected. I have a Blackberry. I blog. I tweet. I’m on Facebook. I’m LinkedIn. I have my own domain. This is all for both work and personal reasons. I’ve found myself opening my Blackberry RSS reader at red traffic lights. I’ve had my lovely wife ... http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/12/20/technology-induced-add/ Sure, there are only so many words in the English language. And being concerned with Branding myself, I understand the desire for a memorable and original organization name. But I have recently come upon a few company names that confuse me. The late 90s brought us wacky, non sequitur company names. ... http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/12/09/kitschy-company-names/ So, this has been bugging me since I read about it on Friday. I logged onto the soon-to-be former governor of Alaska's Facebook page so I could read her statement criticizing everybody who was being critical of her impending resignation. But I got stuck reading to Wall Posts from her ... http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/07/05/palin-i-just-cant-help-myself/ http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/06/25/rip-mj/ I wrote almost a year ago about McDonald's attempt to steal coffee customers from Starbucks. The Golden Arches attempt way back in July 2008 was to tell Starbucks customers they were snobs who only read obscure Russian literature (note the Commie undertone). At the same time, you were dumb to ... http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/05/17/i-like-starbucks-ctd/ Thursday I headed up after work for my first mid-week ski training. I got to the ski area just after six p.m. All of the midweek rain in Bellingham meant more than a foot of new snow at Baker. I was the only person at the ski area. Understandably, the ... http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/05/10/two-weeks-before-ski-to-sea/ Like poop jokes, dogs in commercials are always funny. It is so easy to assign human emotions to the K9, and even make them talk without it being creepy (as opposed to computer-generated talking babies, which should illegal). DVRs are so great, for many reasons, one of which is skipping commercials ... http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/05/10/animal-ad-watch/ Another weekend, another drive to Baker. I went a little further this week to the White Salmon trail. It is after mile marker 51, and about 1300 feet higher than the Salmon Ridge trail. What does this mean? Snow. Actual snow. This trip was great. Again a crisp, crystal clear day. ... http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/05/03/xc-skiing-three-weeks-and-counting/ The Alpha Dogs Ski to Sea website has gone live. http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/04/28/the-alpha-dogs-online/ Ice Sucks. Snow rocks. Last week, ratio of bad to good was about 80/20. This week it was 40/60. That’s a pretty healthy swing in the right direction, in my humble opinion. That being said, I think I’m going to have some bruising from this time. Everything was more this week: more fun, ... http://www.lechtanski.net/weblog/2009/04/26/xc-skiing-round-2/