Jul 28, '11 : Mother
Filed under: True story
I have about 400 friends on Facebook. One of them is my mother. Right now, her status is, “another CrossFit torture awaits tomorrow.”
If you don’t know what CrossFit is, I’m sorry, but I can’t help you. I don’t know what it is, either. I mean, I can guess that it’s some kind of a workout method, and based on what Mom told me, it’s really good. Weights, and balance, and stretching, and more balance. Agility, too. All great things for anyone, but as Mom told me, “important stuff as you get older.”
It’s no surprise that I didn’t know what CrossFit was, or is. I’m the guy who still has the exact same workout regime he had 15 years ago. It’s actually true. When I do go to the gym, Friday is still my leg day, and I do the same exercises I’ve always done.
If you don’t know what CrossFit is, I’m sorry, but I can’t help you. I don’t know what it is, either. I mean, I can guess that it’s some kind of a workout method, and based on what Mom told me, it’s really good. Weights, and balance, and stretching, and more balance. Agility, too. All great things for anyone, but as Mom told me, “important stuff as you get older.”
It’s no surprise that I didn’t know what CrossFit was, or is. I’m the guy who still has the exact same workout regime he had 15 years ago. It’s actually true. When I do go to the gym, Friday is still my leg day, and I do the same exercises I’ve always done.
Jul 16, '11 : Tears are not enough*
Filed under: Random
“I’ve never seen you cry”Well, he’s just not been there because I do cry. Ask Wife. I cry when the world treats me unfairly or when my kids do yet another wonderful thing and the emotions are just too much for me to keep under control.
– Son, a few months ago
I cry out of pride and I cry out of pain.
Different kinds of tears, I know. They even taste different.
Jul 14, '11 : A few simple rules of men’s room etiquette
Filed under: Random
Part I: Urinals
1. As soon as you have located the urinals - a task that may be difficult when entering a rest room for the first time - you should position yourself at the first available one. Note: available. If the closest one already has an individual occupying it, the first available one is not the one next to him, but the one next to that one. Only when there are only two urinals in the restroom, should you place yourself right next to another person urinating.
1. As soon as you have located the urinals - a task that may be difficult when entering a rest room for the first time - you should position yourself at the first available one. Note: available. If the closest one already has an individual occupying it, the first available one is not the one next to him, but the one next to that one. Only when there are only two urinals in the restroom, should you place yourself right next to another person urinating.
Jul 13, '11 : Guest entry
Filed under: Random
By Son.
Jul 09, '11 : One unique idea
Filed under: True story
The CEO stood in front of the entire staff, all of them dressed in casual summer clothes, and recapped the assignment that was about to cap off the official part of the conference. One more push and then they all would get back on a boat, get back to the mainland, and go have dinner at a nice restaurant.
But first, the assignment, the creative challenge that would also - hopefully - generate some solid ideas that the CEO could then use in sales. With about 40 great minds gathered in one place, she went for the kill.
“So, your assignment is to create a magazine concept for Marimekko,” she announced.
But first, the assignment, the creative challenge that would also - hopefully - generate some solid ideas that the CEO could then use in sales. With about 40 great minds gathered in one place, she went for the kill.
“So, your assignment is to create a magazine concept for Marimekko,” she announced.
Jul 05, '11 : Summer town
Filed under: Random
In another time, some time ago, even before I used sugar water to comb my fair like Fonzie, and before I had a crush on Julie on Love Boat, back when I used to play cowboy, this town was my summer town where things were done a little differently than at home.
