"Murphy was an optimist!"
Got a long stabby thing? February 17, 2011 8:05 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, PhilosophyEveryone should enjoy their job as much as this crew!
VIDEO: Today show panel cracks-up
add a commentThank God I’m a Country Boy August 26, 2010 9:39 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Publishing, VideoYou’re about to see a blurry man buttocks. It’s okay. It’s not bad and I wouldn’t even call it "not safe for work" It’s worth it to watch this whole thing!
add a commentMy Life as a Comedy – Sarah’s Car Accident February 13, 2010 1:07 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cathy, Daily Life, Family, Of Being DadPreface
To fully appreciate the events you are about to read, you must understand that Knoxville had a snow and ice storm over the weekend. The forecast was so certain that announcements on Thursday night declared all area schools closed for Friday, except Pellissippi State Community College where my oldest son attends. The snow came Friday afternoon and PTSCC closed early.
We are a seven person household with five children attending five different schools: pre-school, elementary, middle, high, and college. We have one functioning vehicle.
Setting
On Monday, schools delayed opening two hours due to icy roads. Normally, Sarah gets a ride to the high school with a neighbor who teaches at the high school. To protect identities, let’s call her Tonya. For the past decade, I have worked out of my basement, telecommuting to answer my client’s needs around the world. On this particular Monday, I actually had a rare onsite appointment from 8am to 5pm downtown. Before leaving, I asked Sarah, "Do you have a ride?" She replied, "I called last night and Tonya wasn’t there but they said she’d call back if she couldn’t give me a ride. She didn’t call back so I’m good." I left. At 9am, with 30 minutes left before Sarah’s 2 hour delayed pickup, Tonya’s husband called. To protect identities, let’s call him Randy. Randy explained that Tonya went to the high school early. I knew Cathy, my wife, was fighting a migraine and sleeping in so I called Sarah directly. Sarah explained her boy friend, let’s call him Zach, would drive her to school.
Calamity
Cathy calls me a little amped, "Sarah and Tonya have been in an accident! Air bags went off and Sarah won’t call an ambulance because she’s waiting for the police. You’ve got to call Randy and tell him that Tonya’s been in an accident."
Confusion
I stare into my half finished first cup of coffee trying to shake the fog out of my head and process what I’ve just heard, "Tonya. Sarah. Accident. Call Randy." That doesn’t make sense. Other thoughts: "The woman is always right" "Yes dear" "Want a happy life, keep a happy wife!" I call Randy and about the time his very confused question, "Tonya was in an accident?" hit my ear, I realized Cathy didn’t know Zach drove Sarah so I apologized to Randy for the confusion and called Cathy.
Enter Larry, Moe and Curly stage left
If Cathy could be sheepish over the phone, she pulled it off, "Whoops. I just told the elementary school they had a pregnant woman in a car accident in the parking lot and they needed to get her to a doctor." Later that night I apologize to Randy again who chuckles and asks, "Did you know I was in an accident today?" No way! Then he explains, "See, Tonya took my car in today and I drove hers. So when her principal, let’s call him Dr. Barlett, checked on her because he’d heard she’d been in an accident, probably from the elementary school, she just knew someone had seen her car in an accident, assumed it was her, she knew it had to be me, and called to see if I was okay." Cymbal crash.
1 comment so farTweetlejuice, Tweetlejuice, Tweetlejuice! August 18, 2009 2:26 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Communications, Humor, Technologyxkcd Sums Up Swine Flu on Twitter April 27, 2009 2:01 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Health, Humor, Of Interest
I gotta get me one of those! January 8, 2009 1:41 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, PhilosophySarah Palin Slaughtered November 21, 2008 9:20 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, Politics, Publishing, Touchy Subjects, VideoRuss made my eyes water with this homage to the WKRP Thanksgiving Turkey Drop. I don’t think Saturday Night Live could have written this interview with Sarah Palin and her other brother Daryl in the background any better. Her closing line nailed it. Just what was the cameraman thinking?
Sources: Original post from The Huffington Post and the direct link to the Youtube video.
3commentsBecause running on a treadmill should be fun! November 13, 2008 3:57 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Exercise, Health, Of InterestDo you find running on your treadmill inside boring? Do you miss the fresh air outside? Then you might need a SpeedFit!
See on Burbia.
add a commentWhat do I do? July 22, 2008 12:22 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Programming, TechnologyFrequently people will ask, "Now, what do you do?" Which is a really hard question to answer without people making the wrong assumption, "Oh! My nephew just took a class on that at his high school. He does the same thing." Videos better explain my job:
Of course, that doesn’t apply to any of my clients who read Reality Me!
add a commentOf Being Dad May 28, 2008 10:46 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Daily Life, Family, Of Being DadDear child, if you put chewing gum behind your ear so that you can brush your teeth, you will have gum stuck in your hair. Love, Dad
4commentsBust’d May 4, 2008 10:06 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Touchy SubjectsSo I’m walking out of Walmart to the car and I see this woman approaching. I’m staring at her and staring at her and staring at her and staring at her when suddenly it occurs to me that her shirt has words on it. The words read, "KEEP STARING!" No, I don’t know what her face looked like.
Update: My wife actually asked, "were you really staring at that woman?" and I had to explain, "It’s difficult not to stare when something is covering up the entire horizon!"
add a commentQuote of the Day October 14, 2007 1:04 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Communications, Philosophy, Publishing, Quote, TechnologyThis made me laugh hysterically.
“We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.†Robert Wilensky
Thanks to JBB of Lumbering Through Life! As an aside, I disagree with stance that Twitter’s 140 character limit is in place as an etiquette and means of keeping thoughts concise. The 140 character limit is to enable Twitter to send message by SMS and keep the message within a single text message. I believe different people are finding different uses for Twitter. I have chosen not to follow a couple of people because of their topic choices and style. I think Twitter’s will fall into 3 groups: self-promoters and linkers (using Twitter to post URLs to blogs and websites), news/media alerts, and voyeurs/exhibitionists/chatters. The first group, the linkers, will use Twitter to promote traffic to their own sites or sites interest them. The news/media alerts will be a group sharing relevant information that is happening now. The chatters will use Twitter as a replacement or complement to IRC and the instant messengers. Not everyone will enjoy the style of all three groups.
Update: My wife agrees with jbb.
add a commentZe’s Alive! October 12, 2007 8:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Philosophy, PublishingZe Frank brings it home on social networking!
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