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Is It Hot Enough For Ya?
2008-07-23 03:27:00
I honestly hate when people ask me that, but I?ll get to that in a minute. First, I want to draw attention to my inaugural (doesn?t that make it sound all official and prestigious) Window of the Week, or Wednesday Window of the Week. It comes from a long time visitor here, ChefMom. If I remember correctly, this was taken in Florida and it has caused me to play Jimmy Buffett since putting it up on my cube?s walls. Seriously, look at that ode to a tropical/nautical/palm treed oasis and then try listening to The Carpenters, Bee Gees or even Barry Manilow. It just doesn?t work. In fact, it?s like putting chocolate syrup on your perfectly grilled t-bone. I can tell you though that the window idea is proving popular with my coworkers. They all stopped in to look at my window and smiled when I told them why a random picture is hanging in my office. They seem to think it?s a very good idea and are most likely smiling at me to mask their jealousy that they don?t have a window and th...

A Sport For Kings?And Rooks?And Bishops?And, Boxers?
2008-07-22 03:23:00
I recently read (in more than one place, which means it?s really important) about a new sport. Or possibly it?s a sport that?s been around for a while but no one knows about it. I know I certainly didn?t. Are you ready? It?s called Chess Boxing. When I first heard about it, I just assumed that boxers dressed up like certain chess pieces and could only move around the boxing ring in the manner that was allowed for the particular chess piece they were portraying, but then some have accused me of having an overactive imagination.It turns out that chess boxing is exactly what it says. It?s a round of boxing followed by a round of chess. That?s right, the competitors physically box and then beat the rook to pawn 4 out of each other and then sit down to play another round of chess, then take a quick break and start boxing again. While it seems like the perfect Hanz N Franz SNL skit (?don?t be such a girly pawn?), it?s a real deal sporting event. You could say it?s pugilistic pawn...
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Q & A Monday
2008-07-21 04:01:00
It?s almost Monday again and what better way to get back into the swing of the workweek, by which I mean forgetting the great summer weekend I am leaving behind and strapping myself into my office chair for another unpredictable ride of phone calls to return, coworkers to annoy and deadlines to meet, than answering questions and pretending I have wisdom beyond my years or between my ears. Since I have been tested and discovered as having neither, I will give you my usual disclaimers. The answers I offer are neither researched or fact checked. Therefore, you?d be best not to repeat them to anyone or to attempt using them as answers in Trivial Pursuit or in a court of law. Also, I usually tend to ACCIDENTALLY leave out someone?s question every week, but please cut me some slack because I did say it was accidental. So, with that out of the way, on to the first question for the week.The first question is from Eva who asks: ?How is your new patio cover working out??Well, it?s working out...

Random Stuff And Such Friday
2008-07-18 03:18:00
* How do you not laugh when your children are given stuffed toy monkeys and ask you the follow morning when you wake up if you will ?play with their monkey?? Come on, it?s not just me, right?* Why is it that driving on company time is such a pleasant experience? I?ve also noticed I drive much slower when I am driving on company time and am returning to the office afterwards.* It?s time to watch what you say when your daughter gets into the pool and yells, ?It?s so freakin? cold!? Bonus points for her using it correctly and nailing the enunciation though.* There isn?t much you can say to your boss in defense of him finding you taking a picture of your cubicle wall in the middle of the day. And I HIGHLY recommend against telling him that it?s part of a project for your blog.* Does anyone else ever hear songs they recognize when the fax machine is auto-dialing? Moreover, does anyone else ever find themselves humming or singing the song they thought they heard while the fax machine...
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Oops, I Meant To Go The Other Way
2008-07-17 01:09:00
Thursday the 17th, aside from being my mother?s birthday and the anniversary of the day Disneyland opened in 1955, is Wrong Way Corrigan Day. I wasn?t really sure what that was about, so I took to the fastidious research that got me through college with all ?C? grades. Actually, I got mostly A?s in college, but it kinda cramps my ?I?m An Idiot and No One Argues That Fact? style. If I walked around telling everyone I was an ?A? student in college, they might expect more of me and that goes against years of trying to lower everyone?s expectations of me so that I have more time for important things like napping and teaching my retriever Mabel to actually go retrieve something.I read the name Corrigan and it makes me think of corrugated, which really has no impact upon this story at all, but I wanted to get it off my chest. I really do feel a lighter load now. My fastidious research, also known as ?googling? and ?wikipediaing,? gave me a great explanation of Douglas Corrigan and a ...

This Will Be About Wine. Or Maybe Whine. Possibly Both?
2008-07-16 01:44:00
First off, thank you to those who sent or are going to send me photos of windows for my office cubicle. After posting yesterday, I was afraid I might have New Coked it; by delivering what I thought was a good idea that turned out to be something that no one else thought was a good idea. So far, it looks like we are more down the road of Angus beef burgers or stuffed crust pizza, with regards to general acceptance and all. Holy crap do I need to stop relating my ideas to food or this post will never get completed! Any way, thank you for being so willing to brighten up my little cube.Now, onto the whine wine. Everything about wine makes it something I should enjoy immensely. There are many, many kinds, makes and brands. People can sit around and discuss it. You make going to see where it is made a destination. And perhaps most importantly, it comes in many different packages and with a ton of different labels. I like packaging. Just ask my wife when I buy a new kitchen gadg...
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You Make A Better Pin Cushion Than A Window
2008-07-15 01:44:00
If I talked to my cubicle?s walls, that is exactly what I would say. They are made of pincushiony material that you can easily pin a photo to, but they aren?t very transparent, though if they were, I?d just see out into a hallway and then would probably want my walls back. Bottom line: I ain?t got no windows. Well, that?s not actually the bottom line, that?s my complaint. The bottom line is that I want windows, or just one window. Una window, onlyamente singularo windowrino. Yes, I did major in Spanish, why do you ask? Heck, even a porthole would do. Really, anything larger than a peephole would be quite satisfactory.It came up while conversing with Eva the other day that her office has windows and I know of other bloggers who have windows. I?m not normally envious, but knowing that some of you have windows really causes me a lot of pane. Get it, window pane instead of pain? Yes, I?m using lame humor to mask my sadness. They say it's the worst and final stage of window grief. Would...
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Q & A Monday ? The Return. Or The Revenge. You Decide.
2008-07-14 04:18:00
Well, I opened up another Q & A Monday . You were nice enough to do the ?Q? part and now I shall do the ?A? part. Just a few things to remember prior to starting though. My answers cannot be quoted for use within a public forum or to try and impress someone with your (which is actually my) knowledge. Seriously, I?m not that smart and quoting me will only get you in trouble, most likely because I have already quoted someone else and as many teacher told me in school ?you cannot quote the work of others and present it as your own.? I think doing so is called plaque or something like that. The second thing I need to tell you is that if history is any indicator, I will more than likely forget to answer someone?s question. If I do that, just kindly remind me and I?ll get to it within a few months or so. Also, I don?t spell check or fact check my answers, which means unless it has something to do with Barry Manilow, SNL or cheese, it probably won?t be accurate. So, with that o...
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The Holidays Are Upon Us
2008-07-11 01:25:00
Well, not THOSE holidays, although there is a little of THAT holiday fun coming this weekend, but more about THAT later (wait, I didn?t need to capitalize that use of that, sorry). With the end of the week upon us, there are a few things I need to make sure you are all aware of this coming weekend. I?d hate for you to find out about them after the fact, because who likes celebrating belated holidays. More than once (perhaps 6 times, though I am just throwing out the first number that came to mind) I have been chastised for not sharing pertinent holiday happenings with you in enough advance time to be able to celebrate. Tonight, that practice ends. So, I am putting on my town crier Paul Revere hat and riding throughout the countryside to announce the advance of some pretty important, possibly illegitimate, but still fun to celebrate, holidays (and this is where I say ?Hi Kat.?).First up is Friday?s big holiday. You may have heard a little something about this one and I have to ...
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Let?s Hear Mellencamp Sing About This Town
2008-07-10 01:31:00
I decided to rework an old post today in light of the fact that I slammed a yo-yo off my head while trying yo-yo tricks at work and still have a slight headache. Fortunately everyone was on a conference call in my boss? office at the time of the accident mishap work related injury sustainment so nobody else noticed. By the same token, no one noticed I wasn?t in on the meeting either, so I?m choosing to take that as a very good sign that it wasn?t a conference call I was supposed to be on but missed because I was working?on my yo-yo tricks. Now, if you?ll please indulge me as I revisit a very, very goofy post about what I think would be utopia?I read recently that there was a small town listed for bid on E-Bay. Apparently it was just a few buildings but because it used to have a post office it can be considered a real deal town. That just goes to show you how much times have changed. Now days, if it has a Starbucks it can be considered a real town. How cool would it be to own a town?...
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The White Post
2008-07-09 01:43:00
I couldn?t think of anything else to call it, so I am taking a page from the Beatles? playbook and naming this post after their White Album, (cue Cliff Claven useless trivia alert: the album was actually called The Beatles). My Tuesday got off to a stellar start when I received a text message from a good friend while driving into work. Now before I proceed, let me set the scene for you: I was driving to work and was grumpy because I was driving to work. OK, scene set. Despite the fact that cellphone use while driving is now illegal in California, I stealthily reached down to retrieve my phone, swerved while doing so, opened my phone, swerved while doing so and read the message and swerved while doing so. It stated that my buddy was by himself at Disneyland without his children and his wife. This may seem like an odd text to receive, but for some reason, my friend and I enjoy telling each other when we are at Disneyland. And yes, we are those type of annual pass holders who re...
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Back To The Grind
2008-07-08 01:32:00
Well, the post-holiday workweek drudgery is upon us. The lack of cubicle enthusiasm was palpable as I greeted my coworkers upon arrival this morning (and yes, I am choosing to ignore the fact that it might be because I was in at least 30 minutes after everyone else had arrived). Perhaps there is just something about unlimited grilled meats, pool time, fireworks and family and friend visits that makes it hard to leave for the office. For me, this morning was different. I was actually excited to get into the office. OK, I?ve already over done it. Excitement is too strong a word. Way too strong a word. Almost like a word on steroids, which as we know are illegal, unless you are Barry Bonds and used the illegalness to make a joke of the most hallowed of baseball records, you know, for example. I will just say that I wasn?t dreading it as much as usual.To help me explain this, I?ll offer up what my parents used to tell us before going to bed on Christmas Eve: the sooner you fall asleep; ...
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The Appropriately But Not So Concisely Named Post About A Lot Of Stuff ? Ho
2008-07-04 01:56:00
So much on the plate mentally speaking, thought wise and idea centric (what?) that I?m just going to start typing again and hope it all comes out in a somewhat cohesive and readable way. And the answer is yes, this is the same way I normally feel and act on Christmas Eve in anticipation of Christmas. So, this being 4th of July Eve, I am all a-flutter with ideas to share and anticipation to, uh, anticipate?First off, I need to apologize to all of you for forgetting that July 2nd was Mullet Day. While I do not have a mullet, I feel it?s my responsibility to share such a holiday with you. Is it because I might be the least bit tempted to make 101 mullet jokes and puns? Quite possibly. Just promise me you will accept my apology for letting you down by inadvertently forgetting such a potentially great fake holiday.However, I did not forget to tell you that today is Air Conditioning Day. I?m not sure if July 3rd has been researched and found as statistically being the most-used indoor coo...
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It?s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
2008-07-03 01:44:00
I know I?m just a wee bit late on this subject, but let me declare that I love summer (which is what this post will be about, at least that?s my intention as I start writing this) or as all the cool kids say, I heart summer. The weather is warm, the sun shines longer, it?s time to swim, the kids are out of school, we get to celebrate the 4th of July, our electricity bills go up and every day in the cubicle brings another reminder that other people are out doing really fun things. I also find that my grass tends to start dying, which requires much less lawn mowing, but not everyone sees that as the plus that I do. And as if things couldn?t get better, on the fake holiday news front, July is Grilling Month, Ice Cream Month and Hot Dog Month. I?m pretty sure that?s called a trifecta and certainly deserving of a separate post. Yes, summer is a lovely time. Now unfortunately I blew my summer vacation already and will now need to work for the remainder of the summer or celebrate one ...
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It?s A Mess O?Fun Wrapped In A Tortilla
2008-07-02 01:13:00
I'm reposting today since I am too busy meditating in order to calm myself down about having to go back into the office tomorrow after a week off. With one of my favorite competitive events, the annual 4th of July Coney Island Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, just a few days away, I thought this one was appropriate...The AP reported Sunday that Coney Island hot dog eating contest regular Eater-X won the world burrito eating championship. In 12 minutes he ate 10 ¾ burritos. One of his closest competitors was another hot dog perennial contender and my personal hero, Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, the world lobster-eating champ. Come on, how did I miss that opportunity? I haven?t eaten a whole fresh (meaning non-frozen or just a tail from Costco) Maine lobster since the summer of 2001. Give me the opportunity to compete today and I?d triple the world record. Then I would collapse and have to have my stomach pumped. Then I?d wake up and cry that I wasted so much lobster. I mean a go...
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Top Ten Things Overheard On My Family Road Trip
2008-06-30 21:51:00
When I fully recover, next summer, I shall post about the mileage odyssey that was my recent family vacation road trip. Did you know that with three stops (1 to eat, 2 to see the redwoods and a third for a catnap at one of our state?s lovely rest areas) that you can drive from northern Oregon to southern California in only one day? Literally one full day. As in leave Oregon at 9 in the morning and walk in your front door at 9 the next morning. I now have a whole new appreciation for truckers, several of whom I may have inadvertently cut off during those last few harrowing hours of my zombie driving. Having seen the sunrise and sunset and sunrise again, I can?t help but wonder if the feelings I experienced are the same feelings astronauts experience with every full orbit around the earth. I?m pretty sure I saw a cow tap dancing with a llama about an hour north of Magic Mountain on Interstate 5, but then I was pretty loopy at the time and had was listening to a Spanish speaking ...
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# 2
2008-06-27 16:37:00
Ok, you have to be careful when you says things like #2 when you have young children, provided that?s the name you?ve given the associated bodily function, assuming you even know what I?m talking about here. You also have to be careful using #2 when you have twins, especially when the twins have long since figured out which number they are as it relates to who was born first or second. # 2 is also the car fielded by Kurt Busch in NASCAR?s Cup Series and Clint Bowyer in the Nationwide Series and Jack Sprague in the Craftsman Truck Series, but more importantly, it?s the number made famous by Rusty Wallace, even though Dale Earnhardt drove a number 2 for a few years. But all of the twosyness aside, this # 2 is about something entirely different.Saturday June 28th marks the second blogaversary of this very collection of tomes about cheese, twins, being the office idiot and occasional references to Englebert Humperdink, for no reason other than his name is fun to say and ?After the Lo...

Not In My Back Yard!
2008-06-25 01:27:00
I was shocked when my best bud and his wife sent me this story: http://cbs2.com/local/corona.illegally.pr ocessed.2.754318.html . It is about (and I can?t believe I?m even going to type this) a recent bust of people making illegal cheese in (and this is where it hurts even more) my current hometown of Corona, California! It?s shocking and it?s appalling. It?s shappaling, actually. These people are casually making cheese and as the story says, it was unsanitary and impure cheese. They were soiling the good name of cheese and the cheese itself. Well ok, soiling might be a bit extreme, but my hometown doesn?t need this type of press. Surely there must be robberies or prostitution rings or a local political scandal dealing with corruption or robberies or prostitution rings to write about instead. And to make matters worse, and I know you are finding that possibility to be as impossible as I do, they also had 13 undocumented heads of cattle. Now that?s just sick! Who wants to car...
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When Bragging Bites (Also Known As An Exercise In Futility Or When Karma Sl
2008-06-24 01:35:00
So earlier in the day, I was discussing the topic of writer?s block and how I think I?m suffering from it. I also mentioned that I had plenty of ideas; I just didn?t want to pursue them as blog posts. Basically, I was bragging about blogging, or more to the point, bragging about having too much to blog about (but that doesn?t sound near as catchy as bragging about blogging). Now, 4 hours later, my mind is as dry as something that has been subjected to a lot of heat and has all dried up. See, I really thought the dry comparison was going to turn out better, except for the fact that my writing is currently blocked. Dry as a riverbed? Dry as a chamois left in the midsummer?s heat? Dry as a can of Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts? Dry as a freeze dried apricot that really isn?t that dry when you bite into it? Let?s just say ?dry.? Or maybe barren. Yes, I think barren works well. Not like Baron as in Snoopy and the Red Baron though. That?s much more colorful than barren, which i...
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To Fry Or Not To Fry
2008-06-22 18:40:00
I'm wrapping up my week of looking back at past posts with this one. It's about food. And stuff. I guess you could say it's about foodstuffs.Warning: the following is what happens when I run out of things to blog about...Since watching Alton Brown make homemade corn dogs 4 months ago, I have been craving a deep fryer. Well, I?ve been craving homemade corn dogs and wanting a deep fryer. I?m not sure you can really crave a kitchen gadget, though maybe you can lust after them. The problem with this new desire is that I am on a diet. A serious diet and have been seeing results. So I?m not sure how well a deep fryer would jive with that. But then again, when deep fried crispy goodness is at stake, it jives all by itself. When you figure out what that means, would you mind letting me know?I have a long love affair with kitchen things that plug in. I probably should learn how to cook given how much I like kitchen machines. I buy them, I use them (at least twice) and then I have to ...

They Actually Had To Do A Study For This???
2008-06-19 22:32:00
You'll forgive me, I'm ASSuming, for reposting again. I promise I'll get you a new post or two early next week before I head to the land of Tillamook for cheesy gluttony.OK, I just finished reading a Reuters news story that said researchers in Canada have discovered that young male students do better when being tutored in reading by female tutors rather than male tutors. The boys that were studied were in the third and fourth grades. Uhhhh, isn?t that when boys start to really ?discover? the fairer sex? And by discover, I mean notice their beauty and girly parts and stuff, in case you didn't know what I meant.I wonder if the study involved watching Van Halen?s ?Hot For Teacher? video. There is also a nice tutoring scene in Adam Sandler?s ?Billy Madison? that comes to mind. And why do I hear Dustin Hoffman saying 'Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me' in the background? Were the results of this study really a surprise? Yeah the male tutor could use things like sports a...
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Time To Play?For Pay!!
2008-06-18 20:30:00
I am excited to share with you that Thursday is Recess At Work Day. There is a really good chance, like over 100%, that I wrote about this last June, but I am going to resist the temptation to just repost that story. Although, I?d get bonus points for recycling and going green. As you may or may not be aware, I am not overly fond of having to eek out a living by being a cubicle dwelling, tie wearing, corporate crony. I guess that?s like me saying that you may or may not be aware that Britney Spears has some mental issues. I just like to state the obvious without appearing as though I am stating the obvious. For instance, when it is raining and we are all standing in it, I like to say that the chance for precipitation is very high. It?s a true fact and suggests the obvious without overtly stating it. I?ve got another one: I have the tendencies of an idiot. It?s like stating I?m an idiot without saying I?m an idiot. Now, I have drifted off course, which is odd given that fac...
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This Idea Smells Like?(A Repost?)
2008-06-17 20:26:00
I wrote this almost a year ago when the 2008 Olympics were a mere gold, silver and bronze twinkle in China's eye awaiting consummation and riots and international concern. But now, all that fun is just over a month away. Oh boy, I just can't wait. It's been so long (that's what she said) since I got to watch and cheer my favorite Olympic sport - CURLING!!! Wait, that's a Winter Olympic sport? Oh dammit.I came across an AP story this morning about yet another aspect of the 2008 Olympic Games in China. Simply put, an organization in China is preparing to make Olympic souvenirs like little Olympic trophies depicting Pandas taking part in various Olympic Sports. Ok, that?s a cute idea, but the souvenirs will be made out of (wait for it)?PANDA DUNG. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, come again? Yep, Panda DUNG! Yesiree, not only would you be lucky enough to attend the Olympic Games in China, but you could take home some lovely molded Panda ?Passings? to remember the event. I am actually booking my fl...
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Names Can Be Hurtful
2008-06-16 21:08:00
Have you ever done something so stupid that your friends, family or coworkers (yes, or all 3 in my case) have renamed the mistake you made after you. Such as saying ?she pulled a Michael?? That?s what she said. Seriously, you know what I am talking about, right? If you see a skanky, skinny (also known as Skinky, perhaps) girl walking down the street, you might be inclined to say the young lass was pulling a Paris or a Lindsey. Yelling obscenities at your daughter? Yep, that?s ?a Baldwin.? Sex in the White House? ?Pulling a Kennedy.? Gheesh, that sounds dirty. You probably thought I was going to say Clinton, didn?t you? Nah, that?s too easy, but if it makes you feel better, I can offer you this. Ever done inappropriate things with cigars in the Oval Office while leading your country? Yep, that?s ?a Clinton.? Uh, a ?Bill,? to be exact.Ok, I think I?ve given enough examples. Well, as if the planet ex planet Pluto hasn?t been beaten up enough, it has now joined the league...
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In Search Of The Perfect Post
2008-06-15 20:18:00
I will be right up front with you on this one. It's Father's Day AND Dale Jr. finally won a race after two freakin' years! Yes, that means I am too busy to come up with something new for today. Do I feel bad about that? Uh, sure. For whatever reason, I rarely strive to undertake something to the best of my ability. I realize I should but it helps me manage people?s expectations. The lower I keep them, the less will hopefully be asked of me. I have made the mistake in the past of setting very high expectations, which only proves to be a pain to live up to. However, when it comes to this blogging stuff, I find myself striving for perfection at least three days a week. It may not seem like much, but that is easily three times more than the effort I put into work or rational thinking. Daily, it seems that I read posts that are excellent and inspire me to want to create the ultimate post - one that should be marked as a classic in the dictionary or encyclopedia. Well, ok, I?d s...
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Whoa There, Don?t Blame Me
2008-06-12 20:52:00
For one day, one brief shining moment, I can honestly say ?it?s not my fault,? especially at work. Well HONESTLY saying that might be a stretch, but in light of the fact that Friday the 13th (uh-oh) is ?Blame Someone Else Day,? I can now tell you whose fault it really is. Or whose it might be. Or I?ll just tell you whose fault I am deciding it was based on who I feel like blaming. (Wow, after those last two sentences, I feel like The Grinch taking about the whose and who?s so much. The noise, noise, noise. Sorry) Folks, you gotta like the sound of blaming someone else. Much like Ronald Reagan, we?ll all get to be Teflon coated for the day. This could be my chance to really stand out in the office.I figure (which is a good hint that I?m probably wrong right off the bat) that there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who man-up and take the blame and those who shirk responsibility and blame someone else. I absolutely do not like blaming someone else for something I have or hav...
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This Much Fun Should Be Illegal
2008-06-11 20:23:00
Before I continue with this post, it should be noted that I was highly gassed for much of yesterday, which may or may not explain this next statement. And here goes: the hospital is so much fun, I would pay to go there, just like Disneyland. Oh wait, I do pay to go there. Through the teeth I pay, but I guess that?s just like Disneyland too. There are actually a lot of similarities.The hospital has a little of everything. Rides (wheel chairs and beds), food (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) and lots of waiting. Imagine getting to the hospital at 5am only to be told the admitting office doesn?t open until 5:30am and that you won?t even be prepped for your procedure until 7:30am. Yep, if you are thinking that?s just ?like a ride queue at Disneyland, you would be right sir. My favorite ride yesterday was Nurse Who I Couldn?t Understand?s Wild Bed Push.? Not to throw around NASCAR terms, but I think my bed was a little on the tight side because it kept pushing coming out of th...
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600?s A Charm??
2008-06-10 03:00:00
So here I sit, knowing that I am writing my 600th blog post, which I will tell you upfront is not exactly accurate because of my fondness for being lazy reposts. But, I have pushed Blogger?s little ?publish? button 600 times, so I have no problem taking the credit. After all, assuming I have used my same index finger to push the mouse button to hit ?publish? all previous 599 times, I have expended a decent enough amount of energy. My first instinct is to look back fondly on many of my past post topics much the same way Mike Rowe does on Dirty Jobs after about every 25 episodes. I assume this is because of a lack of material on their part. Well, perhaps I am just pushing what I do onto Mr. Rowe. I think that is called ?transference,? but I?m really not sure. It could also be called passing the buck or making something up to complete a paragraph.Whew, one paragraph down on my 600th post. If this pace keeps up, I will have completed the most boring and self-centered post ever w...
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A Slow Pitch Right Down The Middle
2008-06-08 21:28:00
I should go ahead and tell you that this is a repost. I know it's a horrible thing to do for a Sunday or Monday (depending on when you read this), but to make up for it, I can offer you a new new podcast to listen to. Besides, I have to think of something memorable to do for my next post on Monday night, which will be my 600th.Feel free to offer suggestions because after 599 posts, I am running out of things to write about. As proof of that, I offer the fact that I almost posted my confession of love for home water filtration today instead of this repost. Fortunately I realized ahead of time that it would have been a 'Pur' mistake to do so. Hmmm, have I written about cheese lately? That always goes over well....When you get your inspiration from making fun of odd news stories, it doesn?t get any easier than this: A woman with the last name of Butts was accused of stealing toilet paper from an Iowa Courthouse. Ok, it could have been just a little better; her last name could have b...
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Friday Randomocity II: Electric Boogaloo
2008-06-06 04:28:00
I have to thank Eva for the Randomocity title. I had kind of run out of things to call Randomocity Friday s other than more, even more and yet again more Randomocity. I think the Electric Boogaloo version works quite nicely, with the little exception of the fact that I dance about as well as a brick wall suffering a seizure. So, I present to you this week?s More Friday Randomocity, in electric boogalooing style?* When a coworker is showing you the map of where she plans on vacationing over Memorial Day weekend and the address is on Starvation Flats Road, do you bring up the fact that NOTHING GOOD could possibly be located on a street called Starvation Flats Road? I?m sure there is plenty of parking there though.* Can you cherry pick a nut or is that mixing metaphors? It obviously sounds crude, so I will explain. I was accused of fishing through the can of mixed nuts that was put in the communal place where we share food in the office. My coworker called it cherry picking, but ...