I’ll be there tonight for the finals, which will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. Looking to liveblog, will definitely be posting updates to Twitter, so click on the blue birdie above to follow me there. Anybody who truly knows me knows actually witnessing a National Spelling Bee in person has been a dream of [...]

I noticed as I leaned over to answer the phone a couple of minutes ago that I’ve got quite a little standoff going on with my desk accessories. It seems Domo is keeping an eye on the Ben Roethlisberger Pez dispenser, which probably isn’t a bad idea. He’s not to be trusted. Ben is watching [...]

(via Google Talk) Me: she also looks like the kind of woman who would break a bottle of Bud Light over your head Michael: You don’t think Rolling Rock? Me: no, definitely Bud Light Me: LOOK AT HER! Me: she’s not drinking Red Stripe Michael: Poor child

The Setup: Co-worker walks by and notices me studying a Google map. Him: Looking for something? Me: Oh, not really. Just trying to figure out where I was on Saturday night. Him: A little forensic accounting. I haven’t had a night like that since college. Me: No, no. I knew where I was, I just [...]

I’m not sure exactly when I acquired this malady, but it’s been at least 10 years. Most people have “tells,” as the poker players call them. They blink rapidly, sometimes they get fidgety, maybe sweat. When I get into a stressful situation, I break out into hives. Big, patchy, red hives. That itch. That I [...]

Apparently, my office has a wicked lunch bandit in its Virginia operations. Sadly, my friend Michael had to learn this one the hard way. A hard, and hungry way. M: WTF?! Who the hell steals and drinks a Slim-Fast shake?! M: They’re not appetizing. There was actual food other people left in there in the [...]

“Someone left a fork … and a used steak knife in the men’s stall.” — my co-worker upon returning from a routine trip to the men’s room “You know, I saw that when I was in there, but I didn’t want to say anything.” — another co-worker, in response to the first

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You know, things like this just make my day worth it. Just arrived to the ol’ work Inbox: I’ve been trying SO HARD to get back stage for the American Idol show at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. on August 4. I spent alot of my time & money making Adam Lambert a special [...]

Tonight, I was watching “The Office” on TBS and this episode was one of the ones in the block. It’s one of my favorites. I immediately thought back to when I was at The State Journal and we did our mandatory sexual harassment training. My initial response was, “I think the news staff can sit [...]