Lamp

Because I work at a news station, a lot of people ask me if this or that is like the movie Anchorman, or if we quote it all the time. And normally I will say, "No, but I'm sure that when the movie came out, they did quote it a lot at the station," or "no, it's not really like that." Occasionally I will humor the Anchorman fans and say, "Yeah, it does remind me of that a little bit."

I actually loved the movie Anchorman, and after being asked about how the rest of the station felt about the film, I asked one of the real live anchormen, who sort of made a face and said he thought the movie was pretty stupid.

Sorry I asked.

Well, the reason I thought of this subject today was because I walked into the production office and opened my email, and there sat a message from our accounting lady. The email was entitled, "Lamp." It was just a note about a lovely lamp in the front office that was up for grabs, but I immediately thought of the over-quoted phrase, "I love...lamp. I love lamp!" from Anchorman, and I couldn't help laughing out loud. Luckily no one else was in the office to hear me.

I'm actually here early because I couldn't stand being in my house any longer; the air-conditioning isn't working. It's 85 degrees outside, and 85 degrees in my house. It actually feels better outside because there's a slight breeze, which for some reason my ceiling fan can't compete with. And it's always FREEZING here at the station, so I thought I might as well go in early to get some work done since it would be a lot more comfortable here.