A penitent man shall bill

Sometimes it's just more fun to make it up.

Glad to be back, giving a comic on Tuesday to make up for the lag. Car is in the shop, a light was out. Evidently Jiffy Lube can't be trusted to change a light bulb, which was all that was wrong with it. However, a few other things coupled with a full service that is 13 thousand miles overdue, I ended up spending what I expected to spend.

But don't worry. The car will still shriek when I turn it on. Thank German engineering for that. VW in the house.

MAD RUSH

Sorry, couldn't get to the comic today. I got as far as printing off my three box template, and then a big ol' pile of work came in literally due yesterday. The facility mailed it to the wrong place, and by the time it got to us, it was already late. I didn't do it!

Happy Yom Tov to all those on Monday, (I also won't have a comic that day, sorry.) For those of you not in the know, it is the Jewish day of atonement. Basically about 10 days prior, we have Rosh Hashannah. Think of that as New Years, but instead of fireworks we blow into ram's hornes. Yea, not as good, I know. And then then we have 10 days to apologize for everyone we wronged the previous year, and then on Yom kippur, we focus on the negative of the previous year. Is it as simple as that? No. Does it feel like a downer of a holiday, since you have to fast all day and go to services all day? Yes.

To be the chosen people...

Excuses

"What did I pull out of my eyes? WHAT AM I HOLDING?"

Ahahhahahaha.

Yes, the stack of mail today was forest-thick, but it was really only three issues, with way too much supplemental info. People go overboard.

Fiance gets home tonight, hopefully not too sunburnt. I will take her out to dinner somewhere to celebrate. I wonder where?

Dan

Repeat Offender

Well, I do like to work out.

Following the lead of a coworker, I have been cooking my meals at home and then tupperwearing them to work. Mostly rice, lean chicken and veggies. I was doing all that before, but the absorbed behavior is breaking my serving size up into 3 chunks, and eating them every few hours throughout the day. It is a weird concept that every dietician will endorse (more meals, smaller servings). I at my first "chunk" right before my lunch hour, the second chunk a few hours later, and...oh...I forgot to eat my third chunk.

Now I sat there pondering this, and realized that this may be an uninteded consequence of such an eating pattern. I overall ate 2/3rds of what I would have, and I don't feel hungry at all.

Take that Jenny Craig. Is she still relevant? Anyone get the reference? Oh well poo, now I'm hungry.

Thinking of Jew

Happy Rosh Hashannah to everyone! If you don't know what that is, it's the Jewish new year. We are at 5770, so take that, Asian cultures. We beat you.

Celebrate by eating sweets, like apples and honey. When asked, say that you are bringing in a sweet new year, and if they don't like it then they are anti-semitic.

My boss took the team out to pastries at a nice bakery in Lake Oswego. Let's just say everyone at the bakery was beautiful. And by that I mean they could afford to be. And by that I mean they were rich. And by that I mean I was jealous of them.

mixed generation office

Ah, nice to be back. Dissappointing weather led to a less than sunny beach stay, but still worth it. If I were fully accurate, the bear chest (complete with hair) would have randome splotches of sun-burn. Detail must be sacrificed for the time allotted, sadly.

It's funny. My Fiancee is about to leave for a week vacation in Hawaii, leaving me alone at home. My first instinct is to eat lots of junk food while she is gone, but on further retrospect, she doesn't stand as a barrier to that while she is here. In fact she joins in, happily, with a fork in each hand. So perhaps to shake things up I will eat super healthy while she is gone.

Wooo, whey germ shakes party at Dan's house, wooooooooh!

Terminal Case of the Fridays

Yes, I am about to go on vacation. For you loyal fans, I will be back posting on Wed, the 16th. Oh, and sorry about this past Wed, my old boss got promoted and I was distracted congratulating her.

So, Batman game is amazing. Anyone thinking to themselves, "I want to be Batman, but without the baggage of physical danger and murdered parents", then this is the game for you. Oh man it is good. Where was I? Lost my train of thought. It's time for vacation.

See you all mid September!