Millions of Dollars

"Millions"...That's on my mind right now. Partly due to Million Dollar Baby on the Oscars last night, and the other part b/c I saw that the Mega Millions Lotto is up to 112 Million dollars. After seeing that sign, which is in the first couple of miles of my commute, I thought about the first impulse purchase I would make. I thought about California dream homes, Cars, and Boats, but none of those really stuck out in my mind. Then I figured out the perfect thing to waste my money on. I would love to have a personal clothes folder, ironer, and grocery shopper. Living the single life here in Atlanta, I have learned a lot of things about myself. A couple of those things I will share. I hate going to the grocery b/c I always forget stuff. So, I have resorted to the "Single stop, single meal" technique. That means every time I go to the grocery, I only buy for one meal. Seven Meals cooked, Seven stops at the grocery. Second, I hate folding and ironing clothes. Just ask Bert and Greg. My laundry basket is filled to the brim with clean clothes that are not folded or ironed. Thank goodness for Downey Wrinkle Reducer, or else I would come to work looking as if I slept in my clothes. So, that all being said, a professional clothes folder/ironer and grocery shopper is what I would spend my newly won lotto money on. I would pay him/her salary with a full benefits package, 401K, 2 working days a week, and 2 weeks vacation. Upon yearly review we would discuss a bonus. Alright, now that you know where my money would go, Where would yours go to?

Sports Podcast Network

Everyone go check out the Sports Podcast Network. Matt Kemph and Curtis Coutin have put an unbelievable amount of effort into this project. It will be launched tomorrow February 28th. You can also read about it in the San Jose Mercury Newspaper. If you have a burning sports issue you want to talk about then go hit up the message boards. Job well done Matt and Curtis.

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations to Lewis Agnew for his first visit to the Working Days... blog. Ladies, don't everyone email me at once for this stunning gentleman's phone number.

$5 a Touch

Please don't get jealous everyone!!! You will get your chance to touch the hiney of the Great Stephen Woodham. For only five dollars you will not only be able to touch his booty, but you will also get a picture thrown in there. You can also go for the "Gold" package deal that Betsy and Amanda paid for. Two hands on the booty and a picture for $8. If interested, please comment and an arrangement will be made.

Caught!!!!

At work today I had just finished lunch when someone in the break room asked if I had seen Roxanne. I said I hadn't seen her in a while, and asked why he was so concerned. Well apparantly Roxanne had gone missing for the past hour and a half. Not thinking anything about it, I did my daily routine of driving up to the gas station to get some juice. I roll into the gas station grab some juice and glance over at the video poker machines. You guessed it...Roxanne had gotten her paycheck and was playing the video poker machines. I asked her why she wasn't at work and she said b/c she was losing. So, as a manager what do you think I did? Yep you got it, I sat right next to her and played a couple of games myself. It was a great lunch break today. So I guess since we are on the topic of gambling. What is your favorite game to play at a casino and what is the most money you have won/lost at one time?

FOW

That's right...It is time for the announcement of the fan of the week for the week of Feb. 19-25. The winner this week, in a close race, was Mr. Stephen Woodham (picture coming soon). Stephen, although in Destin, FL, has been loyal to the Working Days... blog. He has taken extraordinary efforts to post comments from the Sunshine State. Mr. Woodham, a graduate from The Auburn University, is now working for a geo-tech firm here in Atlanta. Stephen is going through some exciting times in his life due to his recent engagement to Mr. Alex Holt. Congratulations!!! His childhood days were spent in the great town of Montgomery, AL, where he was a superstar on the St. James football team in high school. You can check his stats out here. He also became a world traveler after his graduation from Auburn, with his sidekick Charlie "Mr. Pinson" Baxley. Their destinations included Australia, Asia, and Europe. His next big destination will be Hawaii in April, which I will be attending as well. Some of Stephen's interest include, racquet ball, weight lifting, driving his Ford Explorer (200,000 miles + on it), late night dancing at Bulldogs, and playing with dirt. A quote from the girls at "The Terrace", "When you first meet this fine young man you fall absolutely in love with him. He is the definition of 'love at first sight'" Wow, pretty high remarks about you Mr. Woodham. Well, Congratulations and hold down the fort in Destin. I will be there soon.

I'm Back!!!

After a blustery couple of days in the Windy City, I am back down to the Land of Milk and Honey. I now see why people hate life in Chicago during the winter time. Temp barely above freezing everyday, wind that is always 30+ mph, and a new blanket of snow every morning. Luckily Chicago does have some things that will keep you going like their deep dish pizza...I think I ate a whole deep dish pizza one day at lunch. Let's just say that it was a long afternoon at the meetings. Anyways, it was relatively uneventful trip up there. Meetings from 8-5:30 everyday, with, get this, HOMEWORK!!! I haven't done homework in 5 years. Well I'm glad to be back and am ready to start the blogging up again.

Breaking News!!! Look Who Got Engaged

Check it out. I totally didn't see this coming. Congratulations Alex and Stephen

Saturday Night

Saturday Night here in Atlanta a group of us went to see the "Beav One Tour" aka Cory Sellers play at a coffee shop off of Shallowford Rd. I must say it was a great show put on by Sellers, and it brought tears to my eyes as memories of past performances at Botcher's flooded my mind. Upon completion of the excellent one man show, we all decided to pack it up and head up to Wild Bill's to do a little dancing and two steppin to Bill Gentry and the 35 Cent Rodeo Band. I must be honest and say that I didn't dance, but I did do a lot of people watching. So, after we all got our fair share of skimpy clothes, underwear shots, love handles, and enhanced women's chests, it was time to call it quits. Brad, Will, and I did meet a new friend at the Mickey D's drive thru off of N. Decatur, while getting some post WB's food. He had two cell phones with over 258 numbers in each. I don't think I know 258 people. I asked how many booty calls he had, and he explained to me that he has been in ATL for 3 days and already has 15 booty calls. I have zero booty calls, and I have been here for 7 months. I must be in need of some lessons on how to obtain a booty call from McDonald Joe from Jersey. He works at Cafe Tu Tu Tango, and if you see me there, then you know I am just getting some pimpin lessons. Anyhoo, back to the Cory's music...I am glad to see that he has extended his touring to the city of Atlanta. I have been to many of his shows and enjoy them every time I see him play. If you have a chance check out his site, link is at top, and see if you can't make a show. I suggest the shows at Eddie's Attic.

Windy City Here I Come

Hopefully most of you are enjoying your Presidents' Day somewhere other than work or class. I on the other hand am celebrating Pres. Day here in the office with a nice chik-fil-a chicken biscuit. Grace, my best office friend, has returned from her week of vacation, which has put some brightening effects on this rainy Monday morning. She has been here so long that I think she gets close to 6 weeks vacation. So, I will be heading to Chicago at 4pm EST today for some mind stimulating training. I have checked the weather and it looks as if the high temps will be in the upper 30's. Not too bad for this time of year. I shall return on Thursday night at 951pm EST...Just in time to enjoy my Friday at the office. I will try my hardest to get a windy city blog or two in while I am up there. No promises though. So, please tune in on Friday b/c I will be announcing week three's FOW. In the meantime, I would love to hear everyone's favorite Chicago moment, story, memory, or something associated with Chicago. My favorite Chicago moment...I have 2 of them. The first has to be my trip up to the corporate offices for a little corporate orientation. The company kept us over for the weekend so we could go play in the city on that Saturday, which happened to be my birthday. I had never been to the Windy City, but as some of you might know I am a life long Cubs fan. Well it turns out that the Cubbies are in town playing the Brewers for a little North Side afternoon ball game at Wrigley Field. The game was sold out, and tickets were going for $75 each. Greg Maddux is on the hill and he is going for his 298 win. After a delicious deep dish pizza at Gino's we take the train up to Wrigleyville. It was everything that I ever dreamed of. We decided to head to the Cubby Bear to watch the game since there weren't many tickets available. The game was just about to start when I decided I would pay anything to be in the game. As I went outside I held my finger up for one ticket. Not a minute had passed, and a guy looked at me and said $75. I replied back, $30. The guy acted like I was crazy, and started walking away. My hopes and dreams of Wrigley were fading quickly. Then I screamed at the guy $40, he said $45...Deal. So, I got in the game, didn't even go to my seat. Hung out with some old guy, and watched Maddux shut the Brewers down. 3-0 Cubs win!!!! It was the most magnificent moment ever. I was speechless when I saw the ivy in the outfield. Everyone has to go to Wrigley Field sometime. Alright, a little long winded b/c I was caught up in the moment, but memory 2 of Chicago. Andre "The Hawk" Dawson. Cubs Right Fielder in the 80's. I remember one game he got thrown out and he threw every possible thing in the dugout onto the field. All the fans were throwing their drinks on the field. It reminded me a lot like the student section at Auburn after a last second field goal to win the game. Enough, now your turn for Chicago memories, stories, moments, etc.

Confusion...Need Help!!!

I can't decide if we are just incredibly good looking or waiting for an audition for the newest Ron Jeremy film.

Secrets of a Good Life...

Riding to work today I decided to listen to a little country music on "The Eagle" 106.7. The first song I heard was that Faith Hill song Secret of a Life. I got to thinking about what some of the small secrets are to a good life for me. A few that I thought of were...a morning cup of coffee, Orange "Toast Chee" peanut butter crackers, a nice relaxing drive on the forklift through the warehouse, the snooze bar on my alarm, hotmail.com, a cup of hot tea, my halloween boxers that I have had for an unspecified amount of time, and Buck's pizza day on Fridays. Just a few of the things that keep me going these days. What are your secrets to a good life?

Driving in Atlanta

Since I work 45 miles from where I live, I get the awesome privilege of driving a good bit here in Atlanta. Some of the highlights of my driving career in the city include, a cracked blinker light, cracked wind shield, which has run all the way across, an oil change a month, a tank a gas a week, 20,000 miles on my car since June of 2004, a dirty car all the time, endless amounts of time in traffic, 2 hours being my longest commute, a birdie from some thug, and multiple near misses on wrecks. So to sum it up...It has been very enjoyable and relaxing to commute to work everyday.

FOW

Yes, it is that time again. Time to announce the fan of the week. This week there were two individuals that showed outstanding performance with their comments. I am pleased to announce Miss Betsy Nicholson and Mr. David Weems as the fans of the week. Both have shown great support for the "Working Days..." blog. For starters, a little bit about Miss Nicholson. Betsy, a newly acquired friend of mine in Atlanta, is a 2003 graduate from the University of Georgia, where she was an active member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She is now currently employed as a Mortgage Consultant at HomeBanc here in the Dirty Dirty. Betsy grew up in Marietta, Georgia with stops in Tampa, FL and Boston, MA. Watching Tivo'd shows, listening to Keb Mo, kick boxing, dominating trivia, and singing karaoke to "Pour Some Sugar On Me" are just a few of her hobbies. I am very honored to have the privilage of knowing Betsy here in Atlanta. On to our second FOW, none other than Mr. David Weems. A long time friend of mine, David spent his childhood days in the stunning city of Jackson, MS. Vanderbilt University was David's first stop on the education map, where he majored in English. After VU David decided he was not through with his education, and now he attends the University of Mississippi where he is a first year law student. Mr. Weems enjoys hunting, commenting on my blog, music, and climbing the water tower by his house in Oxford. A special thanks to David for providing me with some black dress shoes this past weekend b/c I forgot mine. The shoes brought a lot of female attention my way, and definitely enhanced my game with Jackson folk. So, all that being said I would like to congratulate you two fine young people. You are both very deserving of this award.

*On a side note...Special thanks to Alexander Holt of Memphis, TN for being the first person to email Maggie and request egg rolls at her wedding reception.

Icy Juicy

As I swallowed my last sip of Orange Juice, memories of childhood came back to me. For a moment I felt as if I was back at the Hanging Moss Pool in Jackson, MS, on a hot summer day drinking the remnants of my Icy Juicy. For everyone to be on the same page, these things were the triangular popsicles that had ice that was finer than rabbit pellet ice. Whatever happened to these things. I mean are they like the wind suits? Lost and gone forever. Well, the last time I enjoyed an Icy Juicy was when I worked at Kanakuk Kamps the summer after my freshman year in college. It was like an Icy Juicy Renaissance when they broke out the grape, orange, and cherry flavors. We had a little cheer for it..."I say, you say, I want an icy juicy". After chanting this over and over we finally got our wish. Well if you know where the Icy Juicy's are then please let me know. Summer is on its way and I have a freezer that is in need of some lovin'.

Wedding Profile

Looking at my calendar this morning, I realized that I will be making a full fledged wedding tour come late May and June. Four weddings in Five weeks. 3 trips to Birmingham, AL and 1 to Jackson, MS. There must be some romantic touch in the water supply the Magic City. So, since I have realized that I will be making this tour, I have decided to profile one of these weddings, Henderson Gray Fiser style that is. (I also promised Maggie I would blog about her.) Yes, Maggie Carter and Tyler O'Connor will be exchanging vows on May 28, 2005 in Birmingham, AL. The spark of M&T's relationship started with a little political office romance...No not like Bill and Monica, this was clean. Maggie, running Tyler's campaign, realized what a refined young gentleman she was working for, and decided to capitalize on it. While Tyler was busy being On Top O' the Task ( his slogan for the campaign, which was robbed from him, much like the Miss Homecoming in 2003 with Miss Jordan Orso, we'll save that for another blog), Maggie was right in the thick of things with him. I don't think I have ever seen a campaign run more brilliantly than these two lovers. They both complimented each other like a famous duo. So, the romance started and hit the ground running. Now I jump forward to December 2004 because there is too much in between. I wake early one morning after Christmas to a call from Miss Maggie Carter. In a jubilant voice she told me that her and Tyler had gotten engaged, and then she told me how it happened. I then asked what the ring looked like, not really caring what it looked like, but I think girls that are engaged like when you ask about it. Anyhoo, the description sounded great, and apparently Tyler had done a magnificent job ring shopping. So, now Maggie will be moving back to Bham from New York here in the near future. I believe the couple will be residing in Anniston, AL after the wedding. You can check out all the details at http://maggieandtyler.weddings.com. Congratulations on the engagement, and I can't wait for the wedding!!! Now that I have blogged about Maggie, I want to talk about the reception. I really want Maggie and Tyler to have egg rolls at their wedding reception. I have been pushing for this since December and it doesn't look like it is going to happen. Please, for the love of egg rolls, email Maggie at maggiecarter330@hotmail.com and tell her to put egg rolls on the menu.

Tennis Matches and Conversations...

After the Disgruntled Librarians had waved the white flag on trivia the other night and all but me, Will, and Betsy had left, some interesting conversations were brought up. The three of us spent close to an hour conversing about everything under the sun. College, relationships, love, and tennis!?! Will, Mr. Analogy Man, compared conversations to a tennis match. After discussing this topic for a few minutes it made a lot of sense. Do you ever feel like you are Andy Roddick and you just keep aceing the person you are talking to? I find these are the hardest conversations ever. These are the conversations you have with an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend, person who is not happy with you, or someone with no personality. You keep on throwing questions their way and they can't seem to return them, or they are in the form of one word answers such as, good, fine, maybe, yes, and no. Answers like this are good defense, but it is hard to win a match using this strategy. Sometimes you even serve a lob over the net to try and get a rally going, but it doesn't seem to work. I hate these types of conversations, it is very tiring and frustrating. Each time you serve up a question you are thinking in your head...could this be the time that we have a rally? Well all this said I would like to know how you compare a tennis match to a conversation, that is if you do at all.

Tuesday Night Trivia Name?

Well I am back after taking a day off from blogging, and I am ready to get going. So, Tuesday nights have officially become trivia night at Rio Grande here in Atlanta. We started off with a bang finishing third place the first week we played, and then followed up with a first place performance the next week. Last week we finished top 10 which was a huge disappointment compared to our two previous finishes on the medal stand. This week was even worse! We threw in the towel at halftime because we were doing so bad. Some say that the falling from our dominant days are due to inconsistent attendance by team members, and others feel the fall can be directly related to amount of competition we were up against. I, on the other hand, believe our failure to succeed in the past weeks is because we lack an official name. We have gone through 3 names in 4 weeks. Taco Stand, Tmy5, and Disgruntled Librarians have all been used. So, please comment on what our official Tuesday Night Trivia name should be. If the new team name that we pick returns to its Glory Days, a magical prize (pesos) shall be waiting on the other side. The floor is now open for suggestions...

Where Have All the Wind Suits Gone?

Sitting at the office today, I was reading up on some audit that we are having in the upcoming months, when all of the sudden one of my co-workers walked by with a wind suit jacket on. I looked and admired the jacket since I hadn't seen one since elementary school. Then I thought to myself, Where have all the wind suits gone? Probably the same place all the cowboys went in Paula Cole's smash hit in 1998, Where Have All the Cowboys Gone. So, I did a little research on the issue, and found this: http://www.complaints.com/january2002/complaintoftheday.january23.2.htm. Apparently the wind suits had bad zippers so they are hanging in everyone's closet now. The mystery of where the wind suits are is now resolved. I want to propose something, if you have a wind suit in your closet then you should break it out for the day. Maybe take a little jog or get groceries in it, or even sport it to the workplace or class. You might be able to find your old Reebok pumps while you are at it. I would like some feedback on this too. How many wind suits did you have? And please give the description of your favorite. I had three at the peak of my wind suit career, and my favorite was a royal blue one with a black, teal, and neon orange triangle on the front.

Email and Commission

Have you ever wondered how much money you could make if you got a commission for every email you sent and received during the day? I was thinking about that just a moment ago. I probably send/receive 70 emails a day...Majority SPAM. So, I did some figuring $5 for every email that is sent or received times 70 per day is $350 a day. $350 a day times 365 days a year would bring the figure to $127,750 a year. That means I would make my first million in a little over 7.5 years. So, I could theoretically be a millionaire before I hit the age of thirty. Fun to think about, but it will never happen. Maybe I will wake up from this great dream here in a second.

Proper Greeting

This weekend while I was home I had the awesome privilege of attending an engagement party for Clare Smith and Don Rush. It was a beautiful event held at my former next door neighbors, the Watkins. While at the party, I saw many people I haven't seen in over 2 years, and even up to 5 years. Some of these people I was fairly good friends with back in the day. The crowd was mostly composed of high school classmates and Ole Miss graduates. Anyways, I will get to the point of this blog. When I ran into these people that I hadn't seen in a while and used to be decent friends with it was kind of awkward. Not in the sense that we had a past romantic history, but the way we greeted each other. I should add that this is the girls that I saw, guys were easy...Handshake then talk about how Auburn got shafted out of a chance to play for the National Title. See, I am a side hug type person, but the first person I talked to was kind of scared of the side hug. So, I reverted to the handshake with the next girl, which I think is totally inappropriate in the setting that I was in. I feel this girl took the handshake personal, and wanted a side hug. So, the rest of the night, I was trying to decide whether to side hug or handshake the girls, or do nothing at all and start up a conversation. In the end I decided to side hug everyone b/c I felt it was more personable and it was a way to make someone feel comfortable. Thoughts on my decision to side hug everyone? Well just wanted to throw that out there and see if anyone feels the same way at a function such as this one.

New Acquisition

I am proud to announce the newest addition to our beautiful mansion in Atlanta, Georgia, Bert. Bert is a disease free man from Birmingham, Alabama via Andalusia and Dothan, Alabama. He has accepted a job here in Atlanta with some company that I don't know the name of, but I'm sure it is a great company. Bert likes exercising, cliff diving, rock climbing, and Oakland A's baseball. Both Greg and I are very excited to have him in our house, especially after we both came home from a weekend away to a clutter free, freshly cleaned house. I believe I owe Bert's mom and Anna a thank you for that as well. Congratulations and welcome to Atlanta!

Fan of the Week

I would like to introduce a little section that I will try and do weekly here on my blog. No promises though. It will be the Fan of the Week, or FOW section. I will try and post a picture of the FOW, when I figure this blogging stuff out. Anyways, the FOW for the week of February 4-11 is none other than Mr. Mark Steele. He has successfully posted the most comments this week. A little background on the "Dark Stallion" from Jackson, MS. He is a 2004 graduate from Baylor University in Waco, Tx., "Sic em Bears". Receiving his Degree in Accounting, he has now moved on to the lovely town of Oxford, MS, where he is currently pursuing his Masters in Accounting. Upon graduation in the MAC program at Ole Miss, he will be moving to Memphis, Tennessee, and will be working for Deloitte & Touche. Mark enjoys music, fishing, toning his sexy body, and darts. When asked for a comment about Mark, David Weems replied, "You will never be able to hang with this horse." Congratulations Mark, you deserve every bit of this award!!! Can't wait to wet a line this weekend.

The Great Debate

Every morning I have a 45 min. commute to work and a lot of thoughts dance in my head. This thought was a carryover from the evening prior. Last night while Will and I were sitting over at "The Terrace" with Katie, Catie, and Betsy a lively discussion was sparked by an interesting move that Katie made. As we are watching a tivo'd episode of American Idol, Will, with his eagle eyes, spots Katie lifting her arm and smelling her arm pits. kind of gross, I know, but we have all done it before. Apparently she was very interested in her own aroma, which there was a funky smell in the house. Not real sure if it was Katie's B.O. or Will just passing gas on the other side of the room. So, we start to name the deodorants that we used everyday. Katie-Secret, Catie-Secret, Will-Right Guard (Stick), Betsy-Roll on that her mom buys, and Me-Right Guard(Spray) An interesting point was brought up by Betsy. She said that if you change deodorants, the new one will not work. I have found this to be true too. If I don't use my Right Guard, Powder Dry, Spray-On deodorant, aka Locker Room Deodorant, I tend to feel a little moisture in my pits during the course of the day. This brings me to my first question. When you change your deodorant from your regular one, does it create abnormal amounts of moisture in your pits? This second question I will leave open for debate. Which deodorant is the best: Spray-On, Roll On, Anti perspirant, or Gel. Personally, I am a spray-on guy. It got me through junior high, High School, College, and it seems to be working in my Post Graduate years. I mean in the words of Greg, "you've got to dance with the one that brought you here." So today, take a little time out of your busy working/class schedules and take a sniff of your pits, and think about your deodorant and how effective it is.

2005 Goals (Continued)

On a more serious note, I have had time to think about some of my goals for the year ahead. As I checked my bank account yesterday, I realized how much money I spend on eating out. I won't discuss numbers here b/c it is slightly embarassing how much I spend on food compared to anything else. Luckily my mother has given me some tips on how to cook over the years, so this food thing is going to get taken care of. I need to save money on food, therefore I have come to my first official goal of the new year. I am going to get on a budget, and start cooking more meals. I have kind of been terrified by the "B" word as of late, but that will have to stop. This now means I have to suck it up and spend more time in the grocery. This also means I need suggestions on what to cook. Please send your suggestions.

Appropriate Time to Discuss Lunch

Another office story...I know I will get off of this kick soon, or maybe not. These are the stories that keep me pecking away on the keyboard. Right now it is 8:02 AM EST. 30 min. ago our secretary here at my company walked in. Just think about the lady on Office Space that says, "Corporate Accounts Payable, this is Nina speaking...Just a moment!" and you have our secretary, or administrative assistant, to be politically correct. So, she walks straight to mine and Grace's cube, and ask what is for lunch. Remember now, that it is 7:32AM EST, for you CST people that is 6:32 AM. Hot wings is what was brought up, with french fries. I shook my head and had to excuse myself b/c I felt as if I was going to get sick. So, I open this up for discussion. What time is it appropriate to start discussing what is for lunch at the office, or class (for you further educating people)? I find it slightly unappetizing to talk about hot wings at 7:32AM does anyone else feel this way?

Questionable Cake, but Saved by Grace

I walked into work today, and went to go get me a nasty cup of colored water, for the caffeine that is. It is not exactly coffee because it is too weak. I prefer the kind of coffee that puts hair on your chest. Anyhoo, I turn around and look on the table and there is cake there. Not feeling like eating the cake at the moment, I go back to my desk. I spend about 20 min. at my desk, and my stomach begins to growl. So, I look at Grace, my best friend at work that is pushing 70 years old, and ask her if she wants a piece of cake. Grace starts to shake her head and has this very distraught look on her face. She motions for me to come over, and I do. Thank goodness that she did motion for me to come over. She informed me that the person who made the cake keeps her kitchen windows open, and her horse always sticks his head in the kitchen and does that little sneezing thing in the kitchen. Nasty, but true. So, now I lean back in my chair, survey my office, and see that 3/4 of the people here are eating horse snot cake. It brings a little smile to my face. I sure hope it is good. I guess the moral of this story is...Get a best friend at the office, and make sure he/she is a seasoned veteran there. I can now sincerely say, "I love you Grace and thank you for all the lessons I have learned from you"

2005 Goals

A special thanks to Greg, my roommate, for asking me what my goals were for 2005. I have never actually thought about setting goals for the year. I feel this will be beneficial to my everyday life. This is something that is now on my mind. It may take a couple of days to come up with some goals that are specific to myself, but I will be coming back with some. I, thanks to Greg, challenge everyone to set some goals for the year at hand, and if willing, share them. If someone else knows your goals, they can help keep you accountable and help you to achieve them.

At what age is it o.k.?

As I sit here in the office at 7 something this morning, I start to check my email, go buy some crackers from the snack machine, and fill up my coffee cup. So i sit down to enjoy my typical breakfast at the office when all of the sudden it is interrupted by a very loud burp by a fellow co-worker. this co-worker will go unnamed, but it rhymes with Dina. and yes, it is a female. this got me thinking about things. at what age does it become o.k. to burp and fart in public. knowing that "tina" is about 45 years old, it has to be younger than that. i, on the other hand, like to keep my bodily functions a private matter, and i am 22 years old. so, we have a range 22-45. so i do more research on this issue. my manager and i were checking over a load that was supposed to be shipped the other day. as we checked i smelled something wicked bad, and i looked up to see my manager with a smirk on his face. now he is about 35 years old. i feel like he is new to the publicity of his bodily functions, so i am assuming that 34 years old is about right. I am thinking that 34 years old is the official age when you can publicly trade your bodily functions. if you have another idea of what age it is please get back to me on this.

Special Thanks to Matt Kemph

just wanted to give a special shout out to my boy in DC. Matt inspired me to start blogging, although he doesn't know that. if anyone is in the DC area you need to call this guy, or drop him a note on his website www.kemph.com. he is a handsome young bachelor looking for some good times with hot ladies. not to say he doesn't already have hot ladies around him all the time. new location...new ladies, you get my drift.

New Beginnings

o.k. so this is my first official posting on my newly acquired blog. i feel that this may be a good way to pass the hours while i am at work. i am going to search for a place to fill in some details about my life and who i am, but if i don't find it, i will be back.