Ode to the anonymous poster

You know those things that are on your to-do list that just never seem to get done? One of mine is responding to comments left on my blog. I thoroughly enjoy reading all of your comments. I really do, but I'm not good at quipping back. Originally I saw blogging not as a way to engage in conversation but simply to promote the International Society for Kevin Consciousness. I also wanted people to feel free to say whatever they wanted to say without...

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Welcome to my stuff again

Long overdue is this fourth installation of Welcome to My Stuff™. This one comes almost as a response to a dare in which I jovially mentioned that if I were not able to come up with any more stuff of mine to write on, I may have to resort to the sock drawer. Some fellow bloggers held me to it. Here goes.Obviously the six pair shown here don't constitute my entire sock collection. My other socks are hidden under that Tiffany blue bathing suit that...

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Making call center phone calls short and sweet

. . . unlike this post.Since I accepted this call center job over a year ago I have acquired a knack for dealing quickly and efficiently with people over the phone. I have since accepted a position with another department in the company, one which sadly no longer entails dealing with bewildered chaps on the phone, but for the sake of my fellow compatriots and cube-mates I want to leave with a few hints and tips for efficiently but politely wrapping up a call. For those readers who are not my compatriots and cube-mates, I invite you to have a candid...

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Happy blogiversary to cocktailswithkevin.com

On the day I turned 30, I woke up prematurely around 5:30 in the morning. It was a Saturday as I recall, and for whatever reason I couldn't fall back asleep, so I sat in my comfy plaid chair in the living room and downloaded birthday music. One of my favorites was a tune by the Arrogant Worms called, ever so justly, "The Happy Happy Birthday Song." The lyrics are high-larious and worth googling but I think the gist of the song can be summed up with...

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Welcome to my stuff 3

Hello and welcome to another exciting episode of Welcome to My Stuff™ . This is the time of the week when I take a snapshot of various belongings found throughout my home and share them with you, our home audience. Today's edition of Welcome to My Stuff™ is a very special one indeed because not only will I be showing you some of my stuff, I will specifically be showing you some brand new stuff. Everyone loves brand new stuff, right?Nod heads in...

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Dove foundation seeks to eradicate quality soft-core porn

Last night I received a call from someone who identified herself as a representative from the Dove Foundation. Let me just say that this woman irritated me six ways til Sunday. For starters she opened up the conversation with "May I please speak to the lady of the house?"Is it just me, or is the term lady of the house now somewhat patronizing and dated if not just plain sexist? The fact that she asked for the lady of the house is presumptuous for...

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Welcome to my stuff part deux

To those who have tuned in for another exciting episode of Welcome to My Stuff™ I'm glad you thought enough of the first installation to return. To those who checked out the first one, thought it sucked and inadvertently came back not realizing this is the day where I write about my stuff, I'm sorry. I'm not promising this will be any better than last week. To those who check my blog on a regular basis and would have double clicked me regardless...

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Worthless memos in the workplace

A coworker just passed me a memo. The company I work for, especially my department, loves to send memos. All the fellow drones and I could wallpaper our cubes three times over with the memos we get and still have some left over to line our cats' litter boxes with at home. This is a Fortune 500 company with computer terminals on every desk and a high speed internet connection that's ideal for blogging and yet they still pass out the latest nebulous...

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Poltergeist activity in my home?

This morning I got up to retrieve my 12-week-old daughter from her crib and noticed that she was laying perpendicular to how her mother and I had put her to bed. Each night after diapering, feeding and reading we strap her in her Cradle Me Blanket by Baby Boo. It's basically a receiving blanket with some flaps that fold over her tummy and keep her feeling snug thanks to the power of Velcro technology. I usually leave her little arms free to move...

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Name a place where you're often kept awake by someone's incessant talking?

Beginning this morning at 6:30 AM people started landing on cocktailswithkevin.com after googling -- get this -- Name a place where you're often kept awake by someone's incessant talking. I mean people from all over the United States, everywhere from Houston Texas to Sacramento California, to Birmingham Alabama to Joliet Illinois. It wasn't just a slew of people all at once either. They came in scattered numbers throughout the day into the evening. How freaking bizarre is that?I'm guessing there was some sort of trivia question either on the radio...

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