Total CAR-nage

The winter driving season started off with a bang this morning as I counted 11 wrecks between my house and the office. The most impressive display was this 20+ car pileup just north of Larkspur.

 

One of The First Seth Godin Posts I Disagree With

(From Seth Godin)

"I think laziness has changed.It used to be about avoiding physical labor. The lazy person could nap or have a cup of tea while others got hot and sweaty and exhausted. Part of the reason society frowns on the lazy is that this behavior means more work for the rest of us.When it came time to carry the canoe over the portage, I was always hard to find. The effort and the pain gave me two good reasons to be lazy. But the new laziness has nothing to do with physical labor and everything to do with fear. If you're not going to make those sales calls or invent that innovation or push that insight, you're not avoiding it because you need physical rest. You're hiding out because you're afraid of expending emotional labor. This is great news, because it's much easier to become brave about extending yourself than it is to become strong enough to haul an eighty pound canoe."

NOT SO! IT IS MUCH EASIER TO ABANDON THOUGHT AND BUST ASS THAN IT IS TO OVERCOME YOUR GREATEST FEARS!!!

Personalized Licence Plates

I saw my new favorite personalized licence plate this morning in the parking structure: .



WTFWJD



   

Hilarious! Here's the real punchline: The McCain/Palin sticker directly above it on the rear window! LMAO!

First snow of fall 2010 on Pikes Peak this morning

This morning revealed the first snow of fall 2010 on Pikes Peak. Here it comes!!!

Which Side Are You On?

Here's a link to a cool graphical representation of our two major political groups.
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/leftvright_US.html. Take a look to help you decide what makes sense to you on each issue... I found myself jumping back and forth depending on the issue with the majority of my preferences falling to the left (but I'm not telling which ones)! You'll have to come over and enjoy a bottle of wine to find that out.

August 10th

In order: spilled coffee on white shorts, pulled my back rowing a boat, upset stomach from ibuprofen overdose, bit my tongue while eating a sandwich, stung by a bee just below my butt, spilled wine on Craig's blanket. Ug. C'mon 11th.

Multnomah Falls

We took the boys to Multnomah Falls with all of the cousins yesterday... It's good to be back in the Northwest!!!

For my birthday, we moseyed a couple of miles down the street to Dove Valley this am to watch the Opening Day of Broncos training camp. We got to see the first glimpse of the Orton, Quinn, Tebow show. Pretty cool! My money is on Quinn, but Tim Tebow mania has swept over Denver. The fans are NUTS. The iPhone pictures are just ok, and the movie leaves quite a bit to be desired, but hey, better then nothing, I guess.

Thank you everyone for the Facebook birthday wishes - it is so very cool to get to hear from everyone from all of my different points in my history. AMAZING! You are all awesome folks and I'm stoked that you took some time out of your Sunday to say "hi" to me and wish me well. Thanks so much.

Brady Quinn Handing Off

Kyle Orton Over Center

(Not a) Good Morning!

I'm just happy I made it to work alive... after battling several man-made obstacles on the roads this am - namely some smoker-lady in a Subaru from Illinois whose mission it was to set a new record for a minimum speed on a freeway (you know who you are, lady) and a giant piece of rubber re-tread that smoker-lady swerved over and kicked up on me, a deer jumped across four lanes of northbound traffic, lept over the median and snapped off its antlers on the driver side window of the person immediately in front of me in the left lane of southbound traffic. His window shattered (I heard the glass break @ 65mph) and the deer's antlers flew into the air and landed on the road shoulder. I swerved into the center lane, while the deer jumped back to the northbound lanes. After several more near misses (now being viewed in my rear view mirror), the deer jumped back to the southbound lanes and froggered his way across all four lanes to "safety". Holy crap.

Sod Buster

My folks and I busted our asses laying sod this weekend. Truth be told, laying the sod was the easy part. All of the stuff before (dirtwork, trenching, sprinkler system, weeding, etc) really sucked. Here's a picture... It turned out really good. Now we get to plant and throw some rocks around the edges. Sounds easy, right?