Quote of the day:

"You're just another hair in the butter."

- J.W. Cropper

Shoes

I don't think I have ever worn out a pair of shoes. I've had smelly shoes and ones that have gone out of style. But recently I've been plaqued with squeaky shoes. My last two new pair of shoes have started squeaking. I've tried different socks, walking more heal to toe, shuffling and marching to get the shoes to stop. Nothing seems to help.

And then he said...

I have a knack for finding people who say the strangest things to me. Some of my favorites:

1. As I pulled out of the driveway leaving home for college my mom yells to me, "remember, you're driving your coffin!"
2. An economics professor in college telling me when I asked him to autograph his book for me, " you're kind of a get your elbows dirty guy."
3. A business man advising me on my career choices "you gotta have juice, you got no juice, how you gonna get juice."
4. A co-worker telling me "when I don't care what I look like anymore, I'm getting my hair cut like yours."
5. During my first visit to NYC, while lost on the subway, a very loud and strange man getting right in my face and yelling at the top of his lungs, "WELCOME TO NEW YORK."
6. When I got bifoculs the eyeglasses salesman says, "this is gonna be the worst eyeglasses wearing experience of your life."
7. The lady who typed my resume in college was a chain smoker. She had that near death deep lung make you nauseous to listen to kind of cough. As she coughed she would pass gas. When she stopped she'd say, "is there a bird in hear, I thought I just heard a bird."
8. My friend's mom when I was growing up, "Bryan has to be in his pajamas and ready for bed before we sit down for dinner. So it's time you head home."
9. I bit into a raw in the middle chicken sandwich at Burger Chef and Jeff's, the guy behind the counter in response to my asking for a burger instead says, "how do we know you got this here."

Recognitions

I'd like to thank the intenational blogging society for recognizing me as the 2004 blogger of the year. It is with great humility that I accept this honour.

Introduction

You may remember me from such great entries as "I wouldn't eat that if you paid me." or "I'm always stuck next to the lamp."