It has been over 22 years since I registered flysoup.com and thought it would be a good time to share the origin story of the site’s name. So, why share this story now, over two decades later? Well, I recently decided to change web hosting providers, and in the process of reinstalling WordPress and importing my old content, I reread all my previous posts. While this blog now represents a snapshot in time for me, I keep it in place for nostalgic reasons. This trip down memory lane inspired me to finally tell the tale of how flysoup.com came to be.
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Anagrams are revealing
Anagrams sometimes seem to reveal much more than you’d think they could. One of my recent favorites:
Continue readingWatching other people’s stuff
I’m at Starbucks working on my laptop and a guy comes over to me. He points to the table where he’s sitting and his expensive-looking Sony Vaio:
Continue readingMy favorite optical illusion.
I’ve always loved optical illusions, but this one by far is my favorite. Why? Some ask a question such as, “which line is longer?” By the way it’s worded, you know it’s really a trick question and that the lines are probably the same length, even though they may not quite look that way…
Continue reading31 Different Ways To Tie Your Shoes
I love learning new and interesting ways of doing normal, everything things. Here’s a nice list of different ways of lacing up your shoes or sneakers.
Continue readingThe Girlscouts and their cookies
I hate Girl Scout cookies.
Actually, I love them, which is exactly why I hate them. They taste good and they’re great with a large glass of milk. But lets face it. They’re not particularly good for you.
Continue readingMy love/hate relationship with Sprint.
Sprint and I have an understanding. I leave them alone and they leave me alone. As long as I don’t rock the boat, my service is good. There are no billing issues and I take my phone for granted.
Occasionally however I do something silly. A new plan is advertised that looks appealing… so appealing in fact that I decide to switch from a plan that has served me well to this brand new plan. That’s the moment that things go wrong. I rocked the boat. I should have known better but the new service looked so shiny and new that I couldn’t resist.
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