Oldest Footprint

AOL dot com ran a cover news story yesterday titled "Oldest Human Footprints Found". It had the photo above next to the headline. It grabbed my attention and I thought I'd be reading a fascinating story about a human footstep that was dated at about 1.5 million years. Come to find out that the real story was about a 140 year old guy from a nursing home in New Jersey who had wondered off in a demented state. The authorities were able to find him by following his footprints in the mud outside the nursing home.

Well, Governor

There are a few pundits out there these days that are speculating that the Governor of Louisiana wants to run for president of the United States of America. He would then join the ranks of other nicknamed presidents like, George "The Father of His Country" Washington, Thomas "The Sage of Monticello" Jefferson, Abraham "Honest Abe" Lincoln, Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon, Bill "Slick Willy" Clinton and George "Dubya" Bush. What would be a good nickname for our friend, the governor? Bobby "Catfish" Jindal has a nice ring. I wonder what Jim Hunter would say about that?

Winners at the Golf Outing

Company golf outings are a great place to meet and socialize with your colleagues, especially if you work out of the office at a customer location. It's pretty hard to impress your bosses if they never see you. Actually, you can be more productive without meddling from the boss, which is a good thing, but that's another story. I went to my company's golf outing last summer so as not to be completely invisible and possibly score some points in case there is a need to choose new sides in the proverbial corporate baseball game.

The event was a round of scramble golf with adult beverages and snacks at strategic points along the course followed by a lunch, management doublespeak and door prizes. This was the event where I got to break bread with my new Gymboree buddies, Jim and Russ. The day was hot and eighteen holes of golf had taken their toll on me. By the time I had a couple beers and a bite to eat, I was practically sleeping sitting up. Not to miss out on the prizes, I gave my ticket to one of the guys at my table and asked him to collect my prize, should my number come up. It was a long drive home.

I had almost forgotten that I was in the running for a door prize until my friend called me to tell me that I had won a Detroit Redwings T-shirt. I had seen the shirt on the prize table and thought to myself that it was better than a sharp stick in the eye. He would come down and drop it off to me later in the week. While we were chatting he told me that he had also won a door prize. His prize was not a Redwings T-shirt but four box seat tickets to a Detroit Tigers game at Comerica Park....... and a parking pass. How lucky could he get? What are the odds that he was holding two tickets and his was the one that won one of the big prizes? :)

A Tasty Oscar

A. R. Rahman won an Oscar for Best Original Music Score for "Slumdog Millionaire". Word is that the music was great, but I like his noodles. They go great as a side dish in meat entrées and I ate a lot of them when I was in college.

Hard Times and Thrift

You can't go anywhere lately without hearing or seeing some news about our broken economy. Hard times are starting to hit close to home and seems to be spreading. One of my friends told me yesterday that thrift is becoming more in fashion around his house. He told me he finds himself reusing sandwich bags, which he'd never done before. That's probably a good idea unless you've already used it to pick up pet droppings.

Thanks to blogger EUREKA POZ for the image.

Ransacked

I came home once and discovered that someone had come into my home and stole some money and jewelry from my bedroom. I called the police and when they arrived I let them in through my kitchen. They said, "wow, this is worse than I thought. They completely ransacked the place". I said, "no officer, I discovered the missing items while looking for my cuff links".

Super

I'm ready for the big game today. Are you?