Easter Weekend

Reunion with college friends...Chelsea, Juan, and Farr

Standing outside of the National Cathedral

My hand on the Colorado state seal inside the National Cathedral

One of my favorites has left E&Y as well as a legacy of good humor and quotes that should be chisled into stone for preservation. The team put together a "greatest hits list," if you will, that deserve to be shared with the rest of the free world. Well, he would say with the whole world. Here are the highlights:

“Did you forget to shave this morning?”
"There is a razor and some shaving cream in my desk drawer"

"Do you have your sportscup on, we're meeting Jane today"

“I have one important piece of advice for new staff… wear wool slacks. NO DOCKERS”

"Nice phone, pearls are for girls"

“Always go for the low-hanging fruit.”

“If you’re work papers are no good, maybe you’re no good.”

“Don’t tell me how rough the seas are; just get the boat to the dock.”

“Why can’t we find people who will take the ball to the hoop?”

“The report better be SILKEN PROSE"

"I don't need a SAS70 scoping tool. Your brain is your tool. . ."

"If you keep feeding the alligators, eventually, they will eat you"

On unmarried BYU Grads: "What's a matter with you? What did you do wrong? You failed at BYU."

"I'm above the details now. I'm a big picture man. You're a little picture man."

On corporate structure: “My kids have a Dr. Seuss book about bees… There is one bee doing all the work and a line of bee-watchers making sure he’s working.”

“All leads must go through the Sales Prevention Committee”

"I don't make the rules, I just enforce them. But sometimes I make them too. The rules are subject to change without notice."

"Go hide in the bathroom for the rest of the afternoon."

“You are charging that conversation to vacation, right?”

"That management book you recommended to me was a 150 dollar school text book"
"That is the price you pay for quality"

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Well, yesterday. Anne and I worked the late shift and tonight I work the whole night shift so my dates are a little messed up. In other news, I LOVE the pediatric floor. We see newborns to teenagers and I really enjoy them all. Because there are only two floors in the hospital that admit peds, we see a variety of conditions which keeps me on my toes. But overall, they are all incredibly spirited and there are lots of good outcomes. Plus, they are always pretty funny.

Our guys might be ranked second to last in the ACC, but it was worth sitting through last night's horrendous loss to see the Duke men's team in person. I sat about twelve rows up from midcourt, watched Coach K work his magic, and saw Sean Singletary (UVa) make some pretty incredible plays. This is the life. Although it is spring break for students here, JPJ was packed and drew lots of loyal UVa and Duke fans. We won't make it to the NCAA tournament this year, but it has been a fun season and I'm so excited to be able to see some great college basketball in action.

Speaking of NCAA tournaments, the women do have a shot at winning the ACC championship and heading off to the first bracket of 64 teams. I saw them beat Georgia Tech in double overtime last weekend as they played their last scheduled home game and sent off seniors Shawnee Zoll and Tara McKnight. They were amazing. And Debbie Ryan, who I met at a basketball camp when I was 13, is in her 31st season of coaching this team. She is a cancer survivor, a hall of fame coach, and a Charlottesville legend.