Unkept Thoughts - Volume 3

Charles Dickens once said, “An idea is like a ghost, it must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” Perhaps that is one reason why I write down almost every little thing that pops into my head, in order to get some sort of explanation as to why it is there in the first place.

Whether it be a quirk, an amusing little quip, or something that makes you wonder aloud, thoughts should be captured and viewed as the inspiration they may someday be.

- Why do water coolers have so much suction that when you remove an empty bottle, you risk blunt force trauma to the head from the force required to get it off? Wow, that came out sounding really wrong.

- I know it sounds pretty caustic, but the next time someone says something to me about global warming, I’m going to rip down the 6 foot long icicle hanging from my roof and show them the business end of it, especially Al Gore.

- I’m listening to people in my office saying “Happy Friday” to everyone. What’s so happy about it? To me its just you reminding me that I’m not independently wealthy enough to have not wasted yet another week here.

- I watched Tropic Thunder last night and I was left in a similar situation to the one I was left in after watching Napoleon Dynamite. This is either one of the worst movies every made or it was one of the funniest and I just don’t get it. I’m leaning toward the former more so than the latter. Sometimes you want to give these movies another try, just to make sure you were giving it a fair chance. Other times you just want to send it back to Netflix and then take a scalding shower to wash away the experience.

- Layoffs finally hit our company and some long-standing employees lost their jobs. Our controller could be heard saying, “At least she is old enough to qualify for social security.” My wife, who works for the controller, was probably considering grabbing a chair, beating him with it, and then saying, “at least you can collect disability.”

- I may be wrong, but this may be the single best “stupid criminal” story ever.

- I can’t remember a Super Bowl in recent memory, where I have heard so little about the game or the players involved. Maybe’s it’s just me, but it almost feels inconsequential.

- I’ve been doing a lot of work over at YouGabSports with Sully and Felber, and we’re really getting excited about how much participation we’ve seen over the last week. Hopefully that’s a sign of things to come. Some of you guys have made your way over there and have done a lot to make it fun. Thanks for that.

- We think because sometimes we just need some place different for our minds to wander for a bit, if for no other reason than to distract us for a minute from those things we no longer wish to think about.

I’ll leave you all with that last deep thought and let you ponder that for a bit. Enjoy your weekend and thank you for reading.