Sock Watch!

Since our stocks all suck I've decided to ignore the financial meltdown and focus on something that really matters: Socks! Aren't socks awesome? They keep our feet warm/dry, make our shoes less stinky, and come in at least three different colors and styles. So Exciting! Two interesting socks are featured this week and first up: My New Favorite Pair of Socks.

I like blue, I like green, I like lighter shades of blue. These socks have everything! Be sure to watch them closely in the future - they might just do some amazing things.

This next pair comes from my co-worker Janet. They're an old favorite and she highly recommends them as high-return socks. And polka dots are awesome! So stylish.

That's it for this week's Sock Watch! Who needs Bloomberg TV?

My boss was kind enough to give a Men of the Islands 2010 Calendar. I was the last person to be asked if I wanted it and the first to say yes. I'll never call in sick again.

Highlights!:

Isn't the contrast stunning? The play of light and shadow, the...weird skin tones, ...ahhhh...

Doing his part for LNS (Limp Nipple Syndrome) sufferers everywhere.

Such exquisite posing!! The, um, creativity!

...There you have it. Your preview. I'm sure you're rushing to the store right now to buy it. Aren't you glad you pay attention to the goings on here? You lucky bastards.

Anybody else get sick everytime they get a little time off? Seems like everytime I go on vacation or even have a surprise(!) bit of time, I get sick. It's Super Frustrating. Take last week. We here in Louisiana had a little snowcation. By snowcation, I mean it snowed a little, everyone freaked out, the city of Alexandria practically shut down, and I decided to stay home on Thursday rather than drive to work (40 miles both ways) in the sleet and possible snow; not to mention the flood waters in the area from the Calcasieu River that had been sending me, for more than a week, on a truly mind-numbing and car endangering detour. (You, dear reader, were this close to getting an exciting series on enormous potholes; drat, they filled them in a day later). My boss and coworker discussed it with me; she found me a sub for the next day; I went home, worked out, and here comes the sore throat. What the hell? Don't mean to bitch too much, but jeez, it would have been nice if I had been able to get something productive done Thursday (out), Friday (branch closed anyway), Saturday (not scheduled), or Sunday, besides some half-assed vacuuming and three discs of The O.C. Season 1. Oh well, The O.C. was pretty fun.

If I could figure out a way to make my problems sound interesting, I'd have endless material for this here blog. But I can't. My life must seem like an endless mope, but rest assured, it's not. I just don't always get the urge to blog unless there's something wrong. If I wrote everything here that I ever wanted to it would be drama, drama, drama all the time. And who wants to read a dramatic blog? All the best, biggest, most famous...est blogs are funny blogs. Or helpful blogs. Or cool blogs. Or really informative blogs.

Hmm, so what's something helpful, cool, informative (and maybe funny)? Let's see...did you know that Bookseller Magazine has an annual competition for books with weird titles? No, well here's a few: Curbside Consultation of the Colon; Baboon Metaphysics; and Strip and Knit with Style. Wow. Excrement in the Late Middle Ages was not quite weird enough but congrats on runner up status. Past list members of note: Bombproof Your Horse - well that sounds fun! And How to Avoid Huge Ships - 'cause that's just useful. Kudos.

Huh. I don't know how helpful or cool, or...Well, I don't know what this was. All I know is it cheered me up! Yay! I guess that's all that matters. Oh, Blog, you always know just the thing.