Her: How many countries are there in the world?
Me: How would I know?
Her: You’re a nerd!
Chief Justice Earl Warren once said, I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
It’s funny, all my female friends love sports but I’m not into team sports like football, baseball, basketball, etc. You know the guys that were never picked to be on the sports team? Yeah, I was the guy they beat up.
But every two years I’m quietly amazed at what people across the world try to do – and manage to do.
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Landed a $1.3 million deal this morning. Get a tiny percentage of that, but, if it works, I don’t gotta worry about my company bills for 45 days.
Assistant: Nice work.
Me: Did you just give me a compliment?
Her: (shrugging) Eh, don’t worry, things will be back to normal soon enough.
Me: True. I think I’m going to get a whole wheat donut.
Her: (rolls eyes) And there you go…
She told me to buy a lottery ticket, which I did. Didn’t win. S’ok. Met up with Elle for her birthday and then settled in for a quiet night being amazed. These people are incredible.
I’m so amazed.
Location: on my couch w a glass of rum
Mood: sotted
Music: Oh don’t you put me on the back burner
One reply on “Nice work”
haha.. um. if i told you then i'd have to.. nah i'd kill you. 😛 i think.as for the olympics — remember the year kerri strug was CLUTCH… the year the swimmer from africa? swam the pool and was LAPS behind because he could barely swim but finished to finish for the love of sport and in the spirit of the olympics… and the year the runner fell before finishing and was helped to the end in agony by his dad carrying him to his side????let me know if you seriously want to know.. but it's one of those beauty is in the eye of the beholder stories that might be yeemomma rambling about nonsense to someone else. in short i'm a les mis fanatic.