The Workermonkey

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Well that didn't work (and other musings) 

# posted by NoBrainRequired @ 9/09/2010 09:07:00 AM

Well, me and Matt got our Civ asses handed to us last night. A combination of bad starting spot (penned in and lots of jungle) and poor choice to invade my neighbor early (we had him beat but another neighbor went to war with us and pulled my attention away before I could finish him off.). Oh well. Tonight is another night!

On a seperate note, Matt and Jesse are both fired! Their attachment to reality and insistance on pragmatism have no place in my company. I'll never get this off the ground with them out of the picture. I thought long and hard on this, and I saw the trajectory my life was taking. I could either stay where I am, in a comfortable job that I'm good at and pays well. Or I could follow my dreams and start a business in an industry I know nothing about, with no capital, a small and shrinking market and almost certainly no chance to succeed.

I mean really, why should I keep barely working for large sums of money, from my home, in my pajamas, probably retire early and provide a modest but comfortable life for my family? I'd much rather work like an animal at something I can't succeed at and die of a stress related heart-attack in my early 50's. (At least I won't be taking my friends with me.)

So let me introduce to you, for the first time ever (and probably the last)...

Certain Failure Productions

We're going to make and sell board games. I can't think of a faster shrinking market with almost no potential. I already have a few good ideas of my own (plus one I'm stealing from Jesse). Just don't ask Matt or Jesse about this, they'll want to about production and testing (blah blah blah) and capital requirements, legal matters ect.

If you've read this far, obviously you have very little going on in your life and might be interested in one my intern positions.

Fantasy Football. Well, enjoy my money you bastards. I don't stand a chance this year. I should have auto drafted. Every time I auto draft I end up in the top three. First game is tonight and I'm not sure who my match is but I'm going there next (after I'm done ranting).

Uconn Football. First home game is saturday, and so the tailgating gear needs to be cleaned up and prepped. With a pregnant wife (again) in the middle of football season means the cold weather games might open up for any takers. You know we played Michegan last weekend and got beat ( I think that was expected, the two propgrams are worlds apart). Still, its not about who wins or loses, its about how good you tailgate.

Brians Wedding. Good luck buddy. Marriage is like a pact with the devil. You go into it thinking you might end up on top, but you end up condemned to life time of hard labour. Oh, and just wait until you have kids. Good grief. You know some where in the bible is this thing about being unable to serve two masters, but that is exactly what being a parent is like. Talk about getting pulled in 15 different directions all the time. Its almost impossible to maintain your sanity. You stop seeing your friends. You have no money and you can't go anywhere even if you did. To top it all off, once that kid goes to sleep, you know your spouse will have things for you to do. Somedays, a heart attack in your 50's feels sounds like a solid exit strategy...

3 comments

Well you started out sensibily enough. Drew Bree's was probably a smart first pick. But it all went downhill after your second pick of Wes Welker. But this is football and anything can happen, so what do I know.

And thanks for the advice...if it's advice. I'm looking forward to the wedding planning to be over so I can get back to what's important. Like spending my weekends watching football and playing more video games.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, September 09, 2010 1:08:00 PM  

"If you've read this far, obviously you have very little going on in your life and might be interested in one my intern positions."

well, that made me sad. i got there and beyond. i guess i need an internship?

fantasy football is going to be fun this year, but i'm thinking i might have been better off autodrafting too. then i probably wouldn't have gotten a guy who doesnt have a contract yet.

By  josh, at Friday, September 10, 2010 7:03:00 PM  

Maybe you could help. I'm trying to become to big to fail. How big does a 1 man company need to be? When the feds say cook the books do they mean something like that nut in florida (not brian, the other guy, the with side burns, you know who I'm talking about, 15 minutes of fame, that guy)? I could do that. Not the koran though, don't have any. Think burning some copies of my college books I couldnt return would work?

By  T, at Saturday, September 11, 2010 6:52:00 PM  

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