TSF15: Comfortable Bitchin’ – NOW ONLINE!
Posted on September 8, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | 1 Comment
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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 15: Comfortable Bitchin’
From beantown Boston to springtime Brazil, the Slackers are in rare form and are bigtime bitching and loving just about everything. Listen as they share the deliciousness of a hole-in-the-wall seafood place, the specifics of couch sleep, the ridiculousness of ranting and of baby boomers, and a bossa nova classic that was revealed by Seinfeld.
Meandering Rant: On Ranting by Chris
Book Report: Why Baby Boomers Suck by Rob
Music Segment: Waters of March (Read more about it) (Watch and Listen to Variations)
I’m no George Clooney but…
Posted on March 5, 2010 | By bmasterson | No Comments
Brian Masterson?
Some think it’s all fun and games when traveling for business. Movies are made about it (Up in the Air, Airplane, the list goes on), books are written about it, and hundreds of stories are told at businesses all over the world. Different cities, different countries, new faces, new adventures. To be fair, I have traveled more than my share in my short time of business travel, and have visited hundreds of cities and towns around the world. I have visited friends halfway around the world, eaten interesting cuisine, seen some amazing things, and had my share of fun. Someday, I hope my children can experience the same things I have been able to experience.
There is another side of business travel that most either do not know about, or care to think about. The DARK SIDE of business travel. From sitting next to and meaninglessly chatting with the nameless (and sometimes smelly) faces on airplanes, to eating dinner on your own (again), getting lost because the GPS you rented is not working, driving through snow/ice, it’s not always glamorous as some folks think it is. Think about it in these terms – for a normal week long business trip, it takes about 6-8 hrs of preparation – setting up appointments, booking flights, finding hotels close to the meetings, booking car rentals, figuring out directions to each appointment. The list goes on. And this is PRIOR to you even leaving. Read more
Dust on the Ceiling, a Meandering Rant from TSF0
Posted on November 26, 2009 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
So, did you ever have one of those days where you wake up and you don’t know what to do with yourself so you just lay in bed and stare up and think about how dust gets trapped on the ceiling, of all places, and how it is probably falling on you while you sleep and maybe that is why your hair is so dry and you flip on your computer-radio-TV and witness the same old blather-blather about pop star addictions, and lying politicians… Read more
