August 2006 Archives

...until I start my vacation. Thank god. It's going to be a long weekend though, I can already tell. Had to get up early so that I can go in and do audits before my day starts. My boss called me last night to let me know that she has given my cook the day off (thanks) and sticking me with the manager trainee who will be taking my store. That pretty much guarantees that I will be on the grill for seven hours today. She also wanted to let me know that somehow she is short in the food. Fuck if I am going to pay another shortage. She is going to have to pay this one.

Thursday is also meeting day, so I may end up being late this evening as well. Perhaps not if I am lucky though. Just have to keep an eye out for butt munching zombies while I am there.

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A good friend of mine has been involved in the eradication of these most foul creatures. He managed to send me some pictures of the last hunt that has recently taken place.

Apparently they all protected themselves with these:

As you can see below, the zombies not only do nothing to hide themselves, but they are basically advertising their location for unsuspecting goober smoochers.

During the attack someone managed to get a picture of the leader of these awful rectal penetrators, Cornolio Velocianus. Apparently they were attacking with the most widely available weapon to defeat the zombies. Chainsaws.

Be on the lookout for these guys. If you happen to be attending the blogmeet in Helen, keep a close eye on your poopshoot. Perhaps you might need one of the chastity belts worn above. At the very least stick a damn frying pan down your pants. Don't say I didn't warn you.

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CNN.com - Officials: Dad kills neighbor accused of molesting girl - Aug 30, 2006

This is a rough one. On the one hand, I hope that nothing happened to the guy's daughter, but on the other, I could see killing the motherfucker too, but one would hope that it was justified.

The Queensryche show tonight kicked ass. They played both albums, Operation Mindcrime I and II in their entirety, as well as a two song encore. A wee bit over three hours. I will update this whenever the hell I wake up tommorow. I got about four hours of sleep last night, so I am pretty damn wiped out.

UPDATE finally. - I woke up about an hour ago. Just getting some coffee in my system. I have to go out and pick up a computer to fix from someone I know, as well as go to the hated wal-mart to pick up the SO's prescriptions.

The show last night was awesome. The Tabernacle seats something like 2500, there were probably 2000, maybe less, in attendance. I like shows that are in small venues much better than seeing them at the Lakewood Amphiteatre (or whatever it's fucking called now). No matter where you sit, you have a good seat. The sound quality usually isn't the best, but who cares. If you want sound quality, buy the CD, don't go to live shows.

We took Chris, which was interesting, as it was his first concert.

The band played all 32 songs from both albums. Damn, it was a long show. Stephanie thinks that Geoff Tate was lip-syncing in some of it, but I don't think so. There is always stuff on the albums that is pre-recorded and inserted in the show, perhaps that is what was heard. I could be wrong though. Don't really care either way. They did a pretty good job. One thing I noticed is that even though they have been playing the stuff longer (20 years), they did not seem to have quite as smooth a time with the material from OM I as they did from the second one. Maybe it is just the difference between the music. Most of their stuff is pretty complicated to play live, with lots of intertwined (sp?) melodies. They just seemed alot more in sync with each other with the new stuff.

This is the second time that I have seen the OM I show, the first being about 20 years ago. I must say that I really enjoyed it.

I enjoyed checking out the people too. Damn, time has not been kind to some of these fucking people. I loves me some heavy metal, but at some point in my life I realized that I couldn't walk around looking and acting like Beavis and Butthead. I guess that lightbulb just doesn't click for everyone. At one point I had to tell Chris "some of these chicks were probably hot 20 years ago".

There were some younger people too. Some with parents, some by themselves, but mostly it was folks in their late 20's to early 50's. Damn, I used to laugh at all of the people that would attend concerts of bands that I considered "out of date". Guess I am one of them now.

If you haven't heard anything by QR, you should check them out. They were always considered the "thinking man's heavy metal band". Geoff Tate has one of the best voices around, even after 25 years. Even if you are not a metal head, you might be pleasantly surprised by Queensryche.

Since commenting appears to be broken over at That 1 Guy's site I'll just post my answer here.

Over the roll, AFTER my wife has gotten irritated because I left it sitting on the sink.

I haven't ever been to Tits McGee's site, but now that I found the link over at Libby's I will be sure to visit every once in awhile.

I did manage to come across this song while I was there. WARNING - DO NOT CLICK if you are at work, although if you somehow manage to get through their firewall to visit MY site, they must be pretty fucking lax. When I heard it, for some reason all I could think about was the Vman. Not sure why though, just there in my head for some reason. Maybe it's the Zombie Raper post, or Cornholing. Damn.

4:30am

It is for me anyhow.

Another pretty long week, but this one has not been as bad as the last couple. I may end up having a long day, but I should be at home by 11pm or so. Tommorow is the Queensryche concert in Atlanta. I am looking forward to seeing it with Chris. Everyone else has to work/go to school on Wednesday, I think that S id dreading being up too late. The last show I went to (I think) was the Metallica show at the OMNI right before they tore it down.

We are taking Chris, so this will be the first concert he has ever been to. He wanted to go see the RHCP show, but told me too late, three days after the tickets had gone on sale. Hell, the show sold out the same Saturday that they went on sale.

5pm

It's about 5pm now. I managed to shoot out of there about 1:30 this afternoon, and got a bit of a nap. I am going to have to go back for the next five hours or so.

I may do a bit of posting once I get home. I have been stressing all day over something but really don't know what I want to write, if anything at all.

11:30pm

Finally finished up. I had a buttload of paperwork to finish before taking my days off, so I worked the floor for a few hours, and then finished my stuff. I think I may watch a bit of TV and then hit the sack.

Apparently my parents have been reading my blog, for some reason I feel ashamed, like I am a little kid and have done something wrong. I would assume this post in particular. That is what I was referring to earlier this afternoon. I don't know. Have to sort my thoughts out on that one, and maybe post some more tommorow.

I know that I tend to post whatever is floating around in my itty bitty head without thinking too much about it beforehand, so I can see where it would be easy to get your feelings hurt if you didn't realize that I am not trying to do it on purpose.

Well, hell, I think it is TV time.

Deadwood is one of my favorite shows. I missed last night, and unfortunately was already recording two other movies and S was watching something else, so it never recorded last night. Damn. I have it scheduled to record on Wednesday night though. Check out this not safe for work video and turn it up really loud.

"Tread lightly who lives in hope of pussy" - Trixie - The Porn Czar's Port Hole

It has been so fricking hot at work, I have developed a heat rash over the last few days and it is just irritating the crap out of me. Right behind my fucking ball sack, so now I feel miserable and walk like a fool too. What a fucking bonus. Maybe I will stop and buy some diaper rash ointment this afternoon, and keep it in my office at work. That will be a fun conversation starter. I can keep it right next to the two boxes of tampons that I ALWAYS get comments about.

That is actually very simple. I have 25-30 employees at any given time, most of them female. Having your period is no fucking excuse to have to go home (unless it is just nasty, in which case I will send you).

I did manage to get my vacation itinerary set up yesterday. I am going to start a week from Tuesday (the day after Labor Day), so the trip to Helen will actually come at the end of my week off. Very nice. Not to mention that means I only have six more working days till then. Hell yes, gonna be counting them too.

I think I stayed up too late. I got to sleep after midnight last night, and have been up for about 15 minutes now. I think a nap may be in order this afternoon, if I manage to stay awake at work all day.

I have had a pretty crappy day.

It started crappy, stayed that way most of the day, and ended pretty crappy.

I got to work this morning, and all would have been fine, but one of my third shift cooks started running his fucking mouth about another persons lack of work and would not shut the fuck up, so I let him know exactly what HE had not done for the last three days. Noone is perfect, and so long as they are trying to get most of it done, and particularly not bitching about it, I leave them the hell alone.

The rest of the day just kind of dragged along. Around 2pm, I was checking the waitresses sidework before they got off the floor and asked one of them to make tea. Rather than doing what I asked, she decided to argue with me. I ended up repeating myself three times, and finally hollered at her on the floor. She made the fucking tea. The bad part is that I just don't raise my voice to ANYONE, particularly in front of other employees, or customers. I just don't believe in management by intimidation. It doesn't work for the long term, and never has. Guess I am just a bit stressed or something.

I've been with them for two decades, but since I worked for awhile as a consultant for the IT department, my service anniversary is in August, rather than when it is supposed to be. I opened my mail today and their was a card from my Senior Vice President. Cool, or so I thought until I read it. "I used to know you when you were in a sales increase. Wishing you the very best and looking forward to many more"

Nice sentiment, but the first line sort of ruins it. Fuck you. I used to know you when you had more hair, and paid less alimony. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. My boss thinks I should forward the card to the President, but I won't. I WILL save it, you never know when shit like that is needed. One of the big things nowadays with harrasment suits is bullying. Very big deal in court right now. Another example (albeit very small) of management by intimidation. This is the same guy that ten years ago had me, my boss, and his boss out in the customer are calling us losers and rebels. Nice folks I work for, huh?

...it was to have the auditor at work yesterday. Not.

My cash was perfect, and even my books were fine, and I completely expected SOMETHING to get dug out, it always does. Very nice. Then the other shoe dropped. I don't know yet what I have done but I have fucked something up. My food was about $244 short, so I am sure to be reall happy with my next paycheck when that comes out. I have gone over and over my shit and still cannot find out where the fuck it went.

My boss said that she would pay half of it, but I will believe that one when I see it. It'll be the same day that monkeys fly out my butt.

...to really post this morning. I have overslept about an hour. Just taking a minute to check and make sure my check is in the bank and get a quick cup of joe.

I just got home from the damn meetings. Damn, that lasted too long. I had to stay late for a second LDS (leadership development) meeting sue to the fact that they consider me a "promotable candidate". I did manage to speak to my Area Vice President and ask him about the Temple store, and it is still in the plans to let me go there. Good fucking deal.

As I posted about previously, I AM going to get a visit from the auditor. Yay. Just what I want. Guess it could be worse though.

I think I will surf the web a bit and wind down, have to be back up at 4:30 tommorow.

Yeah, that's right. I woke up with a pounding headache this morning. Haven't taken anything yet, but will before I leave. I have meetings all afternoon ("coaches clinics") so will probably not get home until 9pm or so.

Anyone who has read the blog for longer than two weeks knows that I bust my ass at work most of the time. It has to be longer than two weeks because I have spent so much time there the last two that I have hardly had time to blog. I ended up finishing out this fiscal operating period exceeding ALL of my targets, as well as having the highest sales in my division, which is normal. I don't normally hit my payroll target because I believe in having plenty of well paid help. It makes it easier to sleep at night.

I exceeded them so well that the auditor is going to be in my store tommorow or Friday. Hah. Fuck them. No matter how good or thorough you are, there will be stuff that isn't right. Overrings that haven't been handled correctly for example. The salespeople are supposed to validate the guest check, then RE-RING it for the correct amount. Occasionally the validations don't show up legibly. No big deal. If I can check on the register tape that it was rung up, then immediately rung up again, no big deal. I let it slide. The auditor however, will not. I can just about guarantee that I will end up having to pay a fucking shortage anywhere from $50 to $200, which just pisses all over my wheaties. My immediate boss will end up eating about half of the shortage, so that should please her as much as it does me.

Tommorow after work I have to drive to Anniston for meetings, so I will probably be home around 9pm tommorow evening.

I know I have been pretty quiet the last couple of weeks. I have to go back to work today after my two days off. I ended up working somewhere around 70 hours or so this week, and most of my off time was spent working on PCs, a few of mine, and a couple for other people.

I've spent the better part of the last 24 hours in a data recovery "operation" trying to pull some movies and pictures off of a defunt NTFS drive, and finally have had good results with it this morning. Couple with the fact that I am using Stephanie's computer to post, things are going a much more smoothly than they were. It's not that I don't like my laptop, but it is slow and a bit of a pain in the ass. I am used to being able to have six or eight programs open, with it, I have to stick with one, maybe two, or it starts to crawl.

I actually have lot's of stuff to write down, but no time today. Maybe I will have some time this afternoon. The next few days at work don't look to be any easier than the last few before my days off. Right now I am just looking forward to September 8th. Another vacation. Having taken my last one so early in the fiscal year, I should be able to sneak an extra one in this year, which will be nice.

Next Tuesday though, is the Queensryche concert, that will be cool. We are taking Christopher to his first concert. I am sure that he would like it to be someone much more cool from this decade, but I am pretty sure that he will have a good time. I have managed to "infect" him with a liking for classic rock and metal, which is definately a good thing considering some of the music coming out now.

The weekend is here. Two more days until I have an off day. This has been a pretty long and tiring week, and it shows in my posting. I haven't even done much in the way of we surfing either for that matter.

This week I have had the previously mentioned computer problems, as well as a pretty heavy work load. It's not going to get any easier to deal with for a while either. Today I will leave for work in about 45 minutes or so. Hopefully I will be back home by 3pm for a nap, as I have to be back at work around 6, and work until 2am, get a couple hours of sleep, and be back in tommorow morning as well.

I have kept up with a few news stories. I have been following the JonBenet Ramsey case a bit this week, and wanted to post something deep and meaningful, but just can't come up with anything right now.

Damn, this guy needs to be taken to the top of a large building and tossed over just to make sure that the job is finished correctly.

Ah, well, it's time to get ready for work. I'm sure to sleep like the dead Sunday night, but maybe I will be back on Monday.

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Maybe I will just start using my ipaq to blog with. This thing is ok for balancing the checkbook, and checking my email, but otherwise it is a big pitfa.

Catfish suggested that I add a PC to my santa list, which I may just do. Hopefully I will have something built in the next few weeks though. I probably have enough parts to build a couple of computers left over from repairing my media server, just not quite as fast as the last one. That's ok though. Better than this.

I was visiting some sites on my blogroll a little while ago when firefox crashed for the 3rd time tonight. fuck it, I think it's time to work on another PC I am supposed to fix for someone anyway.

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I was up at 4am. I need to be in by 5:30 or so, have a bunch of stuff to do today, and don't want to be there until 6pm, since I have to be back at 9 tonight. Perhaps there will even be time for a nap this afternoon if Stephanie lets me. Damn I had a hard time rolling out of bed this morning. The only saving grace is the fact that I am off the next two days.

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Yeah, I threw my boss under the bus today, figuratively. Some of the problems that I have been having are that she is supposed to be in my restaurant, productive on my two days off. Her boss was in today about 1pm raising hell again about payroll, so I sat his ass down and went over my schedules from last week, and showed him where I worked seven shifts, and the manager trainee that was here had worked five. 84 hours. She worked about four. I like my boss, and really don't want to get her in trouble, but I think that I am finished getting shit upon.

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Just in case you were wondering about the song that I couldn't get out of my damn head, here's the music. May it torment you as much as it did me.

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I am so fucking angry tonight I want to beat the crap out of someone. Looks like I am going to have a fight on my hands in order to get the new store. My Senior Vice President does not want them to put me in the store. Never mind that it is 15 minutes closer, in the town that I live in. Never mind that my youngest daughter's daycare is 100 yards away, or that my other daughter's elementary school is within a mile, along with my house. Never mind the fact that they don't particularly give a flying fuck about their managers lifestyle. What a crock of shit.

Why doesn't he want me there? Well, we currently have 9 stores in the area, in about a 30 mile circle, with the top end being I-20. Three stores 7-10 miles west of Temple, three stores 10-15 miles east, and three stores 12 miles south. I sit dead center between six of them on I-20, with the other three in Carrollton. He is afraid that if they put me in the store instead of a new inexperience manager that will fuck everything up within two months, that I will take too huge of a chunk of sales from the other 9 stores. What a load of shit. The bad part is that he is right though.

Why? Because I at least try to do everything the right way. The way that they taught me to. I take care of my customers and care about them. I hold myself to high standards, keep my stores clean, and cook everything the way that they want me to cook it. And I keep my store staffed with at least semi-happy folks. That's one of the reasons I have a hard time hitting my payroll targets. I suppose I am an anomaly. Our pay system is based on retention. The longer the hourly employee stays, the more they get paid. I have the highest retention in my area, therefore I have the highest paid people. Out of the 26 or so people that I employ, we have about 112 years of experience with my company, not counting my 20 years. I also have the highest pay-rate averages out of 27 stores. I guess I am supposed to treat everyone like shit and have a high turnover, not staff my shop, and not come in when the call me. I could do like the manager across town from me and just not order enough food and tell the waitresses to sell something else when they call me at home. Or cheat the customers by giving them less portions.

Fuck them. If I wanted to steal their fucking sales I could do it from where I am, I already have the highest sales in my division. Everyone in Carroll County that is a regular with our restaurant knows me, I have worked in this area since '89. Damn, just ranting now. I am going to have to work on a couple of friends at the corporate office, maybe that will help out. I am so pissed because it really just hurts my fucking feelings. The girl up the street from me that I trained last year was talking about quitting recently (for the fourth or fifth time) so they let her fucking ass have a 12 day vacation. I've seen that with several people. Hell, if they have a fucking cold, they call in sick, and nothing is ever said, because they are black, or women, and they are afraid to hurt their feelings. I do my fucking job, I've missed two days in three fucking years (four if you count Acidman's funeral), I am always there. I am the only one out of nine managers that shows up for work on time. We are require to be in our restaurants by 6:30am. I normally get there between 6-6:30. Most of the rest of them show anywhere from 10 till 7, up to 7:30. They still have their fucking jobs, and it will never change.

Damn, I really like what I do, but sometimes they piss me off and stress me out so bad that I just want to tell them to go fuck themselves. Not that I would leave. I will retire doing this. The last time I quit I ended up working out of our corporate office for three years, and that was pretty cool, but it wouldn't happen again. I will end up staying no matter what they say. I feel like they are trying to force me to take the promotion that I don't want in the first place. Stephanie's Masters raise will be enough to make up the difference, along with cost of living raises, so I would be perfectly happy doing what I do now, only closer to home.

Goddamn fucking assholes.

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Alizee is pretty hot. I enjoyed this video, but it could have been better. All that was needed was to mute the volume on the web player and pull up some Metallica in WMP.

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Goats ARE fun. Just ask the Muslims

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Jesus Christ. Before leaving work I headed to the john to take a leak and it hit me like a ton of bricks before I even had the door open. Someone had evacuated their bowels and it smelled like a fucking dead animal. Just thought you should know.

Rather than being able to sleep last night, this is the crap I was thinking about when I went to bed, so I figured I would write a bit about it this morning. Recently I downloaded Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, a serial from 1941. I like the old serial cliffhangers of the '40s and '50s. Obviously they are not as "realistic" and edgy, but they still kick ass. And they make you watch the entire thing. No resolution until the end, instead of a neat little encapsulation in each show. With a few exceptions, most of the television that I grew up watching in the '70s and '80s was like that. Encapsulated. Each hour-long show (not counting the 30 minute sit-coms) began and ended in one showing, occasionally being a two-parter.

For the most part, I am not a real big television watcher. I set up my PC to record movies, which I like, and then there are a handful of shows that I like to watch, even look forward to. TV (mostly premium cable channels) marketing execs seem to be getting it right now. They are going back to what I consider the serial model. With shows that have a clear beginning and end in the same night, if you are busy for a couple of weeks, which I might be with running a 24 hour restaurant, it's easy to lose interest and forget about whatever you thought might be a good show. The ones that I enjoy, I have set to record, and look forward to watching, and DON'T want to miss. If you miss just one episode you are fucked. The Sopranos have gotten like that, and Deadwood, both on HBO. Carnivale was on for two seasons, and I liked that one as well. Even though it is very popular, I like LOST. It's the same way. You can't miss too many without wondering what the fuck happened. As an example of the other end, I loved MASH as a kid. Watched it with my parents all the time, but it doesn't matter where you pick up in the entire run of the series. That's why it does so well in syndication. Except for the cast changes that occurred, you can pick up anywhere in the several year run and not have missed anything.

Recently I have been watching Millennium on DVD from the late '90s. It was right on the edge of being back in the serials. Each episode had a clear beginning and end, but also progressed toward something (plus it is creepy as hell, which is why I really like it). Chris Carter does creepy shows. I have enjoyed most of the stuff that he has done. He seemed to see that to hook people, you had to make them want to come back next week to find out what's gonna happen.

One other wildly popular show that I have watched the last two seasons is 24. It is definitely a serial right out of the early to mid 1900's. An entire season that encompasses one 24 hour period. It's certainly not the greatest show on TV, it's very unrealistic, and almost fucking stupid, but it's very addictive.

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This is why I keep it short and use soap. I only have two brain cells left and need both of them for at least a couple more days. Hat tip to Stingflower.

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I got the first two discs from season two of Millennium. I think that maybe I will just slack off the rest of the evening with a Dr. Pepper and the TV.

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The kids are all back in school, Stephanie is back at work now, and today which is my Monday actually coincides with the proper day of the week. I had to cut my cook today and tomorrow and have her wait tables. The new manager is supposed to cook with me the next two days, which kind of sucks since that means I will spend 90% of my day on the grill, instead of getting shit done that I need to. Hopefully it will go smoothly. Coming back from my days off there are several things I have to do including audits on the cash and food, and that will take me at least an hour, depending on how busy it is out front. This may end up being a pretty long day.

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I had my employee meeting last Tuesday afternoon. I think it was a letdown for a few of them. I don't know if they expected my head to spin around and start belching fire, but it was very short (as I have to pay them for the time) and succinct. I hate meetings and it is not very often that I have them. This is probably my 2nd one in three years. My boss ended up running her mouth longer than I did and I cut it short. There were only three things that I needed to go over anyway, so it lasted 10-15 minutes. Pretty easy stuff too.

1. Get along regardless of whether you like everyone or not.

2. If I even suspect that anyone has been buying or selling pills I will call the law and let them handle it.

3. Food Cost. The 2nd biggest problem that I have, and one of the ones that are affecting my paycheck the most.

I haven't had to fire anyone yet, but have made some major changes on a couple of schedules, and have had to write warnings for a couple. The way I figure it, I am leaving soon to open a new store and I can't leave the new guy with a bunch of problems.

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Actually it hasn't failed so much as sputtered to a halt. My damn HTPC, through which 90% of the media in my household flows through, and my home automation software runs on, AND acts as my tivo, DVD player, etc...has been crapping out lately. I may have a heat problem, or the CPU may be going bad. Not sure yet. I am going to back up all of my info from my PC which is the fastest in the house, and make IT the media center over the next few days. Now that I am used to being able to record unlimited amounts of movies and TV (limited only be hard drive space) and pause, rewind, etc, I really miss it when it is not available. I have a slow as crap laptop that my dad gave us for Chris to use for homework, but he doesn't use it, so I shall start. I've taken it with me on my last couple of trips, and even though it is slow as shit, it'll do me fine for blogging, balancing the checkbook, and surfing the web. Hopefully the money situation will get better by Christmas or early next spring and I can build myself a new one. A goddamn behemoth faster than fucking light computer.

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I arrived at work about 6:20 this morning, left at 2:30, picked up the youngest from daycare and made it home by about 3:15 or so. I ended up having to go back in at 5:20 and have just gotten home. Damn, I have a bad attitude today. Just want to tell someone to fuck off.

On a brighter note, they finally moved a trailer onto the site of the new store here in Temple, so they should be breaking ground in the next day or two. That will put opening about the last week of September. I was hoping it would be delayed at least until then. Any earlier and I might have had problems getting up to Helen. Things are looking up. Now I just need to win the fucking Megamillions and all will be well.

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I made one of those stupid connections a couple of minutes ago. Steve Huff wrote a piece about pimping out your MySpace profiles. I commented on it, and went on a bit longer than perhaps I should have. I kind of drifted off and realized that I would be better off just posting the rest here.

I hate fashion. I am like a lot of guys. My hair stays the same (actually it is shaved right now) and I pretty much alternate between keeping it extremely short and sometimes I will get lazy and let it grow out a bit. Comb it straight back. Don't need any of that goop in my fucking hair, or blow drying or styling. If I can't rub a damn towel on my head and brush back a couple of times I am just not comfortable.

I am the same way with clothing. T-Shirts and Jeans for the most part. My jeans are the same ones I have been wearing for 25 years. Stuck in the late '70s and '80s. Straight jeans that actually fit between my beer gut and my hips, not below.

I hate the pants that fall down around your ankles, showing underwear and whatnot. I embarrassed my hostess at work a couple of weeks ago. She came behind the counter to get something and bent over. All I had to say was "Oh, pink today, huh?". She wore a fucking belt the next day. Of course this is the one that wants to get her own name tattooed on the small of her back. Jesus. All I could think was "reading material if the guy fucking you from behind gets bored". Couldn't say that though. I like being able to pay my bills. Her name? Is that in case she forgets or for the stranger she just fucked?

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Well, after taking the Benadryl I crashed at some point between 8:30 and 9 o'clock last night, just got up. I may end up having to do the same thing tonight. Damn, the sleep does me good but my back is fucking killing me this morning.

We did manage to get a pretty good thunderstorm through here last night. Need the rain for my plants and lawn so that was nice. Not that it will really cool things off at all. Supposed to be in the 90's again today. Shit, normally August is the hottest month here but July was pretty damned hot. I have needed to get out and cut the grass for about a week now but it has just been too hot. I actually have the weekend off, so maybe I can get it done then, if I don't get into Atlanta.

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Why did the blond put lipstick on her forehead?

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She was trying to make up her mind.

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...is what I hope to get tonight. Just took a couple of benadryls and told the girls that they would be going to bed soon.

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...while dinner is on the stove got me to thinking about how pissed off I am right now at Handango. If you are not familiar with them, they provide a central location for the downloading and purchase of software for handhelds.

Since I cannot sync my ipaq and PC, but my wife wants something called Sodoku, I figured that I would download a demo or purchase it straight from the ipaq. You can no longer access the site, at least with this one. I was forced to download a catalog app and use it. It won't let me download demos, only have the option to purchase. Ok, tried that and it tells me the file cannot be found on the server. Six different apps and I get the same message. Fuck you Handango.

At least the US is being straightforward and honest when we didn't sign the Kyoto treaty, unlike most of the participating countries. Thanks, LL. I also came across an almost unbelievable article about a guy who called in with a dead family member, more than once (and the KID wasn't dead). Fucker.

Mel Gibson apologizes to the Jews.

Read about the Hit-and-Run Grannies. I know that this is pretty serious and all, but for some reason I am laughing my ass off.

I admit it. I am a big Harry Potter fan. I am eagerly awaiting the last book in the series. I am certainly not a literary critic, but I have been reading SciFi and Fantasy novels since I was five and have always been in love with them. Stephen King, John Irving, and J.K. Rowling got together for a charity fund-raiser and there is a bit of discussion about the final book here

What a fucking maroon..When showing your stolen ID, make sure that the person you are showing it to doesn't resemble the picture (or have the same name).

AOL finally has a beta version that work under Windows Vista. Good deal. Yeah, I still have AOL. I use the excuse that my account is my grandmother's only internet access (which is true), but the real deal is that I have had the same email account for 14 years. I use it for 95% of any transactions I make on the internet, and am loathe to give it up. I did read over at CNN the other day that Time-Warner is considering making their aol.com email addresses free, which would be nice. I might have to set up my grandmother with something else, but then again, maybe I will just keep paying for it.

Another article about Castro is here. Nothing new, I guess they are just trying to keep it alive in the news cycle. What I found interesting is that when all this was announced, President Bush was in Miami to talk about the US economy. The US Mission in Cuba finally got power back today after not having it since June 5th. Damn, and I thought I was hot after driving for 20 minutes. Redstate and Val Prieto comment on the fact that the announcement was made AFTER the surgery, not before. Hadn't thought about that yet, but it's possible that Castro is in really bad shape or we might never have even known.

Is there anyone out there that does not know to BLOW OUT THE FUCKING FIRE before drinking flaming alcohol? Apparently this stupid bitch doesn't and is suing Bacardi as a result. Snakes.

Here's and article about Metallica finally allowing some of their music to be sold on iTunes. It mentions the fact that The Beatles and Led Zeppelin still aren't being sold, but doesn't say anything about the other holdout that I would love to see, AC/DC.

I have a lot of respect for Jimmy Carter as a great humanitarian, but he was a terrible president, and he still doesn't have a clue about politics, particularly politics in the Middle East. His article for the Washington Post "Stop the Band-Aid Treatment" can be found at the link. He has some good points but the fact is that Hezbollah is hiding among the civilian population of Lebanon and Israel is defending itself. It is a tragedy and unfortunate that civilians are being killed, but if Britain or the US had turned pussy during WWII and NOT fire bombed Dresden, or we had not nuked japan, the war would NOT have stopped as fast and the casualties would have been much worse. I would love to see all of the current conflicts stopped without any further death, innocent or otherwise, but it ain't gonna happen.

Elisson decided to post a picture from the Vman's recent vacation. WARNING -DON'T click if you have eaten recently.

That's enough for now. Chris and Stephanie are both at work until after 9pm, so I need to get off my ass and fix the girls something to eat. I did have my employee meeting this afternoon and may post a bit about it later.

Oops. Fucked up my tags and had to repost.

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A little belated perhaps. Buddy Guy turned 70 on Sunday. The dude is still performing, doing something like 30 shows in July and August.

Unfortunately all I have is vinyl, I haven't had the chance to finish copying all of my albums to hard drive as my turntable went TU a few months ago. Need to get a new one I suppose.

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Damn. I'm in my car trying to find whatever crawled on my fucking head. Must have walked through a spiderweb or something.