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March 05, 2007

boo

I am still here.
I did not vanish off the face of the earth.
I was not eaten by a grue.
I was not consumed by work at the new job.
I did not sprain all my fingers trying to play basketball again.

If anything I've been waiting for that kickstart to get me back into the groove, both with blogging (thanks grace), and at work. So far, work has been interesting, but I feel like sometimes I'm still stuck in the brain-dead mode that characterized my last days working on that previous project where I stopped thinking and was just going through the motions. I'm beginning to understand that I can't really wait for a kick in the pants to start doing. I need to start doing a little at a time, if just to get things done, rather than waiting for something that will jolt me into overdrive. For blogging, I was waiting for the motivation to write some mega posts about everything that has been going on since I went dark. For work, I was waiting for I-have-no-idea-what in order to start going after my deliverables with gusto and fulfilling all of the commitments I made (which I of course have no problem doing that).

With that, I'll end with something which amused me today. I'm a big fan of Bill Simmons, who is also known as the Sports Guy, formerly known as the Boston Sports Guy, and is a columnist who writes on ESPN.com. Very funny writer who writes about a mixture of Sports and Popular Culture but has a dedicated following who also chimes in in the same vein. The following was actually an e-mail sent in by one of his readers in today's column:

I was watching 'The Princess Bride' on TV the other day and thought, what if Oden has been fooling all of us these past few months? Can't you imagine the following exchange in the NCAA Tournament?

"Greg Oden: You are wonderful.
"Kevin Durant: Thank you; I've worked hard to become so.
"Greg Oden: I admit it, you are better than I am.
"Kevin Durant: Then why are you smiling?
"Greg Oden: Because I know something you don't know.
"Kevin Durant: And what is that?
"Greg Oden: I ... am not left-handed.

(Tears the wrist guard off his right hand and immediately takes over the game.)

Of course you have to be one of those people who is a fan of both College Basketball and the Princess Bride to understand this, but if you are, we'll have to hang out sometime.

Posted by spoof747 at 02:58 PM | Comments (0)