Motivational Poster (thanks Chuck)

What makes this photo so darned funny is that I was apparently unaware of the position my fingers were in as I rested my weary chin on my hand.

At any rate, thanks to my pal Chuck, I was inspired to offer my own motivational poster.

Comments

George said…
Oh man, that's the stuff! Reminds me of a stage my daughter went through when she was a toddler and would point at varoius objects with her bird finger. Attitude indeed.
3:26 PM
SwampyFox said…
That's Golden!
6:42 PM
Caryn said…
You need a whole series of those. Ya know, you driving down the road shootin a bird out the window over the word DETERMINATION, you filling out your taxes with the middle finger laying conspicuously over the paperwork and the word RESPONSIBILITY... let me know when those come out.
8:03 PM
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