Dan Poynter

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Nicest thing I ever did

One day I was walking down the hall at work and a woman I knew from another department was walking down the hall the other way toward the public hallway that crossed the entire hospital. Just as I was about to enter my department, I turned and saw, a two-foot long piece of toilet paper hanging …

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Overheard: 40 yr old woman

“The dryer smelled like cat pee. Inside the dryer.”

Crazaeh

In the 1987 Starship song “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” whenever Grace Slick sings the line, “Let ’em say we’re crazy,” she actually sounds kind of crazy. Listen for yourself: crazay.mp3 ‘LET ‘EM SAY WE’RE CRAZAEH!”

Ineffective ads

I saw this ad on a programming website. I’m not sure why they thought that having a bored, sickly, stick woman would want to make me buy a sweater, but hey, whatever floats your boat. Your heroin boat, obviously.

Overheard: 50 yr old man

“You were apple-and-oranging me!”

Overheard: some dude

“Mayo is a poor life choice, man.”

This was on the desk of a user I was assisting

What kind of printer do you have?

HP? Brother? Konica-Minolta? Whatever it is, it’s not as cool as:

Mango mouth

We went on a missions trip to the Philippines this summer. It was incredibly hot, the people were very nice, and the food was great. We had mangos with nearly every meal, and they were amazing. Big yellow mangos with rich golden flesh. But while we were there, Allison and I developed some pretty harsh …

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Quotable: WireCutter

“The true price of something is to be considered by dividing its cost over the hours you’ll use it.” seen at WireCutter