Broncomournia

I have a bumper sticker on my wall at the office that proclaims that I'm a "Broncoholic." Clearly that means I've been immersed in Broncomania all season...til yesterday.

I won't even get into the problems or the criticisms or the analysis or anything. It's too painful. I have gotten many condolence calls from friends and razzing from my now-former friends. (Ha!)

I'll just say, as a friend of mine said, "After the National Anthem, it was all downhill."

"Urine here..."? Shame on you!

At the wonderful International Builders' Show put on by the National Association of Homebuilders in Orlando, Florida, a week or so ago, where I was with 100,000 of my closest friends, I was taken aback when I went into one of the ladies' rooms in the Orange County Convention Center and saw, on the mirror over one of the sinks (over a SINK!!!) a maroon sign that said:

"Urine here, you should be there,

[with an arrow pointing down, into the sink]

booth W4494 in the Tech Home Expo

SketchUp, www.sketchup.com"

Where's a camera when I need one? I knew I should have gotten that camera phone.

Clearly it belonged at the very least in the men's room above a urinal, where the arrow would point there instead of into a sink (geez, a sink!). I should let the folks at SketchUp defend themselves, hopefully tell me that it was the mischievous act of a misguided competitor, but since this is a blog, I will just say that I think it's tacky at best and offensive for certain for them to have produced the sign in the first place, for any rest room. I can assure you that the women who saw the sign while I was gauging reactions in the ladies room were put off, not amused and perplexed as to why it was there. After I saw it twice, a (female) show official removed it. She didn't wad it up and throw it away. Wonder what she did with it.

Update on Friend Who Had Aneurism

Great News! And I'm sorry it took me so long to come here to report it.

Mike Kidder (see item below this one) is recovering very, very well! He's home, he's working (geez, don't overdo it, Mike), he's looking good, he's doing great! I think it was all of the prayers, vibes, good thoughts and determination of his friends and family that accelerated his healing.

Keep it up, folks! And welcome back, Mike!