Irrational Rant...Staying at work until 4:30.

Before people start bitching, let me get this out of the way.  Blah, blah, blah, I know I am lucky to have a stable job.  Blah, blah, blah, I know I am lucky to not work 80 hours a week 52 weeks a year.  Here's my point: if I get all the work I could possibly do today done and I don't have the creative energy left to come up with fancy proposals to save the company $5 million, why do I have to go through the bull shit act of staying until everyone else leaves at 4:30?  Why can't I peace out, go home, and come back a happier employee?  I realize that some companies let you do this.  As long as you finish work, you can head out.  But, let's be honest, that's not most companies.

Today I have done all my work, asked other people if they have anything I can help them with, have actually started working on a project that doesn't even remotely need to be started yet, watched episodes of The Office, 30 Rock, and Communitythat I missed, banged out a couple blogs, cleaned my desk, and checked espn.com like 14 times.

I am wasting electricity, oxygen, and my time.  However, can you imagine what my bosses reaction would be if I said, "Hey, I am all set for the day, I've done everything I can do, so I am heading home early."  I'm guessing that would come up as a negative in the old performance review.

How about I head out an hour early, miss some traffic, walk my dog, work out, make dinner, and return to work more productive and refreshed tomorrow morning? Nope.  That wouldn't be fair to all the people that aren't as good as I am at my job and somehow stretch their work out until 4:30.

Nothing really funny in this one, so here's a video of fat people falling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us9v32LLpuQ

Totally worth checking that one out.

-Big Ran

Lunchtime Look-a-Like

 Happy Tuesday! Today, with "Lunchtime Look-a-like" I'd like to focus on the similarities that can be found between the two insane guys pictured below. Two of the best the Caucasian race has to offer; Don Imus and Phil Spector. Some of you might think that the crazy hair and ghostly, sallow complexions of these two might be where the resemblance ends, but I beg to differ-the similarities are more than skin deep. Consider the most obvious facts, listed below:

1. Both men rose to fame via the radio, Don as a radio host and Phil as a record producer & song writer.

2. Both have had multiple failed marriages---although, looking at them, I can't possibly imagine why....

3. Both men have had troubled pasts personally and legally: Imus has struggled with alcoholism & cocaine addiction along with a number of incidents involving accusations of defamatory speech. The most well known instance, of course, involved the highly publicized comments about the Rutgers University Women's Basketball team that resulted in his temporary suspension (and possibly a permanent blacklisting (no pun intended) by many in the media). Phil Spector, on the other hand, has declared himself 'bipolar' while telling Britain's Daily Telegraphthat he considered himself "relatively insane". Back in the 70's he was involved in a near fatal car accident. In May of 2009, he was sentenced to 19 years to life in the California State Prison System following a guilty verdict in the second trial related to his involvement in the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.

While I could go on, I'm sure the pictures are the real focal point here. The bottom line is this: Phil and Don probably should have teamed up for their own radio show prior to Spector's incarceration ....Sadly, it's too late now.

-KC Jones

Higher Learning...

Lately I've been trying to figure out what I want to do with my life....specifically, I've been trying to decide on a Masters Degree Program I would enjoy. I think I've found my answer...I can "Master" being WHITE! Plus, it seems as though I can pursue this program even further and become a doctor! BONUS! Where do I sign up? Are they offering this program online or only in the classroom? Hey, if Don King can do it, why can't I? Another Dr. King....Martin Luther King Jr. would be so proud!

-KC Jones

Does Groupon Know What I'm Looking for or What?

$60 for Three Pole-Dancing Classes and Six Body-Sculpting Classes at Boston Pole Fitness ($190 Value)

Pretty crazy.  It's like they are bulimic or something, they can read minds.

-Big Ran

PS *KC Jones totally got Big Ran's Zoolander reference here....did you??

Congrats, Uconn

Don’t burn down Storrs.  This obviously leaves us with only one question:

What if Lincoln didn’t free the slaves?

-Big Ran

Let's Go Bulldogs

This is always a bittersweet night for me.  I LOVE the NCAA tournament.  I take the first two days of the tourney off from work every year to get drunk and watch hoops.  I mean there are 32 games the first two days alone and it all ends tonight.

I would love to see Butler win and they keep coming up with wins no matter what the experts say, so will tonight be any different?

If they do win, how great would it be to be a Butler student?  And Blue Two, their mascot?  I don't know if he's neutered, but man, I hope he gets tons of bitches tonight, win or lose.

-Big Ran

This One Goes Out to Steve Nash...

So Steve Nash's wife had Jason Richardson's baby, huh? No big deal.

Yardbarker has the story on this one.  I remember hearing the rumors about something crazy, but this shit is b-a-n-a-n-a-s.

http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/nash_ex_wife_baby_daddy_identified_as_former_teammate/4492555


"Move over Tony Parker! Back in December, basketball fans were stunned when Pheonix Suns star Steve Nash filed for divorce from his wife just a day after she had a baby. Since then new information has surface about the separation.

Nash married Alejandra Amarilla in 2005 but broke up a few months before the baby was born after rumors of cheating allegations. The allegations were confirmed when Aljejandra gave birth to a black baby. Now the father is said to be Nash’s former teammate Jason Richardson. The Suns abruptly traded Richardson to the Orlando Magic in December, around the same time the baby was born."

-Big Ran

**On a happier note, at least they don't have to travel all the way to NY to attend a taping of the Maury show and wait for the results of a paternity test...clearly, "Steve Nash you are NOT the father"

-KC Jones

Lunchtime Look-a-Like

With their wild hairstyles,  erratic behavior, rants, run-ins with the law and dominance in their respective fields, it's not too far fetched to believe that the late great James Brown and future Hall of Famer Allen Iverson might be father and son.....

-KC Jones

Welcome Back to Work Everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!