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This was my get-up for Cleaning Day — Doraemon apron, yellow gloves, mask and froggie shower cap.  I had to clean Winnie’s apartment today, for losing the bet that we made 3 years ago after Rob & Nancy’s Wedding.  The bet was on how many of our friends would get married between that day and Chuck and Catherine’s wedding (3 years).  I bet on 0-1, and she bet on 2-3, 4 and above was a tie.  The final number was 2 (Drew and Andy)…thanks Andy.  That fast-track proposal after 8 months of dating did me in! Fresh off my loss, I decided to make another bet with Winnie…on the next 3 years.  This time, we threw Ian, Raf and Debra into the mix to keep the # of candidates at 15.  Winnie bet on 0-4, 5 is a tie, and I bet on 6 and above.  Notice has been served!  You all have to get my back! Guys (8): me, Will, Larry, Jeff, Ian, Raf, Marshall, Yugi Girls (7): Debra, Jen, Wendy, Elaine, Hsin, Felice, Linda Btw, here are the results from my SUPERCOMPUTER, with my assessment of your risk of getting married: High: me, Raf, Yugi, Debra, Wendy, Elaine, Felice Medium: Ian, Marshall, Jen, Linda Low: Will, Larry, Hsin

This was my get-up for Cleaning Day — Doraemon apron, yellow gloves, mask and froggie shower cap.  I had to clean Winnie’s apartment today, for losing the bet that we made 3 years ago after Rob & Nancy’s Wedding.  The bet was on how many of our friends would get married between that day and Chuck and Catherine’s wedding (3 years).  I bet on 0-1, and she bet on 2-3, 4 and above was a tie.  The final number was 2 (Drew and Andy)…thanks Andy.  That fast-track proposal after 8 months of dating did me in!

Fresh off my loss, I decided to make another bet with Winnie…on the next 3 years.  This time, we threw Ian, Raf and Debra into the mix to keep the # of candidates at 15.  Winnie bet on 0-4, 5 is a tie, and I bet on 6 and above.  Notice has been served!  You all have to get my back!

Guys (8): me, Will, Larry, Jeff, Ian, Raf, Marshall, Yugi

Girls (7): Debra, Jen, Wendy, Elaine, Hsin, Felice, Linda

Btw, here are the results from my SUPERCOMPUTER, with my assessment of your risk of getting married:

High: me, Raf, Yugi, Debra, Wendy, Elaine, Felice

Medium: Ian, Marshall, Jen, Linda

Low: Will, Larry, Hsin

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Spotted:

Healthy Boy’s girlfriend hopelessly addicted to a certain CW television series. Cheers to Netflix! What’s a healthy boy to do but helplessly follow along? Will this take D and E’s relationship to the next level?

Only time will tell.

Yours truly,

Gossip Girl

P.S. If you understand this post, you’re either a loser or whipped like me.

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I’m a lead farmer, motherf*cker!! Watched Tropic Thunder this weekend.  It was 2 hours of pure, fun ridiculousness, but with lines like this — “I’m like a little boy, holding his dick when he’s nervous”, who could complain? There were plenty of GREAT cameos, Ben Stiller was his consistent funny self, Robert Downey Jr. was awesome, and thankfully, there was a manageable dose of Jack Black. Here’s my running good/bad movie tally: Good:Tropic ThunderThe Dark KnightBe Kind, RewindInside ManGet SmartWall-E Bad:Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullThe HappeningBlueberry Nights

I’m a lead farmer, motherf*cker!!

Watched Tropic Thunder this weekend.  It was 2 hours of pure, fun ridiculousness, but with lines like this — “I’m like a little boy, holding his dick when he’s nervous”, who could complain?

There were plenty of GREAT cameos, Ben Stiller was his consistent funny self, Robert Downey Jr. was awesome, and thankfully, there was a manageable dose of Jack Black.

Here’s my running good/bad movie tally:

Good:
Tropic Thunder
The Dark Knight
Be Kind, Rewind
Inside Man
Get Smart
Wall-E

Bad:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Happening
Blueberry Nights

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Hey Chief!

Hilarious post!  THe one that really, really bugs me is “Hey big guy” for the reason that Ian points out…you’re really smaller than the greetor and the idea is that they’ve decided to take pity on you and are doing you a favor by “stroking your ego”


The Tripod+1 blog is off to a smashing start!

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Tripod+1 now has an official Tripod+1 blog.  We fully expect that no one will understand what the hell we’re talking about, but that’s half the fun! Tripod+1’s deeeeee bloooooooooooooooooooog Note to Tumblr: We’ll transition this blog over to Tumblr when the group blog functionality makes an ounce of sense.

Tripod+1 now has an official Tripod+1 blog.  We fully expect that no one will understand what the hell we’re talking about, but that’s half the fun!

Tripod+1’s deeeeee bloooooooooooooooooooog

Note to Tumblr: We’ll transition this blog over to Tumblr when the group blog functionality makes an ounce of sense.

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Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross

I’m captivated by this book I just bought on Alex Ross. I wasn’t a big fan when I first read Kingdom Come, because I thought the characters all looked old and out of shape, but the more I read, the more I appreciate how he was able to add a 3D dimension to 2D comic books.

Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross

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During my first week at work, Bill Pearce, Del Monte’s CMO, called the marketing department in for a meeting on our long-range plans.  At the end of the meeting, we were surprised when he asked us if anyone in the room had seen a movie called “Balto.” Balto is based on a true story of an Alaskan malamute who saved an Alaskan city from an outbreak of a disease called diphtheria in 1925.  The anti-toxin serum that could stop the outbreak was located in Anchorage, which was 1000 miles away.  Anchorage sent 20 dogsled teams to Anchorage…soon after, all of them had turned away except for one lead by Balto, the black and white malamute, who reached the city of Nome in 5 days and 7 hours. To Bill, the story Balto represents courage, determination and perserverance. As a kid in New York, his parents would also take him to Central Park, where kids loved to pet a statue of Balto.  He then revealed that he had a replica of the Central Park status made, and that little Balto trophies would be awarded to people in the company who display those same qualities. He gave one out to the manager of the Starkist team, for his hard work in getting the company ready for sale.  He gave out another one yesterday to a manager on the Pet Snacks team for leading his team even while moving his family from Pittsburgh to San Francisco. One of my goals for the next 3 years is to win a Balto!

During my first week at work, Bill Pearce, Del Monte’s CMO, called the marketing department in for a meeting on our long-range plans.  At the end of the meeting, we were surprised when he asked us if anyone in the room had seen a movie called “Balto.”

Balto is based on a true story of an Alaskan malamute who saved an Alaskan city from an outbreak of a disease called diphtheria in 1925.  The anti-toxin serum that could stop the outbreak was located in Anchorage, which was 1000 miles away.  Anchorage sent 20 dogsled teams to Anchorage…soon after, all of them had turned away except for one lead by Balto, the black and white malamute, who reached the city of Nome in 5 days and 7 hours.

To Bill, the story Balto represents courage, determination and perserverance. As a kid in New York, his parents would also take him to Central Park, where kids loved to pet a statue of Balto.  He then revealed that he had a replica of the Central Park status made, and that little Balto trophies would be awarded to people in the company who display those same qualities.

He gave one out to the manager of the Starkist team, for his hard work in getting the company ready for sale.  He gave out another one yesterday to a manager on the Pet Snacks team for leading his team even while moving his family from Pittsburgh to San Francisco.

One of my goals for the next 3 years is to win a Balto!

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Josh pointed me to this note was left on a car in Noe Valley in San Francisco.  How Berkeley! I guess Berkeleyans aren’t really respected for their manners…they’re known to campaign for the greater good without much consideration for individual welfare.  Just look at the tree people! At the same time, anyone who has the time to compose a note like this clearly has too much free time on his or her hands.  Notice how “two” is repeated numerically just to be crystal clear.  The ending is especially magnificent — “may the fleas of a 1000 camels invade your armpits.”  I don’t have a good grasp on how many fleas that would actually be, but I assume it would be a lot.  Sounds pretty horrible.

Josh pointed me to this note was left on a car in Noe Valley in San Francisco.  How Berkeley! I guess Berkeleyans aren’t really respected for their manners…they’re known to campaign for the greater good without much consideration for individual welfare.  Just look at the tree people!

At the same time, anyone who has the time to compose a note like this clearly has too much free time on his or her hands.  Notice how “two” is repeated numerically just to be crystal clear.  The ending is especially magnificent — “may the fleas of a 1000 camels invade your armpits.”  I don’t have a good grasp on how many fleas that would actually be, but I assume it would be a lot.  Sounds pretty horrible.

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