Black Thursday

"sometimes, I just don't know why I even get out of bed." that is a now infamous quote by a friend, RM. but today, might be the day to use it. a terrible tragedy occurred this morning around 7:11 am. it has rocked the community and puzzled so many. i am still in shock and what i saw and heard. these kinds of events shape, mold, and maintain history. but, they also make us tremble and shake. i ignored my wife's warning to me last night, "maybe you should use a box.." i hate to use the over-used phrase, "women are always right." however, in this dark moment, i must say that she was right. i was only 4 sets of cubicles from my office, when i saw and heard a member of our family take a terrible spill. micheal scott, aka, the world's best boss...slipped out of my laptop bag, and onto the floor. they say 1 out of 4 bobble heads never make it to their final destination, and 2 out of 15 bobble heads don't make it to the office. anyways, the BH is now in ICU on my desk awaiting some crazy glue. it's moments like these when you just try to remember the good times, and not take for granted phrases from the past. In memory, I have listed some of my favorite quotes from MS...RIP(unless I find some crazy glue to fix him).

• That's what she said.
  
• It's simply beyond words. It's incalculable.
• You'll notice I didn't have anybody being Arab. I thought that would be too explosive...no pun intended. But I just thought, 'too soon' for Arabs. Maybe next year. The ball's in their court.
• I think if I was allergic to dairy I'd kill myself.
• I will use your talents come baseball season, my friend. Or if we box.
• Starbucks. Oh man, that place is like the promised land!
• Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.
• When I said that I was king of forwards, you got to understand that I don't come up with this stuff. I just forward it along. You wouldn't arrest a guy who was just passing drugs from one guy to another.
• I’m an early bird and a night owl. So I’m wise and I have worms.
• Yes, I was the first one out. And yes, I’ve heard "women and children first". But, we do not employ children. We are not a sweatshop, thankfully. And women are equal in the workplace by law. So if I let them out first, I have a lawsuit on my hands.
• Awesome Blosom, extra awesome.
• I enjoy having breakfast in bed. I like waking up to the smell of bacon. Sue me. And since I don't have a butler I have to do it myself... so, most nights before I go to bed I will lay out 6 strips of bacon out on my foreman grill. Then I go to sleep. When I wake up I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again, then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious, it's good for me, it's a perfect way to start the day. Today I got up, I stepped on to the grill and it clamped on to my foot. That's it. I don't see what's so hard to believe about that.
• OK, well, Dwight, just know that I've been very busy today, and I've got a lot of work to do, and I wasn't planning on going to the bathroom, and I don't even know if anything's going to come out.
• Ok. Well, did you get the second e-mail that I sent? Explaining that the first e-mail was a mistake and that you should delete it...

There are so many more...but who can really just name one?

(That's what she said)

weekend observations

so you've come here for guidance, and i will give it to you:

• women typically pick the wrong guy, and guys always hit the jackpot


• women normally stick around if the guy shows even the tiny bit of love or concern


• the COLTS lose when the team plays like oscar the grouch's sister Sara. COME ONE COLTS! Peyton Manning put the ball right on the hands of the recievers, and down the stretch all they did was fumble. Yes, you are going to get hit when you catch the ball. It's the playoffs! CATCH THE BALL! oh well, go patriots.


• college kids get to train around 6 hrs a day. i do great if i can get in 1.5 hrs on the bike. no wonder they take it to me in the races so often. i'd be ashamed if i was in college and got beat in any race against a 29 year old slave to the office desk like myself.


• my dog is fat. getting fatter and louder.


• coffee is good. i'm not quitting, and i'm not drinking decaf...however, i will drink more water


• i want to divorce the trainer. i've ridden way too many miles on that thing and now i want to throw it off the deck of my house.


• i would like to take this moment to name my stomach - MONEY PIT


• does anyone know when the season 1 of MAN vs WILD comes out?


• no one email me about the previous question, i just found it on AMAZON


• i am hungry, surprised?


• i spent around 2 hours in the dentist chair on thursday. however, i didn't feel a thing, nor did i realize that time had past...why, you ask? well, because i had the opportunity to iPOD out to some episodes of the office. sweet!


• the best meal out there just might be Uncle Ben's rice, sugar, & butter. it has absolutely no nutritional value, and might actually be harmful, but it's good, and my brothas in asia eat rice all the time and most of them are somewhere around 800 years old. plus, who makes the best ninjas? ah, that's right...the folks from asia. think about it. how many great ninjas do you know home grown in Montana. Corn & Livermash will not make you a lethal weapon.


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i just do healthy

ever since i was in spain, this blogging platform is permanently set to spanish. now, that would be great if i was all fluent and what not, but i'm just not. i'm pretty good at tennessean, but that's pretty much where my skills die out. oh well. it's a new year. which means that i'm going back to healthiness again. yeah, all organic, staying hydrated, no girl scout cookies(after the ones i just ordered), no iHOP, more base miles in the legs, less 14 hr days at work, better groomed toe-nails, more sleep, less fast food..in fact - NO fast food, better bike position, more yoga, less complaining, more hugging, less running, more email - yes MORE than 2007, more soydream, more pictures, more haircuts, more spandex, less frat jokes, more bible time, more drop kicks, more babysitting, more mission trips, less airplane turbulence, more hand washing, more salads, fewer dishes in the sink, more poo jokes, more magazines, more out loud singing, more taking my dogs out in my boxers, more poo pickup bags, more SEC NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, and more mini sized bananas...why? because if you die, you won't be all that pleased with yourself for chomping down through a whole banana when we all know that you give up on those things half way through...you just keep going because you don't want to waste it. but it's good not to waste, i just think we should go with smaller portions in 2008. Happier, Fitter, More Productive, Like a Cat, Tied to a Stick, on Antibiotics....