5/17/05 The Advantage

A number of months ago I was introduced to a band called "The Advantage". They play songs that are remakes of original Nintendo game theme songs. Like Megaman, Zelda, Ghosts N' Goblins, and my favorite, Goonies 2. If you scroll down on the link above you can listen to 30 second clips of each.

My manager sent out a link to Despair.com this morning. I hadn't checked out that site in quite a while and they have some great new demotivators. Some of my favorites are..

• Get To Work - You aren't being paid to believe in the power of your dreams.
• Meetings - None of us is as dumb as all of us.
• Incompetence - When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.
• Planning - Much work remains to be done before we can announce our total failure to make any progress.
• Motivation - If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.

I learned a new baseball stat today. "Winningest Pitcher Alive". The title now goes to Roger Clemens with 330 career victories. Warren Spahn held the title from 1961 - 2003. Upon his death, Steve Carlton took over the title with 329 career victories. The article also goes onto mention the "Greatest Hitter Alive" among other "Alive" categories.