January 2010
16 posts
“Diplomacy is the art of saying “nice doggie” until you find a rock.”
– Will Rogers
WatchWatch the construction of Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show studio. Wonder when they’ll start tearing it down?
"Up in the Air" Left Me Down in the Mouth
I finally got to see “Up in the Air” and thoroughly enjoyed it. But, man, did it bum me out.
The subject matter brought back unpleasant memories — not because I’ve been laid off, but because in a previous job I had to layoff others. The company I worked for was laying off so many people that — because I worked in HR and had a manager title — I got pulled into...
57 Pages a Day for Three Days
That’s what it will take for me to finish reading Larry Tye’s “Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend” before it’s due back at the library.
I read slowly; it’s not looking good.
Update: I didn’t make it — on purpose. For whatever reason, I could not get into this book. Ended up returning the book to the library on Monday, two days...
Look past the facemask penalty...
In case you missed the final play of the Cardinals-Packers game, here it is.
“A gift is something you don’t want that you give to someone else.”
– My five-year-old son