Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Wednesday, May 7, 2014



1. For What It’s Worth                                                              - 240 Days and counting

Go Blackhawks!
After beating the Minnesota Wild in their first two matchups, the Blackhawks played two periods well last night before falling apart in the third period allowing 4 goals (one an empty netter) to a 0-4 loss. Playing with a sleepy demeanor, they maintained a non-scoring 2+ periods before their sloppy play unleashed 2 quick Wild goals. Well, let’s put that one behind us and come out aggressively in Game 4 tomorrow night. Let’s go Hawks! 

Welcome back!
Welcome back Tim B.  Tim had to take a short break from playing our games in our blog to spend some quality time with his kids (and, according to him, to give you peeps a chance to win some prizes). He is back and he has answered two out of three of our games correctly already again today, so you other peeps now have your work cut out for you.  Tim is quite sharp and he really knows his stuff, so step up your game people!

Computer blues
Well, yesterday we just spent an hour here at work trying unsuccessfully to put page numbers on my 20-page document that I have been working on for the past several weeks. Our admin person came over and tried for about 30 mins and got frustrated and left, so I sent it to her to try again early this morning. She believes my software package is a different version of the one on her computer, which I would not doubt one bit.  Software can be such a configuration management nightmare, and this is just on our office workstations. Glad we have a better grip on our GPS software! J

Bus fixes
I while back the passenger window regulator in Linus failed. This is the mechanism that actuates the window when cranking it open or closed. Now that is has become pretty hot out, that really needed to get fixed. So I dropped it off at our VW mechanic located in Manhattan Beach, Linus’ second home. Every time I drive by there, Linus wants to turn into their parking lot.  It is his home away from home. Heck, even Randy our mechanic has his own key for Linus.  I’ve many times have dropped him off in their back lot on the weekend with a note telling Randy what needs fixing or what is not working correctly. It has been there for months at a time a couple of times. You definitely need a second car when you have an old VW.  I know what I’m talking about.  Trust me on this one! J

Be Prepared
We have been equipping the bus for the road trip and I am running out of ideas of what we might need to bring for emergencies, etc.  You can only be proactive and plan for so many emergency scenarios and after that all you can do is react.  If you readers can think of anything we might need to bring along with us, please let us know and we will add it to our constantly growing contingency list of assets.

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2. Alternate Band Name Game

Clues
Bison & a Rifle Manufacturer
1960s Rock and Roll band with future mega-musicians
Some consider their music hippie music, which I like, of course

Answer:   ??
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Previous Alternate Band Name Game 

Clues:
Robert Zimmerman
Musical artist and songwriter
Early career in folk music movement
Blowin’ in the Wind
Like a Rolling Stone

Answer:  Bob Dylan
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3. Television Trivia

Clues:  
1960s comedy TV show
Eddie
Marilyn
Lily
Herman

Answer:  ??
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Previous Post’s Television Trivia

Clues:  
Joel Fleishman
Maggie O’Connell
Maurice Minnifield
“Chris in the Morning” Stevens

Answer:  Northern Exposure.  This is one of my favorite shows. It took a while for me to finally “Get it”, but when I did, I enjoyed the show immensely.
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4. How Well Do You Know Us?

Question:  Would Michael rather watch on TV:

a.     a Drama?
b.     a Sitcom? Or…
c.     a Documentary?

Answer:  ????
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Previous Game of How Well Do You Know Us?

Question: What is the best (most effective) way for us to communicate to others?

a.         By chatting over lunch?
b.         By writing? 
c.         By chatting over a few drinks?

Answer:   b. By writing, of course!  I am a better writer more than a conversationalist, especially about myself. I can better express myself and I tend to open up more when I write more than any other way.
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Snoopy wants me to remind you to, “Bark Less and Wag More!”

Until next time… Be Good!


-           cb

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