'I ain't missing you at all'

Here's a long-distance dedication to my vacationing Stuck in the '80s podcast co-host, Sean Daly:

Oh, who am I kidding? Sean, come back! All is forgiven.

Actually, I catch a lot of grief around here when Sean is gone. Everyone assumes I'm sulking around here, sort of in post-Las Vegas melancholy or something. I'm stopped by co-workers about once an hour and asked, "So, are you doing okay with Sean gone? Has he called? Has he e-mailed? Has he sent flowers?"

Time to clear up some issues...

TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT THE POWER COUPLE OF SPEARSY AND DALY:

5. WE'RE IN LOVE: Though we're often called each other's "work wife," normally we've very competitive and combative when talking to each other in person. We're known to curse loudly and slam the phone down after our chats. ("Dude, you just NOT just diss the Hoodoo Gurus. That's it!")

4. DALY ISN'T STUCK IN THE '80s: Oh, the hell he isn't. Just stop by his desk, and the '80s CDs vastly outnumber his beloved Amy Winehouse and other crackhead music discs.

3. WE ALWAYS PARTY TOGETHER: Nope. It's rare actually. But when we do throw down, things get broken (and what isn't broken usually needs a trip to the dry cleaners).

2. WE'RE SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES: He's the one who gets invited to work parties and TV appearances. I sit home, play Asteroids and M-Network Baseball on my Atari 2600 and go to sleep alone with my Ione Skye blowup doll.

1. WE ALWAYS LUNCH TOGETHER: Sean usually can't take seeing me eat that super-healthy veggie diet (you know, mac and cheese, french fries) at lunch very often. We do, however, usually find ourselves in the restroom at the same time and have loud, echoing conversations in there, which as we all know is against male protocol.

So until Sean returns on Monday, everyone enjoy a nice meat-free weekend. And keep your voice down in the restroom!

Comments

[elen]

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[Gina Vivinetto]

A "meat-free weekend"? Steve, have you gone vegetarian? Is it to win my heart?

[John Hays]

And Marissa had to bring in the sausage humor...

[Marissa]

Jeff, everybody knows Spearsy's favorite beverage is Wild Turkey. Sheesh!
Yes, meatless doesn't necessarily mean healthy. I think a Hostess Ding Dong can clutter one's colon as easily as a t-bone steak (except the t-bone has protein) Then again, what do *I* know about eating healthy or righteously?
Can someone pass me the Grey Poupon? I like that on my Polish sausage.

[Jeff in Cuba]

I have this vision of walking into the Spears-lair, and finding our Fearless Leader lying on the couch awash in Oreo crumbs and empty bottles of Jack.

And gesturing at me with a half-eaten Twinkie, he blurts through his stuffed mouth:

"Hey man, (mmmf, smack) you gotta respect yourself, (slurp) 'cause meat is murder!"

[John Hays]

Haha...it's like you're using unhealthy as a badge of honor! "Hey, don't worry, it can still be unhealthy!"

[Complaint Department Manager]

I dig the video as well. Everytime I see the video or hear the song, very fond memories come up, great tune.

[Spears]

It's usually always a meat-free weekend. I made Sean the meatballs that night because I was still getting the hang of what veggie snacks to make on party nights.

As my regular football drinking buddies (John and Andy, who read the blog but rarely comment) can attest, they're now subjected to meatless options when they're here.

Keep in mind that meatless can still be greatly unhealthy -- queso dip, cheese pizza, chips, soft pretzels, etc.

[don in tulsa]

what i want to know is if it's a meat free weekend because sean isn't there?

[Miguel]

Ah! Rumours and gossip,that noble art form.

I don`t now if i share your dark view of marriage,Steve. I believe it`s possible to make a marriage work.But then again i haven`t been married yet,so i don´t know. I still believe in it.

[Spears]

I'd be shocked if that rumor was true. SHOCKED.

No, seriously, it's not true. And I don't say that as a dare for him to prove me wrong. If there's anything people should look to me for, it's an example of why people shouldn't get married.

I'm also a good example of why people shouldn't eat frozen pizza at 3 in the morning. Or scarf down twin chili dogs for breakfast. But I'm working on it.

[Jeff in Cuba]

Steve,

Can you address the rumor bubbling over at Pop Life? The one that has SD and the FF finally tying the knot up on the Maryland shore?

I don't buy it, but I'm willing to fan the flames so I can enjoy the inevitable meltdown when he returns!

[Christine End]

... and the podcast gets renamed "Stuck in the Bathroom"

[Bassnote]

Some of that was TMI. However, I dig the John Waite video, so have a good weekend Spearsy.