Weird things pop into my head sometimes. For some reason this morning, while getting ready for work, I started thinking about this guy in Texas I used to work with. I was a senior analyst for a company that was outsourcing our work to Arlington-based developers, of which he was one. His name was Chuck Kirby, and he may well have been the funniest man I’ve ever met.

I remember that whenever he had a question he’d call me into his office, and I’d try to explain how our product worked, or how integration should go, or whatever he was asking. As I’d reach point in the explanation where he’d begin to understand what the hell I was talking about, he’d start leaning to one side. Within a few seconds his head would be touching the desk and he’d shout, “Check out the big brain on Dan!!” (a line he stole from Pulp Fiction), and then pretend to struggle lifting his head off the desk as if it weighed a ton. I could never stop laughing long enough to finish my answer.

Funny what pops into my head sometimes.