Five Things for Monday, 10/12
1. The Redskins lost, of course, as I said they would. I’ve been correct every week so far if they would win or lose. Not sure that’s such a great thing. Having your team become a national laughingstock due to the owner’s clueless tactics, the head coach’s clueless coaching, and the players’ inability to get out of their own (as well as errant punts) way is particularly embarrassing and galling. Hail to the Redskins!
Five Things for Friday, 10/9
1. I can’t stand people who laugh incessantly at their own “jokes” or “funny” stories. They can’t even get the words out because they are SO FUNNY! Drives me right up the wall. Yes, I am talking about you, Kay.
2. In this rant, a non-Redskins fan calmly and clearly eviserated every shred of hope any Redskins fan might still be harboring under Dan Snyder. I don’t agree with everything, but he is dead on with so much of it. Much to my chagrin.
3. This made me laugh out loud this morning. Thank you, Onion.
4. Having an office door that one can close when co-workers annoy the shit out of you is a wonderful way so stop homocidal urges.
5. It’s Friday! WOOOOHOOOOOOO!
Five Things for Thursday, 10/8
1. I have an awesome wife, whose depth of caring and empathy for people and animals surprises me and warms my heart every day. She is so full of love and giving that it can sometimes hurt her, especially when she sees or thinks about the abuse that people can wreak on each other and defenseless animals. She makes my heart swell with love when I hear about her stopping her car and helping turtles cross the road on the way to work, or checking on dogs that she passes regularly. She does all of these things because she can’t ignore them, and I am proud and full of love for her because of it. She humbles me, and I feel a little bad that I don’t have the same empathy for my fellow man that she does (I love animals, but people – bleh). But I figure if I can give her enough love and support to help her love and support the rest of the world, then it’s a job well done.
Consultants
I generally can’t stand consultants. They get called in when there is an issue, say whatever it is the person who is paying them wants to hear, collects ridiculous sums of money, and then disappears without having solved anything but helped whoever hired them look like they were doing something. My favorite consulting story involves a consultant telling the company that hired them that they needed to hire her full-time and pay her a lot of money. Of course they did, and the rest is a history chock full of ridiculous overspending and horrible management. So when your favorite football team hires a consultant mid-season to help with the offense? Oy. Read the rest of this entry
Five Things for Tuesday, 10/6
1. I don’t believe in the Broncos. Well, I believe they exist, unlike god, but I don’t believe they are very good. I firmly believe that the Patriots will shred them apart this weekend. The Josh McDaniels Offense is a joke – neither Brandon Marshall nor Eddie Royal can get involved in their games. I also think the Bengals are paper tigers (ba-dum-bum).
Five Short Things for Monday, 10/5
1. Work sucks.
2. The Redskins won. Their punter is hurt.
3. They won’t win next week as Carolina “rights the ship” after their bye week.
4. I want to see Zombieland.
5. I’m glad the workday is nearly over.
Five Things for Friday, October 2nd
1. Why is it that when you drive through a poor urban neighborhood, a busy downtown district, or a college campus, pedestrians have absolutely no problem with stepping out in front of your car at any time and fully expect you to stop? I have my own theory on the matter. The poor do it because they feel that they have very little power over the world at large, and so take advantage of what little power they can as often as they can, glaring down people in their cars like they own the street. Meanwhile, those brisk-walking tools with their briefcases are too important and busy to trouble with niceties like crosswalks and crossing signs. They don’t even look at the car that almost hits them. Finally, students do it because they truly believe that the world revolves around them, and so they just glance at the car if they notice it at all. The world could use a lot less of all of them.
Five Things for Thursday, October 1st
1. I’ve wanted a Saturn Sky for a long time. I fell in love with the design, which made it look like a smaller version of the Mach V. I saw it for the first time on Project Runway, after Jay won the first season and received it as a prize. I wanted one right after that, but never bought one for 2 reasons: one, my car is paid off and will probably last another 4 years minimum, making the idea of having to make a car payment slightly sickening, and two, after owning a Toyota, I was afraid of getting something that could be a mechanical nightmare. So I never bought one, and now I never will. Goodbye, Saturn Sky and all the other Saturn models I never would have bought. I was pulling for you.
Five Things for Wednesday, 9/30
1. I graduated last night! My wife and I have finished our regular therapy sessions, with a healthy and happy relationship with each other, each of us better and stronger and more forgiving of ourselves even as we recognize our faults. I am incredibly proud of both of us; the road was the most difficult one I have ever had to go down, and along the journey there were many times that I just didn’t want to face another day. With hard work, honesty, trust, and willingness to fully invest in the process, we have become a healthy and happy couple once more. I can’t give enough credit to our awesome therapist, and to each of us for sticking to what we said we would do. Yay us!
Winter in Derenemyn 