Monday, February 13, 2012

Good morning crew,

I was out and about doing some shopping this weekend, and I needed to apply for credit at this one place. As the girl was filling out the application she came to the question, 'What do you do for a living?'

Now, this has been a tricky one ever since I started working for this company. Over the last decade my job has included everything from book editor to blogger to voice actor.

While I was thinking about how to answer her question, inspiration suddenly struck. Pointing to the computer on her desk I instructed her to go to our web page and pull up the latest video of me.

I am doing a little promotional spot for one of our newest products, the Sherpa. Mostly, it is a water-resistant poncho, but it can also be used as a seat cushion or, of course, a blanket.

So there is a video of me hamming it up with this thing for a couple of minutes. It's quicker and easier than reading a four paragraph description of the thing.

Now, I'm no Ryan Reynolds, but she had the oddest expression on her face while she watched it. Anyway, she gave me the credit, so it can't be that bad. If you'd like to check the video (and the Sherpa) out, just click on the link below...

See the Sherpa Blanket Here

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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"Fast food chain Jack in the Box has introduced a bacon milk shake. Yeah. This is all part of Jack in the Box's new 'Die Happy Meal.'" -Conan O'Brien

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"According to a new study, children who are spanked are twice as likely as those that aren't spanked to get into fights and destroy things ? which is probably why they get spanked in the first place." -Jimmy Kimmel

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"Anybody ever been to the Jack in the Box? They introduced something, the bacon milkshake. When I first heard that I said, 'Hey, come on, what, no cheese?'" -Dave Letterman

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While working in the library at a university, I was often shocked by the excuses students would use to get out of paying their fees for overdue books. One evening an older student returned two books that were way overdue and threw a fit over the "outrageous" $2 fee that I asked her to pay.

I tried to explain how much she owed for each day, but she insisted she should be exempt. "You don't understand," she blurted out. "I didn't even read them!"


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As a new paratrooper, I was struck by all the T-shirts on base emblazoned with the motto "Death from above!" Later I noticed a submariner with a T-shirt that declared "Death from below!"

Then, standing in line for chow one day, I was served by an Army cook. His T-shirt had a skull with a crossed fork and spoon underneath and yet another warning: "Death from within!"