Pearls Before Swine has become my other favorite comic strip. The other ones being Foxtrot and Non Sequitor. [Missing a strip about bloggers here.] Well, speaking of strip. I do have to write about this incident before it’s too old. Last weekend, Brandon and I got of the 405 heading to Huntington Beach. The traffic at the exit was busy, and then we saw a firefighter walking on the median. An accident, maybe? But we couldn’t see any fire engine anywhere. When we turned at the light, we saw another firefighter holding with one hand a sign that said, “Raising...
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Don’t EVER log in to work email on a weekend again. Never ever. Never ever gets curious to see if everything the boss needs is in place after you’ve left on Friday. (I know, I know. If something else was needed Friday, I am indeed in no position to fix anything. But hey, I have the weekend to think about how I can fix it and do it the moment I walk in the door on Monday.) Curiosity, indeed, kills the cat. In my case today, the cat being having a good weekend…well, alright, Saturday night and Sunday morning. I...
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4 things that happened before 12 noon today. Emotion roller coaster ride from start to finish. #1 – “Diddeedeeeee” Moment Talking into a cell phone does not make your conversation private. In a bus full of practically strangers, this girl made her purchasing transaction over her cell phone. Here we were, the passengers in the front of the bus who heard her address, phone number, credit card number and expiration date clear as day. Um. Duh. #2 – “Goooooal” Moment Having arrived at work at 7:30 a.m., I called my dad. He was watching the Argentina v.s. Serbia & Montenegro...
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LA Times picked up on the FOOTBALL fever around Los Angeles. See, I’m not alone in this....
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Brandon and his coworkers were talking about firearms and going shooting at the range. 9mm this and shot gun that. Then suddenly, Abu*, an India native, spoke. Abu: I blew a goat. [Pause] Brandon: What did you say, Abu? Abu: I blew a goat. When I was a boy. Brandon and Tim*: Uh… Abu: You know? A goat. I blew it. I put rifle between trees. And bang bang. I blew goat. Brandon: Oh. OH! Abu, you meant that you blew a goat AWAY. Abu: It’s what I said. Tim: No, you said you blew a goat. Abu: It’s what...
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My football fever is. Apparently, my enthusiasm for it gets a few folks in the office to follow suit. Fortunately, the 21:00 game is on at 12 noon US time. And our little office TV that could does pick up Channel 10, a Spanish channel, loud and clear in the lunch room. Like today, I’d timed my lunch so that I’d get my food and be back to lunch room for the remainder of the second half. So, a few coworkers join me in watching the game. And wouldn’t you know it, the next time Brazil approaches the goal or...
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