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Our daily bulletin here at work, distributed via our intranet, is a frequent source of amusement for me. Today was no exception, as the following article was posted:

Safety is Always in Season

It’s that time of year again. With the arrival of nicer weather, people’s thoughts naturally turn to spending more time out of the house and becoming active again. Public areas attract increased foot traffic and frenzied buildings become commonplace scenarios. With the bustle going on around us, it’s easy to overlook building transportation safety.

Riding in an elevator has become so commonplace that few of us give much thought to our safety when stepping through those automatic doors. Nevertheless, it is crucial to take preventive measures and be proactive about elevator safety. Familiarizing oneself with common safety practices and taking extra caution is especially important in well-populated buildings such as offices, libraries, malls and amusement parks.

The article continued with brilliant safety tips like “Always stand clear of the elevator doors, keeping belongings away from the opening. Stand aside for exiting passengers and hold children by the hand” and “Watch your step — the elevator car may not be perfectly level with the floor.”

I may be the only person who thinks this is funny, but a 300-word article devoted to elevator safety just seems liked a stretch for a real topic.

I realize that this post is only going to amuse a fairly limited portion of my readership. And even those who understand the joke may not be particularly amused by it. But it’s my blog, and I’ll cry if I want to, so to speak.

Anyway, I was drafting a document that discussed various property being using as a collateral for a loan. One of the schedules listed all the relevant property, and required that I indicate whether it is “owned” or “leased” property.

Maybe it was too early in the morning for my brain to function properly, or something, so every time I tried to type “owned property” it came out as “own3d property.”

As much fun as it would be to draft my documents in 1337, I think I would be the one getting pwn3d if I left my typo in there.

Chuck Klosterman, known more as a music and culture critic than a sportswriter, is a semi-regular contributor to ESPN.com’s Page 2. His sportswriting is generally brilliant, and when it isn’t brilliant, it’s at least pretty funny.

He blogged his trip to the 2006 Super Bowl (XL, for those of you who like counting in Roman numerals) for ESPN, with hilarious results. Now, ESPN has sent him on a mission to Atlanta to cover this year’s Final Four action.

Two installments are already in the books, and they’re a good read. I’d assume they’ll get better as the weekend goes on and they actually start playing the games. Read along with me.

As everyone knows, ninjas are awesome. And by awesome, I mean totally sweet. So if you like ninjas (and who doesn’t?), you can find all the ninjas you need — and more — in the film “Curse of the Golden Flower.”

Jannine, Angela, Zane and I watched this movie on Saturday night. There are other things to recommend this movie besides the abundance of ninjas, including as powerful acting by Gong Li and Chow Yun-Fat, amazing sets and costumes that explode with vibrant colors and dramatic battle scenes and sword fights that leave you on the edge of your seat.

But the ninjas, oh, the ninjas. There were lots of them, and they spent their time on screen flipping out and killing people. They outran horses, flew down from the sky, killed almost anyone who tangled with them, and then disappeared in a flash. I was highly entertained — so much so that I kept laughing, which I think distracted Jannine from the drama of the scenes. I’m not sure this was an appreciated distraction, either.

Anyway, on balance, it was a good movie. However, the plot was pretty cheesy and the ending was fairly depressing. But what a visual experience!