http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com Go ahead. Make fun of him. He'll never even know. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:29:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you have somehow missed my incessant whining, I'm hurt.  Bad. Thursday I noticed a little discomfort in my left ear.  I figured it was the early stages of something that I usually get during this time of year, so I let it go. Friday my left ear was bothering me ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/03/07/pity-me/ This morning started off simply enough.  The usual morning routine plus dropping Things Two and Three at school.  We also had something we needed notarized, so I told the wife just to head to the Cock n' Balls Bank (formerly a BB&T branch) that is about half a mile from Two ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/03/05/standing-up-for-me-and-us/ I received a snarky email/comment from Monday's blog asking, nay demanding that I write more given the overabundance of free time I now have.  First I'd like to say that you shouldn't judge me.  It's not like I'm sleeping til noon, eating bon-bons in bed and watching Oprah.  I eat bon-bons ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/03/04/your-overdue-underemployment-update/ Today is the first day where I am getting paid for not being AT work. Since the second I found out this would be the case, I've been planning and scheming, trying to decide the most exciting way to celebrate. And then it came to me. The best way to celebrate getting ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/03/01/the-future-is-now/ I officially refuse to apologize for not blogging lately.  I have had a shit-ton on my plate.  The biggest thing is that my last day here may or may not be this Friday.  The uncertainty of not knowing has me a little frazzled and stressed. But since I am so committed ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/02/24/a-couple-of-things-that-probably-arent-worth-standing-up-for/ This morning I got into the office like I always do.  I sat down, booted up my pc, waited five minutes and realized that it wasn't going to reward me with my desktop, so I logged out and logged in again.  It was at this point that I realized my ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/02/18/i-think-your-god-is-testing-me/ I thought of many different titles for this post, but ultimately this one stuck.  Don't like it?  Pfffft. Oh, and a note here.  In an effort to be honest with you and myself, I have been thinking pretty deeply about why I don't write like I used to write. It turns out, ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/02/11/oh-mother-fucker/ Here are a couple of amusing youtube links that are floating around that slay me. This first one is President Lyndon Johnson talking with one of the Haggar brothers ordering some slacks .  It gets awesome around the 3:30 mark.  Can you imagine if our presidents these days made calls like ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/02/02/and-if-you-didnt-enjoy-the-last-one/ Yep.  I am. I was listening to The Regular Guys podcast this morning from yesterday's show and was reminded of this story which, in turn, reminded me of another story. (R) Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah has a bug up his ass about the Bowl Championship Series and how it may somehow ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/02/02/standing-up-for-a-minute/ I have been complaining over the last four or five months about writer's block. Then today, I heard a writer / podcaster that I enjoy say he had writer's block.  When asked by the person he was interviewing what caused it, he said: "Writer's block comes from not writing every day." So there ... http://www.FunctionallyReTodded.com/2010/01/27/1477/