Some highlights from Rick Neuheisel’s Sunday night conference call: It’s time for us to just keep fighting. I just believe it to be a journey that is necessary and we’re going to get there. I’m not pressing the panic button, even though there are a lot of naysayers who don’t want me to. I’m talking about the journey that it is. I don’t know when the end of it is. I know that where we’re going is an exciting place. That doesn’t mean people are going to be happy with how it’s arrived at. LOL! FIGHT ON! Read more →
October 2009
Wolf King
My owner bought me a new kind of dog food called Wolf King. A wolf king is like an alpha pug. “The bag says it’s for large-breed dogs,” his son said. “Lightning is a large-breed dog,” my owner said. “No he isn’t.” “Except for his size, he is. He has the heart of a much larger animal.” — Lightning Read more →
Twitter: 2009-10-18
RT @TrojanWire: THIS JUST IN: Mark Sanchez threw his keys to the valet after the game. A guy walking by caught them, drove off in the car. # Read more →
A Question
Hitting the snooze button, hugging the pillow and fantasizing about staying in bed all day — better than s-e-x? Read more →
Those Who Are Really in Earnest
Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences. — Susan B. Anthony Read more →
Bud Grant is Still Alive?!
Dying Media
It is bizarre that liberals who celebrate the unruly demonstrations of our youth would malign or impugn the motivation of today’s protestors with opposing views. The mainstream media’s failure to honestly cover last month’s mass demonstration in Washington, D.C. was a disgrace. The focus on anti-Obama placards (which were no worse than the rabid anti-LBJ, anti-Reagan or anti-Bush placards of leftist protests), combined with the grotesque attempt to equate criticism of Obama with racism, simply illustrated why the old guard TV networks and major urban daily newspapers are slowly dying. Only a simpleton would believe what they say. — Camille Paglia Read more →
Every Minute Counts
We were trying to figure out what time the boy needed to wake up to get to the PSAT test on time. The test is at 9 a.m., check-in starts at 8:40, it takes 10 minutes or so to drive to the school, and 30 minutes for him to get out of bed, have some breakfast and get ready to go, so I was thinking he’d need to get up at 8 a.m. “WHAT?!” he shouted. “That’s too early! I’ll be the first person there!” “OK,” I said, “what time do you think would be good?” “8:05,” he said. Read more →
USC 34, Notre Dame 27
We hope to keep this thing going. It’s a big deal to us. It’s special. So we’ve got to hang onto it next time around when they come to our place. We have to get after it and see if we can keep the thing going. Because it’s very special for the SC family to continue to be on top of this rivalry. — Pete Carroll FIGHT ON! Read more →
The Stupidest Thing
[Bill] Gates quickly became legendary for telling people that their idea was the stupidest he’d ever heard — so much so that [VP Paul] Maritz would assure them not to worry, “because they weren’t going to hold the record for long.” In an interview last week, Gates feigned disagreement when it was pointed out that he would often spice up the phrase with an expletive. “No, no, no,” he said, laughing. “Literally, I do say, ‘That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.’ Some people think I add some other word in there, but I don’t — usually.” — seattlepi.com Read more →
Look Out You Rock ‘n’ Rollers
Twitter: 2009-10-16
RT @KathySierra: What does it say about your user that they're your user? ANY answer > ? # RT @KathySierra: A simple way to change the world of education, marketing, start-ups: find out what makes people who do [x], enjoy [x] # Read more →
It’s Payday!
When the guy comes by my office with my pay envelope, I raise my hand and say, “No thanks. The work is its own reward.” “You’ve said that before,” he says. “Doesn’t it get funnier every time I say it?” “I haven’t decided yet.” Read more →
I Hate Notre Dame
Hi everybody! It’s me, Lightning! I’m excited because this week is USC vs. Notre Dame, the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football! I love USC because my owner went to USC. Hooray! I hate Notre Dame. Grrrrrrrrr! Do you know what I do when Notre Dame beats USC? Neither do I because I’m only six years old. — Lightning Read more →
Twitter: 2009-10-15
For nothing in the white hotel but love / Is offered at a price we can afford — D.M. Thomas # RT @HiltonHB Waterfront – Come decked out in USC gear & colors this Sat. to watch the game at Shades Lounge and get 10%off your bill 🙂 # Read more →
Somebody Stop Me!
I went to Subway for lunch and ordered my sandwich in an Australian accent: “LEH-us, to-MAH-to . . .” Good times! Read more →
The Basics of Humor
My wife and my dog both have birthdays later this month . . . “I was just thinking,” I say to my wife, “doesn’t Lightning have a birthday coming up?” (Waiting for reaction . . . waiting . . . ) “That was very basic,” she says. Read more →
Passive-Aggressive Responses
I’ve got a manager’s meeting later this morning to address the question “What is the impact of passive-aggressive team members?” Possible responses: “How should I know?” “Why am I always the first person called on? This is so unfair.” Roll eyes and sigh loudly. Show up late for the meeting and avoid eye contact with anyone. Read more →
Pug Photos on Flickr
Originally uploaded by pugphotos Originally uploaded by wombatarama Read more →