ever the optimist

2009

June 17
May 12
April 14
March 21
January 33

2008

June 20
May 27
April 52
March 41
January 85

2007

October 27
August 35
July
June
May 9
April
March
February
January
“Your BFF status is at risk.”
— Matt, to Oak
Nov 30th
“Oh my gosh… you tumbled the crap out of me.”
— John, reading today’s...
Nov 27th
“You guys are like Babe: Pig in the City.”
— Matt
Nov 27th
“Do I look drunk? I feel drunk.”
— John, 1 for 10 in office free...
Nov 27th
“Let’s go do it on Erik’s desk.”
— John, deciding on where to cut...
Nov 27th
“You used ‘esoteric.’ I wrote it on the side of...”
— John, teasing Erin for having...
Nov 27th
“My tailgate froze shut this morning.”
— Amber’s mom, to a room...
Nov 23rd
“If someone would have grabbed that, they could have swung...”
— Amber’s mom, noting the...
Nov 22nd
“If you want to get a good tattoo, you have to go into...”
— Amber’s grandfather, who...
Nov 22nd
“Turkeys are an aphrodisiac, aren’t they?”
— Amber’s mom, trying to...
Nov 22nd
Listen Listen
The Turkey Gobble Each Thanksgiving, my dad would start prepping the turkey around 6:00 am. At this...
Nov 22nd
“What’s the name of that French cheese that has the...”
— Amber’s mom
Nov 22nd
“I guess Thanksgiving is like 9/11 for turkeys.”
Nov 22nd

Watching a morning news feature on how...

Amber’s mom: Ooh, “Turkey nine eleven.” Chas: I think that’s supposed to be...
Nov 22nd
“I get the funniest looks when I go into a shopping mall and...”
— Amber’s grandfather
Nov 22nd
“I mean, this is an American company. You don’t see...”
— Family Guy
Nov 18th
“I’m glad that whoever is behind this ad campaign has...”
— NDNation: We are the Fighting...
Nov 18th
“Grundy proves to be a difficult opponent, unkillable (since...”
— Solomon Grundy (comics) -...
Nov 17th
“Disprove it: “We Are The Fighting Irish” ads the...”
— NDNation: Disprove it:...
Nov 17th
“You need to sleep with me… I will teach you how to...”
— John
Nov 16th
“Webster’s defines ‘wedding’ as the process...”
— Homer Simpson
Nov 15th
“sorry, chas. I think t legge just had a stroke. I’ll...”
— oak
Nov 15th
“Erin smells like ‘dude.’”
— Oak
Nov 15th
“No, you’re not smelling my hair.”
— Erin
Nov 15th
“I think it got in my hair.”
— Erin
Nov 15th
Warch Watch
Automatic Confession
Nov 15th
johnnunemaker: you took them all johnnunemaker: and swam on them johnnunemaker: in front of my...
Nov 14th
“Trust me, my wife gets more frustrated than you do.”
— John
Nov 14th
Golden-Crusted Brussels Sprouts Recipe - 101...
Nov 12th
“When I wrote my cookbook, the how-long-should-it-cook-for...”
— Daniel Patterson of Coi;  ...
Nov 12th
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language -...
Nov 12th
“First, at the top levels of your organization, you...”
— Good to Great
Nov 11th

Small business success

Three things you need: 1) the ability to abandon a plan when it doesn’t work, 2) the...
Nov 10th
“It’s incredibly rare that a single feature will truly make...”
— You don’t need a product...
Nov 9th
“Like functional specs earlier in the development phase,...”
— You don’t need a product...
Nov 9th
“Nothing to worry about, just using the scope. Safety...”
— The Office
Nov 9th
“Michael: When I return, I hope to be a completely changed...”
— The Office
Nov 9th
“I keep various weaponry strategically placed around the...”
— The Office
Nov 9th

Courtesy, My Dad

Q: What do you call 53 people sitting around a TV watching a BCS bowl game? A: The Fighting ...
Nov 9th
“We can’t officially change the words to that song, I...”
— Notre Dame Coeducation: Past,...
Nov 9th
“Every day I light my butt hair on fire and every day it...”
— John
Nov 8th
“That’s right, White Castle is actively, yes, actively...”
— South Bend Tribune: White...
Nov 4th
“And that’s no easy feat — especially since Notre Dame...”
— University of Notre Dame Tops...
Nov 4th
So of course I tried it in Safari, version 3.0.3.
Nov 3rd
Attempting to open the ND-Navy press conference video from...
Nov 3rd
“I am sitting here daydreaming clicking on the ND.edu...”
— My mom
Nov 2nd
“The eyes are the groin of the head.”
— The Office
Nov 1st
“And if we need to defend ourselves, I will stab the security...”
— The Office
Nov 1st