Stay the course Ok, so I am working from home today, with ESPN on (the fact that they don't televise ESPN in the office is one of the main reasons I prefer to work at home), and Sean Salisbury just made an interesting comment on NFL Live. He was talking about the Minnesota Vikings, whose season was not looking so good until a few weeks ago (if you're unfamiliar, start with this). Plenty of people were calling for the head of coach Mike Tice. But Salisbury's point was that it was actually Tice who got the team through the mess, and into a position where they could even make the playoffs. So how did he describe Tice's plan to get back on track and turn things around?

"Mike Tice stayed the course, when the going got tough, he stayed the course."

Wow, if Mike Tice keeps staying the course like this, these guys should go all the way to the Super Bowl. I gotta admit, I mocked Bushie's Strategy for Victory, but it looks like it's a recipe for success. I just didn't understand that to stay the course, you really have to STAAAAAAAY the course. For a real long time.

I am so happy I heard this, this is gonna work great for me at work, I can just imagine sharing these realizations with my boss:

BOSS:"Well, Cicero, you're really not doing what I asked you to do. In fact, your work is garbage. It doesn't have one, single redeemable quality. Shape up or you're gone."

ME: "Boss, you don't understand, I realize we've had some setbacks, but this is no time to cut and run. Just like W and Tice, we must stay the course. This is not an easy time in the history of this company, boss. But difficult times call for resolute action. And for that reason, I'm going to stay the course, lest all my previous work be have done in vain."

BOSS:"Pack up your stuff and get the hell out of here, Cicero."

Oh, and I personally think the Vikings have no shot in hell this year.  ¶ 12:24 PM