http://jasongaunt.com Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:30:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let me preface this by saying that I know life is not fair. If life isn't fair, we can assume by the transitive property of work being part of life that work is also not fair. Logically, I know this. It doesn't make it any easier to swallow, but I ... http://jasongaunt.com/2009/04/latest-rumblings-about-initech/ Hello, hello and welcome to another fine round of "this is Jason's blog". I know it has been ages since I've blogged, so I thought I would take some time today to verify I still remember how to do this. Over the past however long I've been spending most of my ... http://jasongaunt.com/2009/02/sad-pandas/ So over the course of the last few weeks, I have become a pawn in the game of "flavored water". The game that includes such luminaries as Gatorade, Propel, Sobe and Vitamin Water. For some reason I have become addicted to Glaceau's Vitamin Water Essential (aka Orange). I dig the vitamin  ... http://jasongaunt.com/2008/09/the-virtues-and-humor-of-vitamin-waterif-carrie-underwood-likes-it-it-must-be-good/ So it's been quite a long, long time. If I recall correctly, a senior year has come and gone and now a freshman year of college has begun. In fact it may have been Z's junior year when I last posted with any regularity. So here I am, as confused as ... http://jasongaunt.com/2008/09/im-back-or-am-i/ I don't know why, I didn't hear this anywhere tonight that I know of... The Leader of the Band An only child Alone and wild A cabinet makers son His hands were meant For different work And his heart was known To none -- He left his home And went his lone And solitary way And he gave to me A gift I ... http://jasongaunt.com/2007/05/stuck-in-my-head/ I can't explain it, I know it is a tourist trap, but Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville Orlando feels like coming home to me. I could sit on the deck at the Porch of Indecision for hours on end. I could wander the gift shop and drop hundreds if not thousands of ... http://jasongaunt.com/2007/05/feels-like-going-home/ I heard this again last week, for the first time in a long time. It spoke to me about a lot of things and when it was done, I wanted to hear it again. I'd still like to hear it again, but I keep forgetting to bring that CD with me to ... http://jasongaunt.com/2007/04/somewhere-theres-a-stolen-halo/ PEOPLE - We HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET in Schoolcraft. YES, I said High Speed internet while I house/cat sit. I dig me some Alltel EVDO wireless/cellular broadband. I downloaded 18 MB in six minutes. Over her dialup that would have taken an hour and a half!!! So, I might get back ... http://jasongaunt.com/2007/04/rockin-the-broadband-in-schoolcraft/ Don't give up It's just the weight of the world When your heart's heavy I...I will lift it for you Don't give up Because you want to be heard If silence keeps you I...I will break it for you Everybody wants to be understood Well I can hear you Everybody wants to be loved Don't give up Because you are loved Don't give ... http://jasongaunt.com/2007/04/you-are-loved-dont-give-up-josh-groban/ So I've discovered the wonderful thing that the Kalamazoo Kingdom Indoor Soccer Complex has wireless internet access. This is an excellent diversion in between paying attention to Z's practice. I like this a lot, I can sit at a table, watch the practice and still type away. So consider this ... http://jasongaunt.com/2007/03/ballin/