Optimistic Opportunists Pillows

"It's not the grant we expected, but it's better than a kick in the pants."

'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."

Six Thinking Hats

Plan 'A', Plan 'B' - "I say we should go with plan 'A', sir."

Trays on desk read: In/Out/Lose in the Shuffle.

"Things are looking up!"

Smiling Cake: Brave yet stupid pastry...smiled all the way to the small intestine

"I think I can". (train)

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

'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.'

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"Don't you worry about me. I always land on my feet."

"We're having a special today on bright futures."

"I just think things will work out for the best, and by the best I mean me."

Life is like a tube of toothpaste

Pollyanna, the Hamster

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

"Today stocks rose on the news that 'down' is a temporary state of mind."

'Next time, Featherton, I'd like to see your sales projections without the clouds.'

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

"It's always a good time to have a good time!"

Ahhh, spring baseball.

Business Books: How to profit from authoritarianism.

Man replaces tank sign with deer sign

"His face may be in the gutter, but his bum's looking up at the stars."

Flower growing from a bomb.

"Look on the bright side, you never know what's round the corner."

"I've tried to keep one in the past, but it always flew away when my husband came home. So I thought I'd try this method!"

"Well, this must be as big as I'm supposed to get."

Tom's last day.