browns vs. colts

i got a text from theresa about an hour ago that said,
"smile. hey your browns are winning."
i think she forgets that this is the browns we are talking about, and sometimes there just isn't anything to smile about.
10-6 loss.

sick

i just spent saturday and today up until 3 hrs ago sick as a dog with some psycho flu or something. for the last 3 hrs i've been able to keep fluids down, so we'll see how the rest of the day goes.

Christmas Tree

Bree's Face

she went shopping with the crazies today. black friday.
this, i think, is her impression of them crazy people.

Chillin'

The man zone has been rebuilt (original man zone was disassembled to give Bree a TV and DVD player), and I watched some tube there today! I love it better than the living room.
I also have been doing some serious cranking and laying. Stogies and mixers for everyone!

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving 2008
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Awesome Marsha~ Keep on rocking and being awesome. I'm glad you came up to spend some time. The holidays are not the same without you! Shafer Family - Ed, Sue, Eric, Nichole, Etc. You all are always in my prayers, and I love all of you. I hope this is a great holiday for you.
Theresa: Hey babycakes. I am looking forward to seeing you and Bree tonight. It will be an event to remember!
Bryanna: Well, it was nice to almost see you today, if you could have just figured out how to open the door. Oh well, we will work on that. Happy Thanksgiving kiddo!
John A. (juplife)! HIO! Keep it real homey. You and your whole family.
Cherry Red! Today's beautiful thing is Thanksgiving!
Tazeen! Hopefully all is well with you. Keep smiling, and happy holidays!
Ashley! Excellent engineer....try to keep the holiday fun. Relax, and enjoy it the day off!Zazafeefi! You kept the blog. And I thought you would disappear. I am glad you didn't, pretty lady. I am certainly glad.
Sonya: Girl, you are so awesome. I look forward to your daily picture, and absolutely adore the things you do and write. Thank you for being you. Happy Thanksgiving.
Wild Family: To each of you excellent peeps. Ya'll is super duper, and there are great things to look forward to in the near future. Happy T-day to you all.
EPS: One big lump to categorize everyone into. Happy holidays, coworkers!
Martini Family: Jim (hio), Matt, Mark, Aunt Karen, Uncle Jimmy, Angel: I love you all and hope this holiday is terrific!
To everyone else, I hope the holiday is wonderful. This is truly a great day. So keep one another in mind and count your blessings, because we all have so many.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Paul

coffee

got sent home early. brewing some coffee to give me the pep to clean.

my mother is coming up and this place is not in the best shape.

coffee will help.

i am looking forward to this holiday.

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oh yeah, notice the Jupmode products in the background. After each use they are put back on the cardboard. It doesn't really perform much of a function, as the cardboard is mangled by now....but it looks snazzy so long as people don't pick them up!

ROBOT!!!

Sometime ago, I posted about an articulated arm that I had my eyes on.
Reference HERE for that post.
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It sucked the day I heard the news that MG was leaving the company.
The guy has to be one of the greatest people I've met.
But, I looked at the bright side of it at one point, and remembered that he had the little yellow robot I had eyeballed over a year ago.
I mosied on over to his area and asked about it, but he told me it was already reserved.
Bummer. Oh well...the real bummer was him leaving...and once again missing the dibs on the robot was like a double-bummer.

I opened one of the doors to a shelf on my cubicle today to find the robot tucked away in there.
Think you're pretty slick there, don't ya MG?
I always did.
Dude. I have a robot now!

Paul Improvements

At lunch time about a week ago, I decided to see if I would look funny with a mustache. So I took a pic of myself and the result is below.
I thought it was fairly ridiculous looking, so I emailed it to a coworker. He was inspired to draw a reply.

The above was his reply. Afterwards, he went home and came up with an even better one.

The Paulster. Oh yeah.

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Naturally he emailed the entire company, and there ended up being about 35 versions of me passed around the company. Once I gather them all up, I will surely post them on Flickr. So stay tuned, all you Paulomaniacs.