When Carolina was divided in 1710, the southern part was called South Carolina and the northern, or older settlement, North Carolina. From this came the nickname the "Old North State." Historians have recorded that the principal products during the early history of North Carolina were "tar, pitch, and turpentine." It was during one of the fiercest battles of the War Between the States, so the story goes, that the column supporting the North Carolina troops was driven from the field. After the battle the North Carolinians, who had successfully fought it out alone, were greeted from the passing derelict regiment with the question: "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" Quick as a flash came the answer: "No, not a bit, old Jeff's bought it all up." "Is that so; what is he going to do with it?" was asked. "He's going to put on you-un's heels to make you stick better in the next fight." Creecy relates that General Lee, upon hearing of the incident, said: "God bless the Tar Heel boys," and from that they took the name
So yeah, the official logo is a foot with a black stain on the bottom of the heel. Seriously!!
With that settled..... the other thing that caught my attention today was an article on yahoo that asks "what is the most annoying thing at work". The finalists were Office Loud Talker Guy, annoying cellphone ringtones, and speakerphones (in that order). I agree with all three of those, although I put the cellphone ringtone a lot higher than the other 2. The other ones can be blocked by good headphones - while the annoying ringer can also be covered by headphones, the lack of respect for the individual who owns the phone can never be recovered. I would also add to the list the guy who walks around shmoozing 8 hours a day because he has no purpose. I would also add the annoying "Hockey Coach Wannabe" guy who is all talk and only stops over to say hello when you have candy in your office. Smelly food isn't usually a problem but I do hate folks that bring back lunch at 10:45 when I can't get out of meetings till closer till noon:(
It is nice that the Braves have been on ESPN the past two nights so I've enjoyed the Braves playing while I'm working from the hotel room. Too bad last night's game was in San Francisco and didn't start till 10pm eastern time. They still won. Hopefully Bonds doesn't get any homers during this series and breaks the record against anyone else! Twins are playing like crap again... don't expect another miracle run out of them at this point.
Haiku of the Day
Football Season's here
just about a month away
Let's all shout: "GO CLONES!!!!"
Entertainment of the Day - Anyone have a tool to convert an MPG4 to MPEG? can't do much with an MPG4 file except watch in quicktime. And all the free demo converters only allow first 5 minutes, or leave an annoying watermark on the converted file. Anyway - the joys of trying to get stuff for free! So today's entertainment..... today is New CD Release Tuesday and today there's a new Prince CD out (Planet Earth) and not much else. So listen to some Prince today and celebrate! Funny little guy.
Weblink of the Day - Looking for a new pet? Forget the Llama or Fainting Goat.... get a Hippo!!!! That's pretty sweet!
2 comments:
I sure hope that no one you work with reads your blog because those were pretty identifiable descriptions...must feel safe so far away! Hope you are having fun!
No way there is a cooler pet than the fainting goats.
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