A Boy Nicknamed Snoopy

Let me fill the gap before the next big thing with a post. I haven't bloged for a long time. I missed blogging. It's time for another old story. Because it happened many years ago, the way I remember it might be totally different from what really happened. Last year, I wrote that Snoopy is one of my nicknames. The origin of that nickname dates back to the time when I was in the 7th grade, the year in which I established myself as a class clown. Two of my classmates came to me one day...
Classmate 1: You look a lot like Snoopy
I didn't liked to be compared with a dog.
Me: No, I am not!
Classmate 1: I'm going to call you from now on Snoopy
Me: No, you are not!
Classmate 2: Oh yeah. That name suits you
Me: No, it does not!
Another classmate came.
Classmate 3: What's going on here?
Classmate 1: Snoopy doesn't like to be called Snoopy.
Classmate 3 to me: Why not?
That was the moment my nickname caught on. At some point even some teachers were calling me Snoopy. But, I didn't mind anymore. I did intensive research (I read "The Peanuts"). My research lead to the conclusive result that Snoopy is the most awesome dog. Snoopy is so awesome that all the other dogs say to him "You're the dog!" and Snoopy always answers "No, You're the dog!".

Two Handsome Men

Garage Doors

Today, I want to ask for your help. Since I started to read the comic strips Dilbert, two or three months ago, I get phone calls from people, who want to talk to Dilbert, the garage door guy. So far, I have wasted my precious phone minutes to tell them, they called the wrong number. I am sick of it. How can I flip this situation so that it turns to something good for me? So far, I have to ideas.

1. The classy telephone prank: I will respond to calls with "Dilbert here" and see where it will go from there.
2. Start a garage door sales business: I don't need to search for customers - they will call me. All I have to do is to respond to phone calls with "Dilbert's garage doors"... and also learn everything about garage doors.

Do you have any suggestions?

Dilbert's Garage Doors - I can help you

Around the World in 80 Hours

Actvity	Local Time	Mountain Time	Elapsed Time
Drive to DIA	1 Apr 18:00	1 Apr 18:00	0 h
Airport check-in; Security check	1 Apr 19:00	1 Apr 19:00	1 h
Boarding flight to London Heathrow (British Airways BA0218)	1 Apr 20:45	1 Apr 20:45	2:45 h
Touchdown in London Heathrow	2 Apr 12:35	2 Apr 5:35	11:35 h
Boarding flight to Tokyo - Narita (Japan Airlines BA4602)	2 Apr 19:15	2 Apr 12:15	18:15 h
Touchdown in Tokyo - Narita	3 Apr 15:00	2 Apr 23:35	29:35 h
Boarding flight to Denver - DIA (United Airlines UA138)	4 Apr 17:00	4 Apr 1:00	55 h
Touchdown in Denver - DIA	4 Apr 12:50	4 Apr 12:50	66:50 h
Arrive home; Assume the bet is lost because it is April 5	4 Apr 14:00	4 Apr 14:00	66:00 h
Realize it is not to late; drive to the club	5 Apr 1:00	5 Apr 1:00	79:00 h
Arrive at the club and win the bet in the last minute	5 Apr 2:00	5 Apr 2:00	79:59:59 h

Actually, it should be possible to fly in one way and back in 80 hours. And because round trip tickets are cheaper than one way, it would save money.

The White

On a trip for cross counter skiing
Up in  the Snow mountain ranch nature
Experience I have in travel and adventure
But O, I have none in poem writing

The temperatures are below zero in Celsius and Fahrenheit
The cold on every body part hurts
And there is no heating in the yurts
Therefore, we celebrate the night we survived by jumping height

In the hot springs we were running from tub to tub
Boiling in the water like gooses
While the hair in the air freezes
And why not, some snow on our skin we rub
 

With me John, Jenny, Paige, and later also Jordan
Going out while it is chilly
That made some call us silly
Let's enjoy next year the sun and heat in Jordan