Hot dog! It’s Friday. Albeit late Friday, it’s still Friday.
What you do you do when you don’t feel like doing something? You don’t do it. I just couldn’t bring myself to write the blog sooner.
How about we start the day off with this great doggie. His “mommie” is looking for a nice home for him. You should check it out if you like dogs.
When I was a kid I wanted one of those motorized cars. Unfortunately, it never happened for me. This kid is lucky enough to have one and look at how he drives it. I bet he parks better than you do!
I was, however, lucky enough to have lunch with Jen A. on Tuesday. Jerry and I went out with her to Old Man Rafferty’s.
I’m happy to hear that the Cowboy’s got the ok to keep their 60 yard LCD where it is. That’s right where I’ll need to be when I get there this season.
I’m happy that I don’t cheat on my wife, and even happier I’m not this guy. Happy because I don’t think I could bring myself to do that. Oh well.
Anyway, busy with work and trying to pick up this house. I’m out of here!
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
Phummmmmmmmmm…… Did you see me? Yep, I’m that fast. Not this fast or this fast, but fast.
The other day I received a message from Belize. That’s right, Belize! They’re reading me in Belize. I’m not exactly sure what Mitzi is doing there, but she’s keeping tabs on me. J
For those of you with kids, check out the real spider man. This guy climbs walls like a maniac with no rope. Crazy!
So what do you do if you have no money and no computer, but you want to be an internet star? Make all of your videos at the Apple Store and upload them to YouTube. That kid is going to be successful at something if for no other reason than his resourcefulness.
Saturday was Kim G’s birthday. Happy birthday to you! What are you 25 now?
I spent my Sunday bowling with my little sister Asia and Godson Marcus. We had a great time, but unfortunately they both found out why there is a foul line the hard way. I’m thinking I’ll cut up the video and you’ll see it on YouTube one day soon.
Monday was Rachel’s Grandmother’s birthday, Thursday was my Uncle Thomas’ birthday and also Tim G’s birthday.
That’s it for me. The summer is terrible, thus the weak blog.
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
Wow, it’s one of them slow news weeks, folks. I feel like a boring loser this week. There is just nothing to talk about.
Anyway, did you see that new wedding entrance video where everyone is dancing to Chris Brown? If not, Google JK Wedding Dance. Well, they made a follow up spoof and it’s classic. Hat’s off to the video production company that created.
Did you ever wonder what they do with those cars they get from the Cash for Clunkers program? Being the curious guy I am, I do. This video is a pretty interesting segment from CNN on the process.
I got an e-mail from my photog buddy Scott and he sent me some of his recent work. It’s pretty amazing, check it out.
Now, I may be wrong, but think Sunday was Lynne’s anniversary. I won’t make a big deal out of it because I haven’t received confirmation yet.
Oh, do you know what’s funny? Well, I’ll tell you! I’m slightly amused by the number of women who have popped up pregnant recently. Funny why? Because Rachel’snot! Haha. I know what you thinking, I don’t see her, she could be as big as a house! Well, ask around. There’s about 15 of you who see her every week and I think it’s pretty obviously she’s not—at the very least not a much as a few of you! Ha, I love it!
Are any of you guys watching Shark Week? If you don’t have an HD TV it’s literally “the” reason you should have one. Well not Shark Week, but anything on Discovery.
I spoke to Rob G., one of the original “new Tyco communicators.” I had a “whoa, haven’t heard that name in a while” moment. For those of you who care, he seems like he is doing well.
That’s it for me folks. Sorry for the boring entry.
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
So as I sit here living the American dream that Obama mentioned in his speech last night, I quickly realize that it’s Friday and that means, well it just means it’s Friday—I guess.As I look back on the week it’s been pretty busy, but I don’t think I’ll have much to talk about. We’ll see I guess.
I received a note from my old, cereal-eating buddy Ron S. and he reminded me of his upcoming wedding on September 6. Lucky for you the football season starts on September 4. But seriously, congrats my good man!
Saturday, Jerry, Joe J., John G. and I went to the Giants/Jets preseason game! We got there early, cooked on the grill, played football and chatted with some folks about Brett Favre. There was a car show across the street so we saw some classics and two Lamborghinis. Brett came through and the Jets ending up pulling it out!
On Sunday, I realized I received a letter from our old buddy Obama. I then realized that I was an important part of this nation’s future and that I needed to donate to the cause, at least that’s what the letter said. I’m not sure why I received it, but I was amused by it.
For those of you who were amazed by the stadiums, gardens and theatrics found at the Olympics you should check this out. That’s incredible, huh.
Speaking of the Olympics, Joe Diamond sent me this video of one this Cuban taekwondo fighter. Check out what he did to the ref after he disqualified him.
With the democratic convention winding down and the Republican Party gearing up for theirs, you may be interested in this new independent candidate. JI think that’s it. I’m going to the freezer to grab a few white castle burgers and eat. You enjoy the best day of the week!
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
As I sit here and reflect while watching Keith Jardine get knocked out three times in the first round of a UFC fight, I’m reminded of a discussion we’ve been having in the office all week about “real sports.” I took some crap because I said gymnastics isn’t a real sport. And maybe I’m wrong, but gymnastics, swimming, polo and athletic events like them aren’t real sports—to me.
That conversation spurred another about roles in relationships, which was hilarious. Because of vacations and such the first floor has become mostly women. And when I brought up the idea that men and women had “roles” in relationships, and not even cooking and cleaning and mowing the lawn roles, just roles in general all the males ran and hid. They’ve become bruised and beaten souls victimized by marriage. Tragic.
I guess I had no idea there were so many birthdays that occurred over the summer. Kim’s was Friday and Tim G’s was this Wednesday. I ended up having a nice convo with Tim on his birthday so that was cool. Happy Birthday to you both.
After the last edition I received a quick response from Tasha agreeing with my stance on those terrible crocs, which have been banned in hospitals and even forced their manufacturer to address the massive amount of “hatred” with their “scream” ad
The blog also sparked a meeting of the great communication minds that once reigned supreme at Tyco International. Ira, Charlie, Marty, Jane and I had a pretty funny e-mail chain going throughout the weekend.
If you own a house this video has to disturb you. I’m not sure what’s stranger, the raccoon or the guy with the camera.
While talking to Shelly about something or other I realized that we shared the same morning ritual of listening to “motivational” music during our drive to work. Oddly enough we are listening to the exact same CD at the moment.
I found this do’s and don’t’s fashion list I thought was funny. It’s really the don’t’s that are funny. What do you think?
So outside of being busy at work with my own clients, I had the pleasure of covering for Kurt. Holy batman it was busy. And then I read this freaky story about this guy. He brings new meaning to the phrases “diehard Yankees fan” and “dying standing up.” My busy time was rounded out with a comical call with Kurt from his vacation location.
While out on a job, I met this cool installer Al. I was detailing to him how the Cowboys would win the Super Bowl this year and he responded with the funniest quote of the last few months, “We (the Eagles) always win the Super Bowl—in Madden.” Too funny!
I have to say that Thursday was disappointing. I noticed a follow up story about the huge Bigfoot story that’s been sweeping the net. Turns out it was just a hoax. Terrible.
I was however pleasantly surprised that my buddy JT got himself a new Chevy SS. There’s nothing like old school muscle!
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
Yes!!!!!!! It’s Friday! I think today is a very exciting Friday. Work’s ramped up and I’ve been pretty busy so I’m happy that my favorite day is here. Aren’t you?
So last Friday Andrea stops by my office and lets me know that she’s now a fan of this little thing I call a blog and that she gives me an “A” for effort. Now that’s an endorsement I like having.
Later in the day Bob told me that he liked Cyprus Hill. That was pretty funny. So we rocked out to a couple of his favorites.
I unexpectedly spent my Saturday with three of my four best friends on Saturday. I saw my Mom first which is always a hoot. My Auntie also stopped by and injected a bit of her hilariousness. Then I went to New York to see my god son and saw best friend number two, Kya.
That was great because she cooked for me and he loved the toy I got him. On the way home I stopped in Elizabeth and saw best friend number three, Amber. We watched a UFC pay-per-view fight with Nikol and Missy. It was too bad though because best friend number four, Rachel, was away with her friend.
I think the funniest part of the weekend was that I received two Christmas gifts and a birthday gift. Strange since Christmas was nine months ago and my birthday was three months ago. The moral of this story is that it’s never too late to give a gift, especially to me. Thank you, Amber, Asia and Kya.
If you hadn’t realized, Obama is oh so pop. If you sign up for alerts on his website, he’ll text you his choice for VP when he makes it. That actually makes sense when you consider this guy won $50k in a text competition.
I had the pleasure of speaking to Mrs. JWI herself, Jane W. on Wednesday. We had a hilarious conversation about mostly business while our phone was tapped. Yes tapped. We both think someone had tapped our lines. Anyway, we quibbled about who was more important to our mutual friend, Charlie. She pointed to the fact that he’d e-mailed her minutes before our conversation while I pointed to the fact that he’d just sent me some of his new (really good) photography. Top that!
Yesterday, Bill, Bob and I made a special trip to get lunch. I found out they too shared my disgust for these things. We came to the agreement that grown men shouldn’t wear those things. J
Anyway, here’s a special hello to my good buddy, Sylvia. I miss you. J
Have a great day and maybe I’ll see you this weekend.
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
Here I find myself on another great Friday morning. I’m admittedly a bit tired from an all out effort in our playoff game last night, but hey it’s Friday!
As I returned from Mexico our friend Mitzi was coming back from Costa Rica. That sounds like next year’s adventure! You have to tell me all about it.
Kelly informed me that fans of Obama could find free buttons here.
I also had the pleasure of talking to my good ol’ buddy Charlie. He sounds like he is doing well and having fun.
During our monthly celebration of birthdays and anniversaries at work I had the distinct displeasure of tasting hummus for the first time. I have to say it was disgusting. The smell almost made me gag. L Thanks for trying to expand my horizons, Jen!
I spent Saturday morning with Jon and his family. He was working on fixing my computer, which has been out of commission for a while. Hopefully, we’ll get that thing going soon.
Later I stopped by my mother’s to do some work around her house. That didn’t work out so well. While I was assembling her TV stand a piece broke. And as quick as I started it was over. I was, however, able to hook up her Playstation!
Saturday happened to be Lynne P’s tenth anniversary. I don’t even think you’re around, but happy anniversary.
Other than being a really busy and crazy week at work that was it. I hope you had a great week. Enjoy the weekend!
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
Yellllow! What’s up ladies and gentlemen? I’m so back and ready to blog. First I have to say hello to the “newbie” to the group, Missy. How you doing? I think technically, you could be my new sister? I have a good feeling about you.
Anyway, “happy one year older” day to the following people: Sheri W., Jen A., Pamela R. (my other mother), Darren N., and my great uncle Jimmy.
Happy anniversary to Jon S. and Danni.
It turns out that I got the ok from the author of that book I read a few weeks ago to put out the details for your viewing pleasure. You can read all about Harvey’s Woods and the author Marty D. here. I’m sending my copy to Kelly, but you can get yours there.
I received a video from Chuck B. a week or two back. Bobbing for sunglasses is a great concept.
As usual, my buddy Mike K. sent me a thought-provoking QuickSilver about the possible fates of Obama and McCain if either of them wins the presidential race. Good job on that, Mike.
I got an e-mail from “J-Rock” that her name popped up in a Google alert about her new job in my blog. Too funny.
What else? Um. I randomly have to mention the other Bill, Bill B. He’s a funny guy. My random encounters with him at work are classic. From his “bear fur” (bear fur right?) wheel cover to his tuxedo t shirt and French rap music, he’s a must have in the office.
So the vacation Rachel and I took was “incredible.” That’s the word I use to describe it to everyone who asked.
We started off in this crazy hotel in South Beach. It really wasn’t a hotel, but a condo. It’s called the Metropole. Isn’t it nice? And it was so cheap! Hotwire is the only way to book a hotel! Anyway, we ate dinner off the beach and watched the beautiful people and cars go by!
We spent the next day cruising the streets of Miami before hoping on our cruise. That was another Hotwire special!
We made our first stop in Key West. We did what we always do when we go somewhere new, go to the aquarium. Their aquarium was terrible. It was one floor, boring and hot. Thank god the other part of our excursion was at the butterfly consortium. How about one giant glass dome and thousands of butterflies, moths, birds, fish and flowers? Now that was incredible. The butterflies loved Rachel and decided to land on her.J
After that we got back on the ship as quick as possible. It was sooooooo hot out there! The next afternoon we were in Mexico! We spent the day snorkeling with stingrays and piranha. Yes, piranha. They didn’t tell us they were there until we had dead fish in our hands feeding the stingrays. I got bit, but it wasn’t so bad. LOL.
After that, we had a good ol’ time in a local watering hole called Senor Frogs. And no Cleo, alcohol isn’t the new “hot chocolate.”
After we got back from the cruise, we spent a half day in Miami in the mall and checking out The Dark Knight movie. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a must see. I expect to have my pictures next week if anyone is interested.
So this week, I tried to get back in the groove at work and what happens, Jen F. shots me in the eye with a rubber band. And just after I thought we shared a special connection. Maybe you’ll make it up to me by bringing me some hummus.
I talked to Lynne P. the other day and found out she edited Harvey’s Woods. If you needed another reason to pick one up that should be it. Anyway, I let her know that I found a video of some people who were running in the race she talked about. It’s a marathon with beer pit stops.
I also had the chance to share my cruise experience with Pam, who just got back from a cruise.
Turns out my old chum from Tyco, Jerry N., is back in town. I hear he’s living it up in NY. We’ll get together grab a bite or something soon. It’s imperative!
And finally, Thursday I got to see two of my original IT buddies, Jon and Marlon. It was quick, but cool!
Lisa, W. I have a feeling I saw the back of your head. If that’s the case, I think you walked right by me and didn’t say hello. L
I hope you have a nice weekend! I’ll talk to you on the other side!
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
I’m thinking I should say hello to a few people because it’s Friday! Hello to Tasha J. and Jennifer A, who is cooler than I realized. Sorry about the confusion, Jen. Apparently, Jon and Shelly felt like they were too good for New Jersey so they left on vacation—lucky them!
Saturday Steven and I took a ride out to Maryland to drop off Am’s car to Asia. So after hours of riding in traffic, we got there. We stopped to get a bite and after we finished I saw the funniest thing: this kid was outside in shorts and SNOW BOOTS. You know how hot it was in Jersey, but when you cross the MD border that number goes up by 15. I was cracking up.Because the car was a stick I had to teach her how to drive it. After about two hours we left. On the way back I saw a guy and a girl on a Hayabusa. Guy and girl on a bike—so what. Well he was doing about 100 mph and neither one of them was wearing a helmet—I love it.
Sunday I was dissed by my mother and Kelly. They were both supposed to stop by and didn’t even call! My mother doesn’t read this, but Kelly I know you do! Tisk, tisk, tisk. Monday, I watched a clip on Media Takeout and almost lost my lunch. I don’t think a football player should do this. What do you think? I picked up Pat B. after she dropped her car off. I love Pat ‘cuz she and I are just a like—night owls, lovers of raunchy reality TV shows and haters of the morning. But our nocturnal ways is ruining my weekends. I don’t sleep m-f and then sleep all weekend—sucks!
Over the weekend, I developed a cold which peeked on Monday. I know this because the patent-pending “snot rag” came out. My snot rag is generally an undershirt or random white shirt that I keep in bed with me to wipe and blow my nose. Disgusting huh? I know! Tuesday, I stayed home from work. While I was sick, I still did pretty well with dinner in bed and plenty of tea from Rachel. In my last cup of tea, I requested a shot of that 12-year reserve I told you about—yum.
For all of you armchair quarterbacks I have the hot (free) fantasy football league! If you want in click here. The ID is: 499198 and the password is roids. Wednesday, I was still sick, but Kurt made me happy by affirming my belief that you should NOT know the sex of your child before it’s born. The only real surprise of your life and you ruin it to pick out paint and furniture. So superficial America is. We had a bit of a Tyco World reunion when I sent a group e-mail to Stacey C. and Lynne. Hi, ladies. I then had a meeting at Novo Nordisk with Karen W. and Lisa C. The meeting was quick and then we were joined by Susan O. and Denise W. I guess Jerry and I were distracted because we completely forgot to wish Sue Happy Birthday—HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUE! Additionally, on the ride home I figured out that I have the coolest boss ever. Jerry, you are a funny, funny guy!
On Thursday, in a random occurrence, I was at the Post Office and the guy at the register was like it’s a “box in a box”. He was referring to his oversized box, but I immediately thought about this. HAHA. I’d just like to announce that one of my favorite shows right now is Hell Date. One final note: Like Ray Charles? Check this out.
Since most of you losers, I say losers lovingly, are on vacation, I’m going to motivate myself to get through today. I think Rachel found some new EXPENSIVE vodka she wants to try, so it looks like we’ll be sucking that down after work. Yep, motivation done—I’m there!
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
TGIF people, TGIF. Have you ever been somewhere and had an epiphany?Sure you have. Well I’ve felt like this has been a week of random realization.Now, I’m really just kidding about the epiphanies, but I’ve realized a bunch of funny stuff this week.
The first thing was my quest to stop cursing nearly three years ago. Now, I’m pretty good with this and it’s not really worth talking about, but Kurt decided he’d go the same route. It’s really pretty funny watching someone in the early stages of this process. Good luck—you’ll need it.
On Friday, I went to the Starland Ballroom with Mama E. to see The Christine Martucci Band, Yes! Apparently, we walked into my first LOGO show. If you don’t know what LOGO is, you may want to upgrade your cable or flip a little higher next time you watch TV. Anyway, the show was the BOMB. We saw Kecia O., Rudy T., Jose B., David and Pam.
Over the weekend, I got an email from Lynne who just got back celebrating her 10 year anniversary. Nice! Considering that 60% of all marriages end before the first decade, I applaud you. When I get out your way, I’ll look into that noise in your attic. Later I found this clip and couldn’t stop laughing. Monday, I had a random feeling. It was 6:15 p.m. and quiet. Dammit, I was the last one at work again. I’ve been good about leaving at 5:30 p.m., but I’ve been a little busy and I just can’t help it recently. I hate being the last one out! Jerry, can you hire some auditors? They never go home.
Tuesday, I realized two things: we are a YouTube company. We communicate with YouTube clips. I was telling the folks at lunch about this “Balls Out” clip from Mad TV—funny. Elaine sent me this David Blaine clip—Sick. The Blaine clip isn’t work safe and the balls out one is marginal. The second realization was that I am American. I should eat American food. We had Mexican for lunch and like the “good Chinese” it really didn’t work right with my insides.
Wednesday, I went to the Skylark for dinner with my best friend, Am. We talked, ate and I had an incredible Mojito. She, like an unnamed person, has this weird thing about her. She orders drinks and doesn’t finish them. Cappuccino, unfinished, Corona, finished by me, another Corona partially drunk by me. Rachel, she said wait to open the Patron until she comes over. And if you were wondering Elaine, I didn’t pay, sucka! HAHA. In weird news, I was helping a buddy, DJ Luv, record his MixCD and we ordered his pizza online! Now this isn’t new, but it’s new to me and way cool!
Thursday, I realized that e-mail-enabled phones, like my HTC Dash, are great for gadget freaks like me, but they are hilarious when you get random e-mails from night-owls like me at midnight, 1 a.m., 4 a.m. and the best of all an e-mail from Lisa C. at 5:16 a.m. Now she’s in China and going to bring me back some lovely chopsticks, so she has an excuse, but the rest of you, GO TO SLEEP! The weirdest realization I made was when I looked up and realized I was the youngest person at my job. I know how old most of you are, and there are only a handful of you who this may apply. But if this isn’t you, I have to tell you it’s an odd feeling.
Here is the quick and dirty advice: Your motivation to get through the day should be simple. Mine is going home and seeing Rachel. Yours should be going home and seeing ____. You fill in the blank.
A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).
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