David McCoy » Uncategorized http://blogs.gartner.com/dave_mccoy A member of the Gartner Blog Network Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 My Humor Column – NOT IT RELATED http://blogs.gartner.com/dave_mccoy/2009/09/19/my-humor-column-not-it-related/ http://blogs.gartner.com/dave_mccoy/2009/09/19/my-humor-column-not-it-related/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:00:42 +0000 David McCoy http://blogs.gartner.com/dave_mccoy/2009/09/19/my-humor-column-not-it-related/ I checked on my newspaper’s website tonight, and this was the list of “MOST POPULAR ARTICLES.”

LOL – it’s all my humor stuff. That’s either really sad or really cool. Either way, you might enjoy a fun read of my non-work-related hobby.

Here is the overall URL – Look for Pecan Pie for the Mind as the prefix.

http://www.rockdalenews.com/news/section/10/

Most Popular Articles

Pecan Pie for the Mind: Life’s truly beautiful quotations

Pecan Pie for the Mind: Lies I learned from Samantha Stephens

Pecan Pie for the Mind: Honestly, I’m a terrible liar

Pecan Pie for the Mind: My failure as a Southern hunter-gatherer

Pecan Pie for the Mind: Theology of alarm clocks and anger

Pecan Pie for the Mind: Old friends and old cars

Pecan Pie for the Mind: Telling stories, telling tales

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