Optimistic Nihilist Prints

Eddie's Tavern: Happy Despite The Current Situation Hour 2-7 PM.

Forlornaments: Tools to drain individual and team spirit

"Of course this'll be a great year. The data, sales projections, customer surveys, and my mom all think so."

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

Optimist

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

Six Thinking Hats

"This year I resolve to embrace change."

Fleeting illusions of happiness hour 5-7

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

Always expect the best

"Well, so much for my lucky hat! I've worn it to five interviews and not ONE callback!"

'Wow, that is a really big goal!'

Doug reasoned that things could be worse...but just how much worse...he wasn't sure??

"Oh, don't mind us... We just want to make sure it's really dead."

Man replaces tank sign with deer sign

Flower growing from a bomb.

That's It

"The bad news is that we've had to cut most of the services. . . The good news is that we can now tell people in 23 languages what we don't do anymore!"

'Well, looking on the bright side, there's only 10 of them.'

Ahhh, spring baseball.

Inbox and Outbox

Dear Sadie, I'm just an aging Baby-Boomer who still believes in America, and sees all the good around me, but I don't understand why we've become so mean. How can I feel good about us again? Signed, Marlemarion. Great question. There's an easy answer as to how you can feel better about the world. Change your name to something normal! I just don't agree with the @#$% premise that we've gotten mean.

'Every day son, I feel on top of the World!'

"Someday our robots will have all our anxieties for us."

"If, indeed, there is a reason for all this, than that's so much worse."

"Road construction used to bother me. But compared to all the craziness going on in the world, I'll take this any day."

'The key is not to take yourself too seriously: You have to be able to laugh at yourself...'

Car insurance, breakdown cover, mobile insurance, home insurance, camera insurance... - 'Life insurance, health insurance, professional indemnity, and tax insurance.' - 'Let the bad times roll... heh, heh!'

Lent is a real drag this year. - 'Why? What did you give up?' - 'Hope.' - 'I gave up chocolate. Guess what?1' - 'What?' - 'I've made my ideal weight! Yay!'

Just Because it's Tuesday

'Unleashing that ancient curse has done wonders for my cardio.'

Coronovirus dreams