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Best and Worst 31

One of the best things in the world: getting a hug from your kid after a wonderful time of throwing baseball.
One of the worst things in the world: getting a skull fracture from Rob Dibble after he launched a ball at your cranium out of an outbreak of insanely violent rage.
This picture makes me laugh.

Best and Worst 30

One of the best things in the world: being left for dead, but your friends on the force hand you over to high-tech doctors who replace 98% of your body with robotic parts – hence becoming Robotic Officer.
One of the worst things in the world: as Robotic Officer, your OS is Windows 95 and you are hacked by a guy named Xing from Cambodia who makes you say “I love Hello Kitty and dirty movies” when you are trying to stop a robbery.
I hope that writing “dirty movies” doesn’t cause my blog to be hacked by someone named Xing.

Best and Worst 29

One of the best things in the world: being outside in the extreme cold and finding plenty of kindling near your fire pit.
One of the worst things in the world: being outside in the extreme cold and finding your frostbitten finger next to the stack of kindling near your fire pit.

Best and Worst 28

One of the best things in the world: thinking that an apple orchard is open, approaching its gate, and finding that it is.
One of the worst things in the world: being in need of a lifesaving operation that involves freshly picked apples, and as you are lying on the table in dire straits, your surgeon pulls up to the only orchard in the area and reads the hand-painted sign that says, “closed for the season.”

Best and Worst 27

One of the best things in the world: thinking that you have an amazing blog that everyone likes.
One of the worst things in the world: going up for a dunk only to get rejected by Isiah Thomas, Dominique Wilkins and Kevin Duckworth, while Michael Jordan sets fire to your gym bag and then laughs quietly to himself.

Best and Worst 26

This is a CompassOne of the best things in the world: going for a hike and leaving no trace
One of the worst things in the world: going for a hike and then getting lost causing you to eat your shoes, your belt, your dog and your backback, but no one can find you because you’ve left no trace

Best and Worst 25: Guest Edition

I used to think that I was the only one to experience the best and the worst things in the world.
Apparently, I was wrong.
There are others.
Today’s guest Best and Worst comes from Gabriella Auer who writes from a marathoner’s perspective.

One of the best things in the world: when you pass those who look like they should not be able to run a marathon
One of the worst things in the world: when those who look like they should not be able to run a marathon pass you

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Best and Worst 24

One of the best things in the world: purchasing a professional camera and hearing the satisfying shutter sound
One of the worst things in the world: purchasing a professional camera and instead of hearing the satisfying shutter sound, the camera emits an ultrasonic noise causing your eyes to explode in their sockets

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Best and Worst 23

One of the best things in the world: ripping off your shirt and bursting onto the field after your team won the game
One of the worst things in the world: ripping off your shirt and bursting into a room filled with senior citizens engaged in low-impact aerobics

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This face is creepy.

Best and Worst 22

One of the best things in the world: defeating someone in a rousing game of Monopoly
One of the worst things in the world: being bankrupt, losing your home and having to go to jail leaving you to think that all of your worldly possessions could fit in a thimble or a tiny wheelbarrow (when all you really want is a sports car)

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I am not really a guy who enjoys board games.
I take a lot of heat for it, but whatever – while they are playing games, I am going through their stuff.