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seth

let's touch base

so while i'm on the subject of uncomfortable, commonly used phrases, what's the point of the term "let's touch base". as in, "hey, bob, nice meeting. call me on monday to touch base about what we discussed."

where does this come from? did the original 'touch baser' decide that, after meeting with someone, he needed to use his pointer finger and gently touch the base of an individual? if so, what did the other person do?...

"why did you just touch my base?"

"i don't know. just seemed like the right thing to do"

"although i'm uncomfortable with this, i pride my self in being open to new ideas. let's set up a meeting to discuss what we just discussed before you touched my base..."

anyways, at work this next week i'm going to try to use the phrase "let's touch base" as many times as possible and see if people take me more seriously.

next weeks dorky business word: mitigate. as in, "our company will utilize government bailout money to mitigate our losses due to managerial mistakes in the previous 43 quarters."

what's your physical address?

so i know that we all live in the electronic age. everything is instant and microwavable (for some reason microwaves always come up in a conversation about the shortcomings of modern convenience). and everyone has an email address (or 5) and phone numbers, im addresses, twitter accounts, blog sites, my space stuff, etc. but could we come up with another way to get someone's home address?
saying, "hey, bob, can i get your physical address?", sounds like some pick up line from the 80s. you might as well be saying, "hey, bob, what's your sign? (wink, wink)".
Maybe we could create a new modern term like, "hey, bob, homeoneogeno?", which, of course, would mean "what's your physical address" without sounding like you want to take your relationship with bob to the next level.

i almost like you

there is a band that we just discovered the other day, The Weepies. maybe we are just a little behind the times but we just started listening to them. sarah brought home their album and i really wanted to like them. they had the indy rock darling name, they had the indy rock darling album cover, they even started a band and got married and now travel the world in musical bliss...

but i just almost really like them. they have a few really cool songs, but i just don't like them like i thought i would.

so that got me thinking about almost liking things.
i really thought that i would like mountain biking, but my crotch began to tell me otherwise about halfway through a ride.
i really thought that i would like wine, but it just tastes like sour grape juice. where's the sweet goodness?
i really thought i would like playing the piano, but i quit lessons two separate times.
i really thought that i would like traveling, but it's no fun if you're working.
i really thought that i would like the new Flight of the Conchords song.
i really thought i would like twitter, but who gives a crap about your most recent selection of markers from Office Max and what your last burp just tasted like?

anyways...i almost like The Weepies

gotta get to the funny stuff

so there is one video that keeps making me laugh since my friend, mike, posted it on facebook. It kind of sums up my view of twitter...

...and this video i probably the coolest thing i've seen musically in a while. enjoy!

"trip to bethel church "video up now

Just wanted to make a quick blog for those of you who are following my mom's journey...We recently took a trip to Redding, California to visit Bethel Church. There have been many healings there and my parents wanted to visit this awesome church. I tagged along for the ride to help out and I made a video. You can check it out at the upper left of my blog or click here...

We'd appreciate your continued prayers for my mom's complete healing from cancer
thanks

i totally want to do this (not really)