Unleash The Fury

Bill Clinton went off on FOX News this past weekend. In case you missed it, it's a goodie. This clip is Part I of the interview. For part II, just go to YouTube.com. Enjoy.

*** I removed this video b/c Fox News put the smack down on unauthorized video on YouTube. Not a problem -- just hop on Google and do a search.

Cheesy Humor

Is it just me, or does this photo look a little funny?

Who knew the King of Green Bay had a shrunken head? It explains so much.

Believe it or not you can see more of the mini-head madness right here.

Twinkie Fever

Being the Internet-guru that I'm slowly becoming, I ran into this mountain yesterday: Click here.

But have no fear, I am the proud owner of 4 tickets to each game in the Twins first-round playoff matchup at the Metrodump! Tickets went on sale at www.twinsbaseball.com and by phone at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. I planned ahead, and tried to use the website right on time. My browser kept refreshing and sitting in an online waiting room for 100 minutes or so until I finally broke through and grabbed my seats. It's gonna cost me a little bling-bling - but no matter, I'd probably drop $50 or more for a seat in each game. Hell, I'd probably pay $100 if the Twins played their home games in a ballpark like Fenway Park. I can't wait!

The Importance of Competency

It's good to know what you're doing. When you take on as many new jobs and new tasks in the last year as I have, having a moment or two when you feel like you know how to find a challenging solution yourself, know how to answer a generally more knowledgeable person's question, and most importantly - help others do what they do better, you can build some confidence knowing that you know how to get things done.

Maybe I was due for some good vibes at the office, but Tuesday was a good day. The boss was out of the office and unavailable - so I ran an internal meeting, trained a new employee, accomplished numerous projects that had been on the agenda, and left work with motivation to return on Wednesday. Among those positive notes of the day, I stuck my arm into a jammed soda machine and got 5 pops for free, found out when my next vacation will be, and topped off the day with a brew with Patrick and Nate at the Chatterbox.

In this time when most of us are experiencing our first leap into the career world, days like today was for me are incredibly important. I needed a good day badly to raise my spirits - and it came at a good time. But it gets better, Wednesday marks the annual IB golf tourney! I'm gunning to win the new iPod.

Trashy

If he knew, my dad would probably kick my ass right about now.

He's become an environmentally-conscious freak. I can always expect a good rant about oil, global warming, recycling, and not being careless when it comes to what I'm using and trashing. Since I can remember, he's been recycling everything he can, from cans, newspaper, boxes, glass, tin, other metals, and more. He built the deck leading to the backyard pool using boards made out of old milk bottles. He's got a bio-compactor thing by our garage as well, that he drops organic waste in as well (things like apple cores, banana peels, tree branches, leaves, etc.) For a family of four people living in that house, they probably don't fill more than 3/4 of the trash bucket each week with actual trash.

A few inches from my feet right now, the small garbage can at my desk has 4 styrofoam coffee cups in it. I have another cup on my desk - half full with water. Throughout each work day, I've gotten into a habit of grabbing a cup of water or coffee from the water cooler each time I pass it. Each new trip, another new cup is used. As sad is this is to realize, I've probably used 20-30 cups in the last week. At only one cup for coffee per day, that's probably 250 during the year!

According to some websites, Americans use about 25 billion styrofoam cups annually. And 500 years from now, they'll still be sitting in our landfills! On top of that, styrofoam products make up about 30 percent of all the junk in our landfills.

Ok - I think I've learned my lesson. No more foam cups for me.

Ut oh - maybe my father's on to me - he's calling my cell phone right now!

Sleepy

It's Tuesday – and I'm exhausted. Ok, it's not like I'm feeling 60 or anything, but I have had problem sleeping lately. I jump into bed, twist and turn, stare at the ceiling, twist and turn, look up at the clock, think "ugh, I'm going to be tired tomorrow," and then roll around in my sheets again like I'm trying to be a sandwich wrap or something. Last night, I turned off the tv at 11:45 p.m., and last remember being awake around 3:15 a.m.

Imagine to yourself that you were in fact an insomniac. Your body feels exhausted, you lay down in bed, but it just doesn't happen. You look around, keep thinking about odd things in your head, just stare at the darkness around complete silence. Now just imagine that continues endlessly, for a few days, a week, two weeks, and on and on.

Would you lose your sanity? I most definitely would. Maybe I'll be on the safe side tonight – go out and get a sleep aid. I've tried everything else: counting fuzzy sheep, having warm milk, reading a boring book. Any suggestions?

State Fair-ed Out

I am thrilled to not be attending class this year.

At this time last fall, I was weighing a decision of whether to stay at the MN Daily and finish up my poli sci minor or just move on to the real world. It was a tough choice with no real enticing job prospects at the time, but a few weeks later, I dropped those classes and started finding my new gig. Three jobs later - I can't believe it's been a year already.

Despite the onslaught of rain and dreary weather, we endured the state fair and I got my fill of fair food on Sunday. For my new food of the year, I had the deep fried twinkie. It was too sweet, too mushy, and frankly, I never want to eat anything like that ever again. I was also encouraged by a couple of moms working at a beer stand to do a topless table dance. And yes, after the rain subsided, I wussed out of actually straping into the ejector seat. The Twinkie did it. But perhaps the most disgusting part was puddle jumping around horse manure in flip flops (yea, it was pretty nasty).

As I expected, I also learned I have the ability to save the world. I have O-negative blood - which means when you all get sick, you're gonna need a couple of pints of me running through you!