Monday Morning Miracle (s)

Firstly, for laughs, please read this serious warning:

Now then, part two of the miracle is that the first draft of "Mirror Man" is now complete and the editing proces began in earnest today.

With Christrmas fast approaching I'm not sure how far it will be progressed, but I'm on it and that is a significant milestone.

As the season seems to be well and truly upon us, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy 2008.

Monday Morning Miracle

Ahhh, Monday.

Every clock in the house but one was sucessfully re-set on Sunday. You know which one I missed, don't you? Yep, I got up at 4.00 a.m. instead of 5.00 a.m. and by the time I realised, it was too late.

And still, my inbox managed to make me laugh...

This one came in the form of a Powerpoint presentation but I selected my favourite two pictures for this morning's miracle. The second is absolutely the best idea ever!

These guys reeaalllyy want to cross that border, don't they?

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Here we are again, Monday Morning.

I have a hectic week ahead, with meetings scheduled for three days so far and likely to increase by noon today.

What better way to prepare for a week of meetings with angry execs throwing their toys out the the pram than a bit of jeuvenile humour?

Who wants to live in Fucking Austria?

I can't believe this is a genuine article, but I still love:

"What is the big Fucking joke?"

and

"Just this morning I had to tell an English lady...that there were no Fucking postcards."

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Rejection and the art of coping...

With thanks to Dylan Moran for this Monday laugh.

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This morning's post leans more toward awesome than the usual irreverant.

I received an email over the weekend and the photographs, together with the captions, lead me to believe I was in for an unpleasant experience. I came close to closing the email without reaching the end. I'm glad my morbid curiosity pushed me on, because I was to be surprised!


The pictures were credited to Norbert Rosing, taken in Hudson Bay.

"The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his huskies when the polar bear materialized out of the blue, as it were:"

"The Polar Bear returned every night that week to play with the dogs.."

The untold back-story possibilities around this event seem endless, don't they?

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So, how was your weekend?

I had a very male weekend myself, thanks for asking! I got a new phone on Friday - finally allowing myself back into the world of the PDA. I got in on the scene in the early days and loved them. We fell out of love when work started following me 7 days a week by virtue of the fully functional spreadsheet applications and .doc reading capabilities. I went cold turkey when we moved from Copenhagen to Houston and I have avoided them successfully until now. But in the T-Mobile store this weekend, me and a little 'Dash' locked eyes over the counter and I was smitten again.

Not content with spending most of Friday 'playing', I successfully talked my wife into spending Saturday trst driving potential new cars and then going to the Greek festival to eat my own weight in mystery meat and feta cheese!

Aside from that, couple of emails caught my eye this weekend - an old theme but one that still raises a smile - stupid street signs:

Later this week I hope to start work on the final chapter of 'Mirror Man', so I may not be too prolific in the blogs. Forgive my absence - I just need some time for myself, you know? It's not you, it's me...

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Another tough one this Monday - few things are likely to raise a smile until much later in the day.

I considered offering up a picture of the clown who refereed the Man Utd. - Chelsea "match" on Sunday, Mike Dean. For those of you that care, and those that don't, Dean had an absolte shocker of a game and reinforced three strongly held beliefs in our household - video playback must be introcuded to football as soon as possible, players who dive should be retrospectively red-carded, banned for three games and fined a sum of money that really hurts their wallets and referees should have their own league table and suffer the consequences of their blatant idiocy.

After the game, referee Dean fought through the crowds in his enormouse shoes and baggy chequered trousers, inviting people to smell is flower before spraying them with water. He then jumped into his bright yellow charabang and drove several yards away from Old Trafford before there was a loud bang and all the wheels fell off!

So, with Monday morning clearly a cloudy affair, it was a welcome surprise to open my email and find just the motivation I needed!

Have a nice day y'all!

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Today's miracle comes courtesy of an email I received from my baby brother, back in sunny Bournemouth.

I don't know who actually created these pics., but aside from a lot of time on their hands, they also have considerable photoshop skills!

Here are the best of the "How they'd look, if they weren't famous" collection, leading off with my personal favorite, Tom Cruise!

Now I too can look like Johnny Depp!

I have an aunt who looks a lot like Pam!

The New Royal Family of LA!

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Last week was special! You'd be forgiven for thinking that a work week which began on Tuesday would feel shorter than usual, wouldn't you?

Here's hoping that this week doesn't drag it's ass quite so much.

This clip, gave me quite a giggle last Wednesday, when it popped up in my inbox, despite having spent 8 hours in a pointless meeting that kept me at work until gone 7.00 pm. I hope it brings a smile :)

Happy Monday.

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I'm struggling with the concept of the Monday Morning Miracle today. I have meetings scheduled for the next 72 hours of my life.

In addition to that, what should have been one of those exciting weeks where you are only 5 days away from a vacation is now starting to look distinctly wobbly as my vacation destination is a certain area of Mexico currently being evacuated in anticipation of a windbag named Dean.

Anyway, I still managed to find something that brought a faint smile to my face this morning.

I don't know what further posts my schedule will allow this week, but with my head full of writing ideas, my calendar full of pointless guff and the news full of wet and windy pictures of my hotel, I'm sure there'll be some venting to come!

Have a great week!

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Who says there are no more heroes?




I've got the day off, it's hotter than Satan's Y fronts and I'm taking the kids to Schlitterbahn for some water park fun.

See y'all tomorrow.

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It's particularly difficult to come up with something that made me smile on this dismal Monday morning, particularly considering Edwin Van Der Sar saved three fricken penalties on Sunday.



Three.



And Man Utd. start to reduce their win deficit against Chelsea. I hope this isn't an indicator of the season to come.



Anyway, despite all that i still located a nice little picture in my inbox that managed to curl my lips upward:







Another thing to make me smile this morning is the knowledge that I have Friday and next Monday off!

See y'all later!