Friday, September 12, 2014

Good morning crew,

Yesterday and today are the big moving days...I hope. I am writing this on Wednesday so who knows what has happened in the last two days. Right now there is a thunderstorm raging outside the office window. The forecast says tomorrow (yesterday from your perspective) will be clear, but who trusts weathermen?

If I can't move tomorrow (yesterday) because of an epic thunderstorm it will make an interesting episode when the guy who is buying the condo shows up with a truck full of his stuff on Friday and the wife and I are still sitting in there.

But other than that contingency we will be busy on Thursday packing and moving. We won't have any help, but over the last two weeks we have slowly been moving things bit-by-bit down the stairs and into the garage. So when the time comes to load the truck it will not be an impossible task for two people...only an improbable one.

Wish me luck. I'm sure I'll have some interesting stories for you next week.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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"AMC is coming out with a spin-off of 'The Walking Dead' that will show the apocalypse in other parts of the world. It's called 'The News.'" -Jimmy Fallon

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"It was a terrifying day here in L.A. The City of Angels has been struck by a disaster called 'light rain.' The rush hour here was crazy. The highways were jammed. Traffic was bumper to bumper and people were driving like idiots all over the place. Then it started to rain." -Craig Ferguson

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"Today is the 48th anniversary of the first episode of 'Star Trek.' And if you already knew that, it's probably the only anniversary you have to remember." -Seth Meyers

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A fellow computer programmer for a consulting group had designed some software for one of our largest accounts. He asked my help in putting it into operation.

At first, he handled most of the work. Eventually, though, he asked me to help with the last phase of the training. When I sat down with one woman and told her I would be showing her how to make changes to the files, she sighed with relief. "I'm so glad you're teaching me instead of him."

Surprised, I said that my colleague was far more experienced than I was.

"Yes," she said, "but I feel much more comfortable with you. I get nervous around really smart people."


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During our church service one Sunday, a parishioner was speaking about an emotionally charged topic and had trouble controlling her tears. Finishing her remarks, she told the congregation, "I apologize for crying so much. I'm usually not such a big boob."

The bishop rose to close the session and remarked sympathetically, "That's okay. We like big boobs."