Shel's Blog

Monday, January 28, 2008

A Good Guy and a Great Cause

Hello everyone -
Just a quick post today. My friend Woody sent me an email earlier that he is shaving his head in support of children receiving cancer treatments. So for the thousands of you that read this blog, if you would like to donate to a great cause, click this link:

http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/shavee_info.html?ParticipantKey=200821042

It's kind of cold to be bald in Chicago right now, so show Woody some support!

Until next time -
~Shel

Monday, January 21, 2008

Hunk a hunk a burnin' something...

So, I was at a conference with my client in California last week. It was held at the Pachenga Indian Casino in Temecula. Most of it was fairly boring - the usual, meetings with the client, discussions on current issues, etc. We had dinner at a winery one night, hung out at the casino and saw the worst Elvis impersonator - it was hilarious! He was awful. He was wearing the tightest black pants with a HUGE gold belt. He couldn't swing his hips and he did not sound a thing like Elvis. I thought it was hilarious, but others not so much.

When we left to come home on Friday, it was 77 degrees in California. When we landed in Chicago, 7. Brrr, cold. I really dislike winter in the midwest! So, now I'm back and I really have nothing else to say, so I'm going to go watch Friday's episode of Psych...

Until next time -
~Shel

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Psych!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Bon Voyage!

Well, I'm off to sunny California for the rest of the week - don't miss me too much!

~Shel

Monday, January 14, 2008

Ramble, ramble, ramble...

Ah, another week has begun. This week I will be heading out to California for an annual meeting with a client. Should be fun, the actual meetings notwithstanding. The conference is being held in an Indian casino & resort and you all know how much I love to play poker! The weather should be nice, gambling, free food and drink - sounds great to me.

I am happy to announce that the new season of Psych started on Friday and it is just as awesome as ever! It's a USA Network show, so the seasons are shorter (12 episodes I think) and they split them up 6 episodes at a time, so we have 5 more new episodes to look forward to. Which is good, because the WGA strike is still going strong. What are you guys doing with your free tv time? I am spending some time at the gym, but also catching up on some shows on dvd that I missed. I watched the first season of Ugly Betty over the holidays and am now finishing up the available seasons of the show Numb3rs from CBS. Numb3rs is an interesting show and who would have guessed the Northern Exposure guy was so buff? Plus, the main character played Mr. Universe on Serenity, so woohoo! I am not sure what show I am going to move on to next. Thank goodness for the library - an entire season on dvd, $1.00 for a week rental. YAY! If anyone has recommendations, let me know.

Well, I really should do some work. Have a great week! I will think of you all while I am in sunny California...

Until next time -
~Shel

Quote of the Day

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works." and ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. Ronald Reagan.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. Albert Einstein

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. J.R.R. Tolkien

If we ccouldn't laugh, we would all go insane. Jimmy Buffett.

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Jerome K. Jerome.

I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities - a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt, June 5, 1977.

A sincere congratulations to everybody out there who pays taxes in the United States. We just bought an insurance company. Jon Stewart 9/18/08.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. Robert Frost.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. Oprah Winfrey.

A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one. Lord Jeffery.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Abraham Lincoln.

You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. Michael Pritchard.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. Fritz Perls.

Luck is the residue of design. Branch Rickey (1881-1965).

In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten second hand and without examination. Mark Twain.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. Banjamin Disraeli.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. Dag Hammaskjold.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).

My superheroes don’t leap tall buildings, wear capes, or stop bullets with one hand. They bruise and bleed, and their superpowers are loving and listening.

-Abby Sciuto, NCIS

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love. Ronnie D. Laing (1927 - 1989).

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be. Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated. Marie Von Ebner-Eschenback (1830 - 1916).

My advice is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. Thornton Wilde.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950).

Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain.

A day without laughter is a day wasted. Charlie Chaplin.

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place. Mark Twain (1835 – 1910).

Humor is a rubber sword – it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. Mary Hirsch.

Humor is just another defense against the universe. Mel Brooks (1926 - ).

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865).

If you are going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill. (1874 - 1965).

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Gandhi. (1869-1948).

Be nice to people on your way up because you will meet 'em on your way down. Wilson Mizner.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything. Nietzsche (1844 - 1900).

I think you're lying. The spirits say your little pants are on fire. Shawn Spencer, psychic detective from Psych on USA Network.

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb

Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Ghandi (1869 - 1948).

All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950).

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. John Wayne (1907 - 1979).

Sex is like bridge; if you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand. Mae West (1893-1980).

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. Henry Miller.

This is the crack team that foils my every plan? I am deeply shamed. Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer referring to Buffy & the Scoobies.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962).

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. Lord Byron (1788-1824).

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965).

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. Anthony Burgess (1917 - 1993).

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. Homer, The Odyssey (800 B.C. - 700 B.C.)

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns (1896 - 1996).

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that is troublesome. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992).