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| LJS (that's Long John Silver for you land lovers) was recently voted best fish restaurant in Columbia City. Can you understand why I'm struggling with the culture here? | | |
| Gifts For 20 Bucks!
Here they are…gifts for $20.
1. Bodum Chambord 3-Cup Coffee Press $19.99
Target
A French press is the BEST way to make coffee. This $20 gadget can make better tasting coffee than a $2000 machine, and can be used to make regular coffee or late.
2. School Supplies for an Asian Orphan $20
Asia's Hope
In lieu of a gift, give an orphan in Asia the supplies they need for school. Asia’s hope is a unique organization that partners with indigenous ministries to meet the physical, spiritual and educational needs of Asia’s poor. A special certificate will be sent to your recipient to inform them that a gift has been given in their honor. This is REALLY COOL!
3. Black Diamond Ion LED Headlamp $19.99
REI
I have different brand, but it is very similar to this model. The LED headlamp will work for hundreds of hours on one set of batteries. I use this for camping, bike riding, running/walking in the neighborhood and especially working on my car. This is a great gift for guys and adventurous girls too.
4. Rand McNally Road Atlas (Spiral Bound 8 ½” x 11”) $15
Wal-Mart or Borders
You can’t buy one of those really cool navigation systems for 20 bucks, but you can help your directionally challenged friend or family member with this book of maps. (It should be noted that is could be an unexciting gift to receive.)
Enjoy the Gift Giving.
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| Some Great Christmas Gift Ideas
Friday will mark the official start of the Christmas shopping season. I understand that the retail industry starts advertising for the Christmas Season sometime in October, but the REAL shopping season doesn’t start until after Thanksgiving.
For those such as my good friend Jeremy Wike who struggle in the gift buying area, I will be launching a special Xanga series on great Christmas gift Ideas.
Stay tuned for the first installment: Great Gifts Under $20. Coming Soon
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| A list of restaurants around the country that I can wholeheartedly endorse:
Pittsburgh, PA
Casbah
Eleven
Morton’s
* Not as good as Indianapolis, better than Rosemont, IL.
Chicago, IL
Gibson’s
Hugo’s Frog Bar (Same chef and kitchen as Gibson’s)
Akron, OH
Ken Stewart’s Lodge (a new more casual addition to the very good KS Grille)
Canton, OH
Ninety One (in Jackson, Haven’t been to N. Canton Location)
Indianapolis, IN
Morton’s
Washington, DC
Old Ebbit Grille
• I should note in the DC section, that Bobby Van’s has been routinely voted the best Steakhouse in
DC. I have eaten here and can’t recommend it. I must say that the level of service and quality of food are not as good for a party of two as for the large table of businessmen. My steak was unimpressive.
Nashville, TN
F. Scott’s (in Green Hills)
Rotier’s
Hilton Head, SC
Brick Oven Café
Cincinnati, OH
Jag’s (in Westchester)
Montgomery Inn
Columbus, OH
Brio Tuscan Grille
The Yard Club (in Hilliard)
Louisville, KY
Maker’s Mark Lounge
I’m sure there are more…but if you’re hungry here you go.
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| I recently celebrated an anniversary. No, not a year since I last posted to this site, though almost. Erin and I did recently celebrate our 2-year anniversary, but this is also not the subject of this entry. Actually, I recently marked a year with my current employer and the completion of my first year in the business world. In honor of this passing of time, I have elected to note a few things I have learned.
1. After a year of working somewhere you are not “new” anymore, and yet you’re still new.
Let me explain. There comes a time in the business world where people stop overlooking your mistakes and start hating you because you’re not the “new kid” anymore, and frankly you ought to know better. Ironically, the same people will never give you any respect for doing things right because they’ve been there fifteen years and you’ve just the “new kid.” I think these people must be ignored.
2. People are basically driven by self-serving motivations.
This is a basic component of human nature. Don’t forget it, or you will be very disappointed by people. Defy it and you WILL surprise people.
3. E-mail may have been invented by the Devil himself.
E-mail allows for lightning fast, impersonal and down right nasty communications. People are inclined to e-mail things that we would never say to someone’s face. To make it worse, e-mail features c.c. allowing us to include third parties in our little digital spats. Lastly, our e-mails live forever somewhere in cyber space where they can be used against us in the future. Now I know why people like Condi Rice don’t use e-mail.
4. People who live to work are good at work.
Basically, people who are obsessed with their work dedicate enough time and energy to succeed at it. At the end of the day though, all they have is their work. People who have other priories in life have to be ok with allowing workaholics to be better than us at our jobs. By the way, on occasion by some stroke of genius, it is possible to outperform the workaholic. In the event that this occurs, duck.
This is not all I’ve learned, but all I care to write about today. I may post again in the next 3 months, then again maybe I won’t.
Peace,
Seth
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