How I Met Your Mother
Posted on October 30, 2007 1:58 PM
This animated gif tells the story of how I met Angela. The drawing is pretty simple, as it is pretty much my first stab at drawing anything. Mostly, I made it to send as a picture message on my cellphone. I thought I would share with folks who aren't
cursed lucky enough to have a cellphone.
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A Cruel Twist of Fate
Posted on October 9, 2007 10:36 AM
In week #2 of the 2007 NFL season, The Philadelphia Eagles faced the Washington Redskins on Monday Night Football. What made the game interesting for me was the fact that I was matched up against Amy in the fantasy football. There were three players left to play on Monday night, Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook, and David Akers. Amy had McNabb and Westbrook, while I had David Akers on my FF team. The game couldn't have played out much better for me if I had scripted it myself. McNabb and Westbrook were marginalized while the only player on the Eagles that scored was Akers. I was ecstatic with the outcome, as I won the game in Fantasy Football, and the Eagles still lost.
Fast forward to last night. 3 weeks later the Cowboys are playing the Buffalo Bills whose defense has been ranked the worst so far in the 2007 season. In Fantasy Football, I am facing Walt whose Chicago Bears were able to not only beat the 4-0 Green Bay Packers the night before, but score some nice points for Walt in FF. Going into Monday night, I am down by 21 points, but I still have Tony Romo and Marion Barber to play. On the other hand, Walt has Nick Folk the rookie Dallas kicker. Down by 21 points doesn't look too bad considering I have the highest ranked QB in Fantasy Football, and they are playing what is supposed to be the worst defense in the league.
Could Fate resist the temptation to lay a vicious smackdown on me and my beloved Cowboys?
No.
Going into the half, Tony Romo has a total of 4 interceptions and the game is tied 10-10. Things don't look much better in the 2nd half, with Romo tossing another pick, and then later fumbling the ball, with the Bills recovering.
All in all, it was a nightmare of a game for Romo with 5 picks and 1 fumble. Meanwhile, the rookie kicker, Nick Folk is having
the game of his life, kicking 4 out of 4 good kicks, the last one to win the game, even after the old icing the kicker trick! Sorry Walt, FF isn't going to give you points for that extra practice kick! Just seconds before kicking the winning field goal, Nick Folk kicked a near perfect onside kick! (Once again, no FF points for the onside kick.)
That was one of the craziest comebacks I've seen. I can't imagine what it must be like for the Buffalo Bills fans in the stadium. That stadium was packed all the way down to the final whistle. I wonder how many accidents happened on the roadways after that game, because I am sure that most of the people walking out of that stadium were in shock!
The Dallas Cowboys are still undefeated. That victory was bittersweet on a couple different levels. The good news: Cowboys are 5-0, and I picked them to win in the football pool. The bad news: They totally hosed me in Fantasy Football this week, and things are looking really scary for next week when Tom Brady, Randy Moss and the gang come to big D.
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Tales From The Cubicle
Posted on October 8, 2007 4:02 PM
Some weeks ago, somebody came into my cubicle after hours and helped themselves to my chips and salsa. Now, don't get me wrong. I don't have a problem with somebody eating a piece of candy or some cookies that I leave out on my desk, as long as I've left the food on the edge of my desk near the aisle. That doesn't mean that you should stop by and eat until you're full. Grazing is frowned upon. Unfortunately, this incident was nothing less than theft in my opinion. I bought a bag of tortilla chips and a jar of salsa as well as a salad from the salad bar at Giant one day for lunch. After eating the salad, I wasn't too hungry, so I never opened the chips or the salsa.
The next day I came into work and the first thing I noticed was some salsa on the floor. The salsa spill wasn't enough to make me put the pieces together. Later in the day, I was getting a little hungry and I remembered the chips and salsa so I went to open them up and that's when I noticed that someone had taken the liberty of opening the bag of chips and the jar of salsa. Not only did they help themselves, but they ate around 3/4 of the jar of salsa! And then they put the chips and opened salsa back in the Giant grocery bag! I couldn't believe it. I know that some people will say that the chips and salsa don't cost that much so I shouldn't be too upset. I think that makes it worse. The fact that the cost of the items pilfered is small makes the thief even more of a dirtbag. If I had left a $600 iPhone sitting there, I wouldn't be that surprised to find that somebody had walked away with it and to be honest, I would be at least equally pissed with myself for doing something so stupid.
I suppose the thing that enrages me the most is the idea of someone sitting at my desk, eating my food, and to top it off spilling salsa on the floor while they're doing it. I think the other reason I get so aggravated is because someone has stolen stuff from my desk before. In the past, someone walked off with a box of Splenda packets and a bulk package of Mardis Gras napkins, on different occasions. In my opinion, most of the insult comes first, from the relatively low value of the items being stolen. I mean, there isn't a person who works here that can't afford to buy a bag of chips (Giant brand!)and some salsa. Second, I would have not objected for the most part if someone had taken just a
handful of Splenda packets or napkins. Taking the whole package, in both cases more than you would need at one time, displays a real lack of respect. If I were in the position to make such decisions, a person who committed these thefts would be collecting their last check.
I've given some thought as to what I want to do in response to these acts. I have some good ideas, hopefully nothing that will get me into trouble. I will definitely follow-up if anything comes to pass.
I want to apologize for the folks who've heard me ranting about this and immediately think, "Darn, Chris let it go!" I just wanted to share with those who don't get the pleasure of listening to me complain about stuff in person.
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The next day I came into work and the first thing I noticed was some salsa on the floor. The salsa spill wasn't enough to make me put the pieces together. Later in the day, I was getting a little hungry and I remembered the chips and salsa so I went to open them up and that's when I noticed that someone had taken the liberty of opening the bag of chips and the jar of salsa. Not only did they help themselves, but they ate around 3/4 of the jar of salsa! And then they put the chips and opened salsa back in the Giant grocery bag! I couldn't believe it. I know that some people will say that the chips and salsa don't cost that much so I shouldn't be too upset. I think that makes it worse. The fact that the cost of the items pilfered is small makes the thief even more of a dirtbag. If I had left a $600 iPhone sitting there, I wouldn't be that surprised to find that somebody had walked away with it and to be honest, I would be at least equally pissed with myself for doing something so stupid.