Check it Out - Charmin "Enjoy the Go" Ambassadors

I came across a really unique job opportunity that I had to share. Since it's in New York city, it's unlikely I'll be the best fit, but check it out - it might just be right for you!

Enjoy the Go job posting: http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php


Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 22nd

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 22nd


“Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?” Curly Howard (pictured)


“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” Sarah Bernhardt


“A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.” Raymond Hitchcock


"If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough." Robert Capa


“Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.” Doris Lessing


“Think for yourself and question authority.” Timothy Leary


“If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.” Curly Howard


Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 21st

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 21st


"Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge


“The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.” Alphonse de Lamartine


“Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.” Alfred Bernhard Nobel


“Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.” Natalie Clifford Barney


“Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.” Ted Shawn


“Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.” Leo Burnett (pictured)


“Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?” Martin Gardner


Cheers! - Jason

Novato Stingers vs Johnson Warriors - Oct. 18

Paul Kunst (24) gets behind the Johnson defense for a catch, long-run and TD!

The photos from this Novato Stingers game are now available on the 2009 Novato Stingers Shutterfly site.

Game Summary

In their away white jerseys and home black pants, the Stingers hosted the Johnson Warriors on a sunny, cool and windy day at the Novato High School field. Novato won the coin toss and got the ball first and things looked good to start as Alec Ball (12) had a stong return and the Stingers started with excellent field position. But the Warriors held the Stingers to a three-and-out and the game quickly devolved into a defensive struggle. The Stingers threatened to score with the ball inside the Warriors five-yard line, but were unable to do so. At the end of the first quarter the game was still scoreless.


With 6:00 minutes remaining in the second quarter, the vaunted Stingers defense finally yielded their first points of the year, after 25 straight shutout quarters. After a long touchdown run Johnson scored the PAT and Novato was down for the first time all year, 0-7.


The Stingers quickly drove the ball back down the field on a combination of strong running and pass plays culminating with a critical fourth down attempt on the two-yard line. The Johnson line stopped Novato's attempt and took over on their own 1-yard line. Unfortunately, the Johnson running back burst through the middle on the very next play and ran the entire 99-yards for a seconds score.  The teams went to half-time with Johnson up 13-0.


Novato came on strong in the second-half, with Johnny Viezcas (82) recovering Angelo Lagomarsino's (9) opening kick-off giving the ball to the Stingers. Novato wasn't able to capitalize and gave the ball back to Johnson. The Novato defense then had a stop when a swarm of defenders combined to strip a Johnson runner of the ball and it ended up in the hands of Hunter Wegner (18). That's when the Novato offense really came alive, with Ball throwing a half-back pass to a streaking Paul Kunst (24) who got behind the Johnson defender,  caught a deflected ball and ran for a long touchdown. Mark Alvarez (21) kicked a two-point PAT and Novato was only down 13-8 with 3:10 left in the third quarter.


Novato made a big play on the ensuing kick-off, with Alvarez pouncing on another Lagomarsino onside kick. Alvarez followed it up with a streaking 21-yard run and Novato was seemingly back in control. Only, this time it wasn't meant to be. Novato fumbled on the Johnson 25 and gave back the ball.


In the fourth quarter, Johnson intercepted a long pass and then returned it for their third touchdown of the day with 7:18 left in the game. They missed the PAT, but Novato was down 19-8 and time was running out.


While Novato couldn't pull together another score in the final minutes, defensive lineman Ryan Johnson (54) gave them one last chance with a late fumble recovery in Warrior territory.


"This is a tough loss for us," said Coach John Jones, "but the kids played hard and didn't give up. We really beat ourselves in this one. I guess it will be a good lesson as we look at closing out the regular season next week and prepare for the playoffs."


Final Score: Johnson Warriors 19, Novato Stingers 8


2009 Stingers Record: 6-1


Defensive Points Allowed: 19! (over 7 games)


While the outcome wasn't what we were used to, the game was still exciting. Here are some pictures highlighting the great play during the day.

Quarterback Tommy Sanz (13) rolls out right and throws... 

...to a diving Robbie Cassée (16) for a catch during the Stingers second drive

The Stingers give up their first points of the year after 25 shutout quarters

Daniel Hopkins (33) fires up the Stingers at half-time

Johnny Viezcas (82) comes up with his second onside kick in two weeks!

A Novato "swarm" strips the ball and Hunter Wegner (18) ends up with it

Mark Alvarez (21) comes up with an onside kick in the third-quarter

Daronn McCall (14) fights for yards in the fourth-quarter

Ryan Johnson (54) fights for a fumble late in the game

Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 20th

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 20th


"He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.” Mickey Mantle


“Architecture aims at eternity.” Christopher Wren


“Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests.” Lord Palmerston


“Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it.” Thomas Hughes


“Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.” Alphonse Allais


“Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey


“Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.” Arlene Francis


“One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.” Evelyn Waugh


“Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before.” Art Buchwald (pictured)


Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 19th

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 19th


“Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.” John LeCarre (pictured)


“There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.” Leigh Hunt


“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” Lewis Mumford


“Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.” Arleigh Burke


“For me, singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth.” Edith Piaf


“I just think success has to be measured by a lot more than test scores.” Bob Sweeney


“The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.” Jack Anderson


“Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.” John LeCarre


Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 16th

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 16th


“Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable.” Oscar Wilde (pictured)


“Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground.” Noah Webster


“If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.” David Ben-Gurion


“There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now.” Eugene O'Neill


“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.” Paul Strand


“Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones.” Tim McCarver


"I live in fear of not being misunderstood." Oscar Wilde


Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October a5th

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 15th


“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” Friedrich Nietzsche (pictured)


“Endure the present, and watch for better things.” Virgil


“O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!” Mikhail Lermontov


"The man who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself." Friedrich Nietzsche


“Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” Henri Bergson


“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.” Enrique Jardiel Poncela


“The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.” P. G. Wodehouse


Cheers! - Jason

The MMOB Daily Quote - October 14th

Today's interesting quotes from people born on October 14th


“Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.” Miles Franklin (pictured)


“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.” William Penn


“A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter” George Grenville


“It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.” Miles Franklin


“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.” Katherine Mansfield


“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.” Dwight D. Eisenhower


Cheers! - Jason

Check it Out - Cardboard by Sjors Vervoort

Here's a very creative stop-motion video I thought you might like.



Cheers! - Jason