Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Office Mischief


Just a few moments ago my co-worker, Eric Ranes, was dialed into a phone lecture with probably 100 + other people, and as he took his phone off mute to respond to his name at the role call, I snuck up behind him with an abominable snowman action figure, which growls when you squeeze its tummy.

Speaker: "Associate A?"
Associate A: "Yes, I'm here."
Speaker: "Associate B?"
Associate B: "Yes, I'm here"
Speaker: "Eric Ranes?"
Eric: "Yes I'm ... GrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrr!!!!!"

That pretty much made my day.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Scribblenauts - I must have this

My co-worker just shot me a link to this Nintendo DS game called Scribblenauts. Check out the link! There is a preview video if you scroll down. This game might twist my arm enough to actually buy a Nintendo DS. We'll see.

SCRIBBLENAUTS - THE BEST GAME EVER - MAYBE...

Thursday, July 02, 2009

The Mexecutioner

Yesterday I went to another Royals game, this time with my team from work. To celebrate the occasion, and having high hopes of getting on the CrownVision screen, I dressed up as the Mexecutioner. I've since realized that some people are spelling it "Mexi" - cutioner, but I wanted the emphasis on execution.

If you're not following - the Royals have a closing pitcher from Mexico, and he's been nicknamed the Mexecutioner, because he destroys people. The only problem is that he comes in to save games when the Royals are winning ... soooo ... he needs to make the most of his appearance. It might be fair to call him a myth or legend, since we so rarely see him.

Anyway, here is a pic of me in the garb, but without my black bandito bandanna.




Needless to say, how could the CrownVision resist that? Around the bottom of the 6th inning I got about 25 seconds of airtime; the maracas were shaking on the Pepsi Party Porch and I was hamming it up for my brief moment in the limelight. I'd like to think that I inspired the Royals to step it up that inning - it was the only inning they scored a run - one run.

After leaving the Pepsi Party Porch, I got multiple high-fives and "F*** yeah, it's the F***ing Mexecutioner!" Not sure why people cuss when they're excited, but it was funny. One fan actually asked to take a picture with me. I humbly accepted.