Reel Mowing Sucks!!!

So in an effort to go green around the house and in my garden I purchased a Scotts 20" reel mower to replace my electrical mower. My electrical mower works great, but I wanted to get something that was cordless and didn't rely on gas.



Long story short...The Scott's reel mower requires a lot of work, which includes keeping the blade clean and keeping your lawn short. This means you need to mow your lawn about twice a week. Now who the heck has enough time to mow their lawn twice a week. Needless to say, I returned the Scott's mower to Home Depot and continue to use my electric mower. Also, the reel mower busted after the fourth and last time I used it.

I'm back!!!

Okay, I know I've been away on this thing due to work, getting ready with the baby and fatherhood. Let me just say fatherhood is awesome!!! With that said, I'm not quite sure what direction to take this blog. It's been sort of a mixed bag of topics, but I think I'm going to try to focus it on running, technology, going green and fatherhood, and trying to find a balance among the four. We shall see, but I'll try to provide more content soon.

5 Things I hate about business travel

So, I'm on travel this week on business to beautiful San Diego for the week. It's been a while since I've been on travel on business and it reminded me of my time with Capgemini when I traveled Monday through Friday on six month engagements every week. Although my nice expense account, travel status, Delta Skymiles and Hyatt Diamond Points are no longer, my trip reminded me why I left the traveling world of telecom consulting. I'm a very patient traveler and can tolerate all kinds of situations, but here are my top 5 pet peeves on business travel.

5. Security Lines (primarily when people don't prepare for them, like having bottled water, don't take off their shoes, or don't take their laptops out of their bags)

4. Babies crying on the plan (I know I'm expecting one -- It's just annoying)

3. Over priced nasty food at the airport ($6 for a Miller Lite? Really?)

2. Delays (especially the ones that involve sitting on the tarmac for more than 30 mins)

1. Being away from home

What are yours?