The World According to Mitch

My credit card was refused on Friday. In a shoe store in Montreal while standing with my mother my credit card was refused. Of course this was a slightly embarrassing situation, exacerbated by the fact that my mother was standing there, and knowing that my balance should have been more than sufficient...

I had two separate conversations with two individuals who have nothing to do with one another over the past few days that has made me remember the old army adage: 'We can hang together, or we will surely hang separately.' Who is allowed to do what? I was chatting with a colleague this afternoon...

An interesting post appeared in a newsgroup that I monitor today. A desktop support technician in the United Kingdom lamented a colleague who had attended a two week MCSE boot camp and indeed earned that certification. Unfortunately he later encountered a number of simple issues that he could not resolve...

As I sat with a friend and colleague the other night I asked him if he had read a particular book. He told me that it had been months or longer since he read a non-technical manual of any sort, and it got me thinking. Now it should be noted that this friend is a very successful, well-adjusted guy. He...

I get a lot of questions about my lifestyle. I spend most of my time traveling, and people seem to think that it is glamourous. I suppose I did too, at the beginning. That wears off after a while, and doubly so when you have a comfortable home. So a question was asked recently in a newsgroup: How do...

I called my car dealership last week to make an appointment because that’s what the sticker on my dashboard told me to do. Admittedly my odometer was a little past the number on the sticker so when the rep asked I told them precisely how many kilometres were on the car. She confirmed that all I needed...