Well, hello there!

Sunday I was walked up to the counter of my favorite coffee shop in Lincoln Square, The Grind, and ordered a large apple cider for there. The barista was one I hadn't noticed before, and while she was preparing my drink off to the side, I began almost reflexively assessing her attractiveness -- her clothes, figure, face. She came back to the counter, handed me my drink, while she was looking down and digging out my chance, I glanced at her chest, I confirmed, yes, this woman is attractive. "Hi!", I blurted out. It was if someone at the last second decided to use my body as a vessel, and flirt with the barista before he lost his chance.
Recoiling at the untimeliness of my greeting, I quickly followed the mid-transaction "hi" with "oh, thank you" and grabbed my change from her, turned on my heel, and briskly walked away. I'm hoping she thought I was greeting someone seated behind me, or even someone on my invisible blue tooth in my ear, and didn't realize it was some unconscious utterance on my part.

Cold Couch

As we all know, it's been a very cold winter, and I thank God I have a warm place I can call home. That being said, my condo unit has some insulation problems. A nap on the couch, next to the three windows in my living room, will always result in a cold, runny nose and cold feet. Despite my bodily discomfort, my thermostat will boldly proclaim a 68 degree temperature. If you think about it, in 68 degree weather, I should comfortably walk around in shorts, a t-shirt, with no socks on. 68 degrees is perfect for a comfortable dinner on a patio at a restaurant in the summer time. It's not an environment I need to wear a scarf around the middle of my head in in order to keep warm.

Daily Funny

At the end of December, I began sending out a “Daily Funny” everyday to my office. I subsequently shortened the name to “D.F.” to make it more hip, but I failed to achieve my intended result. The Daily Funny was simply a one scene cartoon (think The Far Side) or picture with funny caption (The Onion.) I did this for three weeks, discontinued last week due to lack of material, and the Daily Funny all last week was that not a single person complained. That being said, there were a few people who asked “Where's my Daily Funny???!” and I know they were at least a few fans of the publication in my 750 person office.
I'm going to start it up again on Monday – this time being a humorous quote of the day. I picked up a Comedic Quote Thesaurus a couple of years back that is loaded with quotes -- organized by themes. I'll simply randomly pick a quote each day and e-mail in out to office. I'm looking forward to it, because although there are a few fans here and there, there are a few sour pusses who get worked up because a publication entitled “Daily Funny” failed to make them laugh. But it doesn't matter – Even bad press is good press, right?