Random thoughts
I’ve decided my life is too hectic, so I sat down and decided I needed to focus things, have less projects open at the same time and use the next quarter of year to streamline what I’m doing. This is also when I realized I’m talking like Donald Trump and wondered how I would look with a comb-over. The quarterly plan has begun.
Another thing I’ve done is located a park near the office I’m working at. I’ve got about three more months on this contract and I figure I need to get more exercise so on my lunch I go over to the park. The problem is the park is right next to an elementary school and I find myself thinking if I look like a guy who is there to get in shape or if I look like a child molester… what a sad world we live in not only do parents have to watch their kids but the adults around too.
I love the quotes coming out of the football playoffs. Tiki Barber said "We were out-coached" after getting shut out by the Panthers; this lead to a meeting with the head coach the next day. Peyton Manning said "there were some protection issues" which means he blames his offensive line for the Steelers being in his face constantly. I noticed how no one is making the comparison between the Bears defense today and the 85 Bears anymore… funny how giving up 29 points at home will change people’s minds. The refs came out and admit that the Steelers interception that got reversed shouldn’t have been… that’s nice; what about the dozen other calls that got screwed up? But my favorite quote of all came from John Fox, the head coach of the Panthers when asked if he was surprised what Steve Smith could do as a receiver since he was only 5’9", Fox response: "No. It’s not how big the wand is; its how much magic is inside, and he’s got a lot of magic." Isn’t that the type of thing guys with little dicks say? Is Fox comparing his pro-bowl receiver to a small penis?
Another football note that made me feel very old. The New York Jets are about to hire Eric Mangini to be their head coach; but they haven’t announced it yet. Perhaps they are waiting till Thursday which is his birthday. He will turn the ripe old age of 35. I don’t mind being older than most of the players now… I’m accepting being older than some of the retiring players… but to be older than the head coach; that’s just wrong. And just think of this… if Vinny Testaverde comes back for one more season, he would be eight years older than his coach. Vinny graduated high-school when Eric was in the fifth grade.
I thought of an analogy I really like last night having to do with trying to be a professional writer. And it popped into my head because of an Eddie Izzard joke about the British space program. Writing is a lot like trying to reach the moon with a ladder: your goal is always right there, just out of reach but you continue to believe you just need a bit more ladder to get there.
And my moment of irony.... two articles on CNN.com today about safety issues at NASA right before 30 Days of Night: Dead Space comes out... cool timing.
I’ve decided my life is too hectic, so I sat down and decided I needed to focus things, have less projects open at the same time and use the next quarter of year to streamline what I’m doing. This is also when I realized I’m talking like Donald Trump and wondered how I would look with a comb-over. The quarterly plan has begun.
Another thing I’ve done is located a park near the office I’m working at. I’ve got about three more months on this contract and I figure I need to get more exercise so on my lunch I go over to the park. The problem is the park is right next to an elementary school and I find myself thinking if I look like a guy who is there to get in shape or if I look like a child molester… what a sad world we live in not only do parents have to watch their kids but the adults around too.
I love the quotes coming out of the football playoffs. Tiki Barber said "We were out-coached" after getting shut out by the Panthers; this lead to a meeting with the head coach the next day. Peyton Manning said "there were some protection issues" which means he blames his offensive line for the Steelers being in his face constantly. I noticed how no one is making the comparison between the Bears defense today and the 85 Bears anymore… funny how giving up 29 points at home will change people’s minds. The refs came out and admit that the Steelers interception that got reversed shouldn’t have been… that’s nice; what about the dozen other calls that got screwed up? But my favorite quote of all came from John Fox, the head coach of the Panthers when asked if he was surprised what Steve Smith could do as a receiver since he was only 5’9", Fox response: "No. It’s not how big the wand is; its how much magic is inside, and he’s got a lot of magic." Isn’t that the type of thing guys with little dicks say? Is Fox comparing his pro-bowl receiver to a small penis?
Another football note that made me feel very old. The New York Jets are about to hire Eric Mangini to be their head coach; but they haven’t announced it yet. Perhaps they are waiting till Thursday which is his birthday. He will turn the ripe old age of 35. I don’t mind being older than most of the players now… I’m accepting being older than some of the retiring players… but to be older than the head coach; that’s just wrong. And just think of this… if Vinny Testaverde comes back for one more season, he would be eight years older than his coach. Vinny graduated high-school when Eric was in the fifth grade.
I thought of an analogy I really like last night having to do with trying to be a professional writer. And it popped into my head because of an Eddie Izzard joke about the British space program. Writing is a lot like trying to reach the moon with a ladder: your goal is always right there, just out of reach but you continue to believe you just need a bit more ladder to get there.
And my moment of irony.... two articles on CNN.com today about safety issues at NASA right before 30 Days of Night: Dead Space comes out... cool timing.
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