7up at Town Hall

I had some 7up at a company town hall meeting today, none of the other drinks really appealed to me. I liked staying busy today, easier to do when my colleague was out of the office today, didn't have to split the payoff reports with them. In addition, there were plenty of contracts that came in and I like perfecting and adding new contracts than auditing files.
    Went to the comedy club tonight, nothing too notable about being there aside from 2 people were added to the schedule after it was printed. And one comic on the schedule, or list, failed to show up.
   Ate some more fortune cookies today, bought a box of about 13 on Sunday and it's nice to read the fortunes. Reminds me of a joke my college buddies had, about adding 'in bed' to each fortune.

Super Bowl Sunday

I did one thing that was typical for Super Bowl Sunday compared to recent years, it meant going to an early showing of a movie that was over well before the game began. It was another date, we saw the Marky Mark boxing movie 'the Fighter'. I also liked Melissa Leo in it, she was in an arthouse movie I saw a few years back called 'Frozen River' which got her an Oscar nomination.
   It does remind me of many previous Super Bowls, first one I can recall seeing at least a part of was number 15, Raiders-Eagles, I was just a kid. Can recall it was when my family lived in Monroe,Iowa, before moving to Newton. Dad was watching it on a little black and white RCA, eating some popcorn. This one was like some others, as I didn't see all of it. Since I was tired and fell asleep in the middle of it in my easy chair. Last year I tried to sew some letters onto a shirt, now that reminds me of how that project is still on hiatus. 
   Considering I did see the early part of the game, it was no surprise how the Packers went on to beat the Steelers 31-25. The Packers got points off turnovers and built an early lead, 14-0. I am familiar with the stats about football games, a team's record is way better when leading at halftime. I know some people like to bet on certain aspects of the game, and I know this much, some bets are definitely longshots. This was the 45th Super Bowl, and so far there hasn't been a shutout or an overtime game. They've come close on both, but not quite. A few games have ended on last-second field goals. Others have had low point totals for the losing team, such as 7 points or even 3.

Winter Carnival

Went to the St. Paul Winter Carnival this afternoon. I did take plenty of pictures of the ice sculptures there, some were in celebration of the 125th anniversary. It was lunchtime so I got a chili dog and BBQ chips and hot chocolate as well. I said the food vendor carts reminded me of how I often ate when on vacation in New York and D.C. Went to the Landmark Center, across the street from Rice Park where the sculptures were, and saw some of the displays there as well. This included many of the buttons from the previous years, I was most interested in the one from 1973. It had a covered wagon on it, celebrating the western movement. Asked about acquiring one from who was in charge of the exhibit, they said their husband may have one. So I gave them my name, phone number, and email address. Will hope for the best. I know in one previous year I saw older buttons for sale, so I got the one from 1990 since Snoopy from the 'Peanuts' comic strip was on it.
  

What Corazon Means

I thought of a family friend tonight while washing dishes, since I was washing a mug he gave me when I graduated from college and we went to the same university. Shared this on facebook, he just became a state rep in Iowa.
     When I stopped at a Walgreen tonight to get some ibuprofen for lower back pain I heard the song 'Magic' by America. It still makes me think of my first visit to St. Louis when I was a kid, seeing highlights of the World Series win in the 'sud series'. Since we were on the field getting a stadium tour and the song was playing along with highlights of the Series. It was what made me a fan of the team. And I still have some artwork inspired by it.
   So I got home and found the song on youtube, odd how the version I chose had Spanish subtitles. And I kept seeing 'corazon'- for heart. It of course made me think of Corazon Aquino, former president of the Philippines. I took French in high school, I know the word in that language is 'coeur'. Knowing one language does help with understanding another, if studied well enough. Also looked up 'lugar', meaning 'place'. It made me think of a comedian friend who has a joke where he is called 'Lugar' by the coach.
   I decided to help a friend who wanted more research on a joke he just did this week about the Hamilton-Burr duel, I gladly did it. Since I majored in history and the subject still very much interests me. And it led to me learning something, I had known little about it aside from how Hamilton was killed in it and it took place near what is now the football stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. There was mention of it again after the shooting involving then-VP Cheney, since both shootings involved VP's. Unfortunately some history courses were survey courses, didn't always learn much about some events. But with the Civil War I told myself there was no excuse to continue to be under-read about it, so I found some books about the war and of  course Lincoln himself. It is written about often to this day, so no problem finding books about it.
    Tonight I made visit number 12 to the nearby Taco Bell to use up another coupon. First time in 3 weeks. But at my current pace I just need to average 2 coupons per month until June, when they expire, to use all 20 of them up. I did get a receipt this time, last time I didn't. Most times I do get one.

Spill at Lunch

I got a little careless when getting lunch ready at work today, and tipped over my cup of water. It had been a while since this had happened, for that I am thankful. It was nearly full, so there was plenty that spilled, including onto the floor. I realized the most important thing was to wipe up the water closest to the edge of the table, so less of it would end up on the floor. In many ways my instincts kicked in from being a janitor in college, damage control for lack of a better term. It also helped that the facility manager was there and gave me napkins to get started right away.
    I went out to look at some of the artwork nearby, some were intriguing. I wanted one of an elephant but it was too big. Then there was some of presidents laughing together, playing cards if I'm not mistaken. As a history major it was a good thing I could recognize most of the presidents in it.
    I picked up another carton of egg nog, probably the last one of the season as it was the last one I saw at the grocery store. In addition, I haven't seen any more at other stores. I like the taste of it.
    Watching an extended version of ABC's 'Nightline' show about the events in Egypt. I am mostly interested in knowing if the American government is doing what they can to get Americans out of the nation. I care most about what affects my countrymen, my fellow Americans.

The 2 Bus Riders

For the 2nd straight day I saw 2 'goth chicks' for lack of a better term when riding the bus home from work. On Tuesday they spoke of picking up condoms and dental dams, also about reusing needles and how to commit suicide while using a knife. Today it was more of the same, things like getting out an asthma inhaler, the girl with the nose ring had it. She liked 'Law and Order SVU' and they spoke of 'butt nuggets', whatever that is. Also about words that kind of sound the same, like pharmacist, assist, and cyst. They are not that attractive, but I doubt that they care at all. Since both shaved part of their head, but there's still some flowing hair on the other side. Don't know what that look is called. It is excellent joke material, trying to think of how to get it into the routine.
   I did make it to the comedy club tonight, it was nice to see many people I knew, more than the previous night. It's helpful to go regularly as sometimes it's not just the sense of community and the friendship aspect, but also doing business like getting scheduled for stage time and for other projects available. I did mention the blog there, seemed relevant when I write about comedy regularly, also since my writer union recently mentioned free publicity is available for it. Nothing wrong with more exposure and more readers.
    It's usually a notable event when I retire any item I've been using regularly, tonight it was a lunch bag. I had another one given to me by my employer, so it was no problem finding a replacement. Typical with what I do with clothing, it doesn't go to a donation bin and I just rip it up since there's often flaws in it like holes. Or in the case of the bag, one of the zippers wasn't working properly.
      

Welcome to the Future

I went onto Youtube tonight to find some Brad Paisley songs as I know somebody who likes his music. Some of his songs didn't appeal to me, as they were love songs. But I did like 'Welcome to the Future' and 'American Saturday Night'. His guitar playing is what impresses me most, as he does the changes real well between chords.
   At the comedy show tonight a friend introduced me as 'the funniest man alive'. I said that was more likely than 'sexiest man alive'. He did a joke about history, which I liked, about the Hamilton-Burr duel.
   It was a fairly routine day at work, since it was the first of the month one of the things I did was toss some records from November as they are now obsolete and no longer needed. I keep them at least 2 months before sending them to recycle. I do keep the official stat report page, same as what I send to my boss, along with the form attached to it with all the figures I wrote down from each day. Naturally I need to type it out for my boss, more organized and easier to read.