artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

"I'm guessing no. I see she did her undergrad at UCLA. Want to know a good way to get in good with her right away? Ask her if she went to UCLA because she couldn't get in to USC."

Be nice. She's actually one of your kind. She went to UCLA on a college soccer scholarship.

http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/toney_camille00.html

I know as much about women's collegiate soccer as I do about Sri Lankan cricket.

I know as much about men's soccer as I do about Sri Lankan cricket

tkihshbt wrote:

If your boss is a Notre Dame fan, that means he's not a fan of anything.

That's funny, I thought that if your boss is a Notre Dame fan, that means he's most likely a dick.

forsberg_us wrote:

Max wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

If your boss is a Notre Dame fan, that means he's not a fan of anything.

That's funny, I thought that if your boss is a Notre Dame fan, that means he's most likely a dick.

Ding, ding, ding.  We have a winner.

I don't know exactly how it's supposed to work, but most people I know are primarily fans of where they went to undergrad.  There are a few who have dual allegience to their post-graduate or law school, but undergrad trumps all for most.  That's what makes my boss so annoying.  He went to the University of Dayton for undergrad.  He went to Notre Dame for law school.  But since Dayton is just Dayton, all we ever hear about is Notre fucking Dame.

I have a friend/former co-worker who roots for Notre Dame under the rationale he played football at a "sister school" around here called Stonehill College, which is either a D2 or a D3 program. Raise your hand if you've heard of Stonehill College, and put a gold star on your forehead if you've even considered them one in the same as Notre Dame.
It's like an alcoholic rooting for the Brewers because he was drinking Old Milwaukee the first time he ever got drunk enough to puke on his shoes.

Last edited by artie_fufkin (11/28/2012 3:24 pm)

"I better go close my door or I'm going to puke."

I know the feeling.  The fact that it is Notre Dame makes it all the worse.  But in tone it reminds me of a feature I noticed in some successful people: network while there is good news and work the good news into the conversation.

Back in 1997 I was working as a translator for BBC camera crew in Borneo.  The reporter was the Asia correspondent, and he went to become their Washington correspondent.  So he's a petty successful guy.  We were outside of cellphone signal most of the time, and as we motored back down the river toward the main town we eventually hit cell signal.  The second we did, both he and his cameraman had their cellphones out and they each made nonstop calls back to the office.  The calls were supposedly about getting their messages and this and that, but what they really wanted to say was, "Great stuff . . . yeah, we got great stuff."  "I'm in a sampan in the middle of Borneo."  "I slept last night in Dayak headhunter's longhouse."  "Great stuff".

It was a little bit revolting to listen to this self-promotion, but I realized the genius of it.  They would not be back to the office for another day.  In the meanwhile, office chit chat would continue and the buzz would be "How did Matt do in Borneo?"  "I hear he got great stuff."  "Yeah, I heard that, too."  And by the time he got back, the office would be a-buzz with stories about the great stuff that Matt had gotten in Borneo.  In fact, I suspect we didn't get shit and I'm not sure they even made a segment out of that trip. 

But that kind of sideways self-promotion is a lesson for those who can do it.  With only your brief description to go by, that's what I suspect your boss is up to, at least in part.

Last edited by Max (11/28/2012 6:03 pm)

You should ask him how it's going to make him feel knowing that he'll never get to see the National Championship game. The world has 22 days of existence left, and the game isn't until after new years. Kind of makes me glad I didn't win powerball, it would have seriously pissed me off realizing I won, but won't actually get money in my hands until the world ended.

Max wrote:

"You'd have a spend a little time to fully appreciate this guy.  He's 71 or 72, and the firm would love to have him gone, but he has no life outside of the firm, so he won't retire or go "of counsel.""

Yuck.  Say no more.

Max, that invite to come and hang out with me at the L Street Tavern is open-ended. But if you want to get a tattoo of a Fighting Irish leprechaun on your thigh, there's currently a 2-day wait list in South Boston.

forsberg_us wrote:

Dennis threw a hissy fit, went into his office and slammed his door so hard the entire corner shook and he didn't speak to anyone for about 2 weeks.

Id call this a solution.

Now we know. Notre Dame v. Alabama.

As if we needed further proof that the BCS system is badly flawed.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/one-bcs-computer-still-ranks-notre-dame-no-185628284--ncaaf.html

Oops, for some reason that link won't work.  The gist of the story was that one of the computers used by the BCS still has Notre Dame ranked #1 ahead of Alabama even after the NCG.

Last edited by forsberg_us (1/11/2013 10:54 am)