Quote of the day:
“Now that's using the powers of the executive branch to help people who need help, not unlike what Franklin Roosevelt did when he was president, and he helped Great Britain because Congress was not willing to allow the United States to shore up Britain in its fight against the Nazis” – Gov. Blagojevich
Today's Fun Fact:
The modern military salute has its origins in Medieval Times. When a knight rode up to a castle to announce himself to the lord and lady, he would take his right hand and raise his visor to show that it was really him and not an impostor and then drop his arm to let the visor fall down again.
So I decided that I'm going to try to start my blogs off with a quote and a bit of useless trivia. Why? Why not.
Yesterday as I was going through my mail I came upon some literature for an Evanston mayoral candidate. When I read that his name was Barnaby Dinges I swear that the glass of water I was drinking nearly shot out my nose. Though his website specifies that his name is pronounced DIN-jiss (and not ding-gus) it still strikes me as a rather unfortunate name to have in seeking public office.
Lastly, I need a little bit of help. Every year I come up with a goal (or series of goals) for myself. I don't really refer to them as resolutions, but I guess that's what they are. Two years ago it was to get my MBA and run the marathon, and last year it was to get my CPA. This year I'm having difficulty coming up with some. So far the biggest one I have is in some ways very trivial and in some ways one of the most challenging. In an effort to avoid hangovers, I have made it my goal to never drink more than 6 beers in any 24-hour period. I have, however, granted myself two exemptions to this (Super Bowl Sunday and March Madness weekend). Other than that though, I have accomplished a couple rather pedestrian achievements (modding my PSP and beating the original Legend of Zelda in under an hour) and I only have one more (learn to juggle). I have been "working" on a novel for a few years now (i.e. I wrote 10 pages 2 years ago and haven't touched it since) so I was thinking of making it a goal to finish my first draft of it. Anyone else have any ideas on what aspirations I should set for myself?
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I always thought you would be an entrancing rhythmic gymnast. How about working on that?
John + Ribbon = genius.
Well if I do decide to go that route you can be sure it will be YouTubed almost immediately.
Wow, that is truly hilarious about the mayoral candidate's name. You have a sense of humor as rare and unique as your name, John. I thought Chicago was supposed to be known for being funny -- Second City and all that. What happened?
Larryz doesn't like fart jokes either.
OK Larryz, I'll work on my sense of humor. You work on lightening up.
you know what else is funny? poop jokes.
See, I can't think of much 'cause you've got me beat by several goals. My most recent goal? Get to WORK ON TIME for 3 days in a row. See? Some of us have to start small.
But you, I think for the next thing you should get on some advisory board, some public works committee. Maybe work your way up to running for office someday. Of course, not too big of an office 'cause there's the whole... well... YOU know. :)
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