I've been very busy lately between school and work.  I'm trying to get a new job within SBC.  I'm presently a remote circuit tester.  Basically I test broken T1's and T3's in a major account center.  I'm looking to transfer to SBC Internet Services.  I would be doing tier II support for dsl customers.  It's not a very challenging job and the pay is the same but I would have more flexibiltiy when I get to work and I'll be able to get overtime to make more money.

An old farmer decided it was time to get a new rooster for his hens. The current rooster was still doing an okay job, but he was getting on in years and the farmer figured getting a new rooster couldn't hurt. So he buys a new cock from the local rooster emporium, and turns him loose in the barnyard. Well, the old rooster sees the young one strutting around and he's a little worried about being replaced. He walks up to the new bird. "So you're the new stud in town? I bet you really think you're hot stuff don't you? Well I'm not ready for the chopping block yet. I'll bet I'm still the better bird. And to prove it, I challenge you to a race around that hen house over there. We'll run around it ten times and whoever finishes first gets to have all the hens for himself." Well, the young rooster was a proud sort, and he definitely thought he was more than a match for the old guy. "You're on," he said, "and since I'm so great, I'll even give you a head start of half a lap. I'll still win easy!" So the two roosters go over to the henhouse to start the race with all the hens gathering to watch. The race begins and all the hens start cheering the old rooster on. After the first lap, the old rooster is still maintaining his lead. After the second lap, the old guy's lead has slipped a little -- but he's still hanging in there. Unfortunately, the old rooster's lead continues to slip each time around, and by the fifth lap he's just barely in front of the young fella. By now the farmer has heard the commotion. He runs into the house, gets his shotgun and runs into the barnyard figuring a fox or something is after his chickens. When he gets there, he sees the two roosters running around the henhouse, with the old rooster still slightly in the lead. He immediately takes his shotgun, aims, fires, and blows the young rooster away. "Damn. That's the third gay rooster I've bought this month."

I'm predicting that this will be a long hockey season.  I'm a St. Louis Blues fan, (yes I know I live in Dallas) but I grew up in St. Louis.  The problem this year, is they SUCK!!!  They lost to Detroit 5-1.  It only took Detroit 95 seconds to score their first goal.  Detroit is the Blue's biggest rival, and we can never seem to do very good against them.  It would probably help if before every game with Detroit the Blue's players are subjected to intensive therapy and probably electro shock therapy and maybe they will stop being intimidated.  I think that might've worked in the past but this year even if they go into the game not intimidated they will still lose, because they SUCK!!!

 

The saving grace for me is that I moved to Dallas.  I've started watching the Stars.  Luckily they don't suck.  They Beat Los Angeles tonight 5-4.  The Stars came back from a 4-0 deficit to tie the game and then scored the winning goal late in the 3rd period.

 

Unfortunately I've been at work all night and haven't watched it yet.  I did record the games on TIVO.  The only thing the Blues game deserves is the delete button.

I was curious what everyones worst job they ever held was.

 

I would have to say that mine was at Hardee's.  It was my first job.  I was 15 and had to alter my birth certificate in order to work there.  I actually broke the law to work in a fast food place.  I was the burger flipper.  I can't say cook since you really don't know how to cook, you just flip the burgers when the timer went off.  It was so hot that by the time I got off, I stunk to high heaven.  The interesting thing was that the general manager was a coke head and the assistant manager always disappeared to the roof to smoke weed.  This actually had its benefits.  When the assistant manager was high he became the nicest person and wanted to be everyones best buddy.  This got me off work early numerous times.  I usually worked nights until close, and there were a couple times that after close we had pickle and and ice fights over the entire restaraunt, it was alot of fun until we had to clean it up.  We wouldn't have been able to get away with this if the bosses weren't stoned.  I make it kinda of sound like fun and looking back at it almost 20 years later it actually sounds fun, but it sucked. 

 

Please leave a comment and let me know what your worst job was.

Today I weighed 271.5 with a BMI of 37.9.  I lost 2.5 lbs this week.  The amazing part is I didn't do anything.  I did go on a short bike ride last night, but that was only about 7.5 miles at a moderate pace.

 

 

 

 

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*The Poopie List*

GHOST POOPIE:  The kind where you feel the poopie come out, but there is no poopie in the toilet.

CLEAN POOPIE: The kind where you poopie it out, see it in the toilet, but there is nothing on the toilet paper.

WET POOPIE:  The kind where you wipe your butt 50 times and it still feels unwiped, so you have to put some toilet paper between your butt and your underwear so you won't ruin them with stains.

SECOND WAVE POOPIE:  This happens when you're done poopie-ing and you've pulled your pants up to your knees, and you realize that you have to poopie some more.

POP-A VEIN-IN-YOUR-FOREHEAD POOPIE:  The kind where you strain so much to get it out, you practically have a stroke.

LINCOLN LOG POOPIE:  The kind of poopie that is so huge you're afraid to flush without first breaking it into little pieces with the toilet brush.

GASSY POOPIE:  It's so noisy, that everyone within earshot is giggling.

DRINKER'S POOPIE:  The kind of poopie you have the morning after a long night of drinking. It's most noticeable trait is the skid marks on the bottom of the toilet.

CORN POOPIE:  Self explanatory.

GEE-I-WISH-I-COULD-POOPIE POOPIE:  The kind where you want to poopie but all you do is sit on the toilet and fart a few times.

SPINAL TAP POOPIE:  That's where it hurts so badly coming out, you'd swear it was leaving you sideways.

WET CHEEKS POOPIE (The Power Dump):  The kind that comes out so fast, your butt cheeks get splashed with water.

THE DANGLING POOPIE:  This poopie refuses to drop in the toilet even though you are done poopie-ing it.  You just hope that a shake or two will cut it loose.

THE SURPRISE POOPIE:  You're not even at the toilet because you are sure you are about to fart, but *oops* --- a poopie!

As I said in an earlier post I'm going to school full time.  I have been working in telecom since I was 20 in 1992.  The only other thing I have ever done was working in a restaraunt as a waiter or toy's r us.  My kids would love it if I was to go back and work at a toy store but we would probably end up living in a van down by the river.  The problem is I'm really burnt out in my job, and with the way telecom has been the past few years theres not a lot of security.  Also I no longer see much of a challenge in it.  I'm trying to get a business degree and a computer science degree.  I wanted something I could fall back on and was generic which covers the business but I also wanted to do something I have an interest in which covers the Computer Science.  The classes I'm currently taking are:  Intro to Multimedia,  Systems Analysis and Design,  Web Programming,  and Intro to Databases.  I'm hoping I'll be finished in about 2-3 years.  I don't plan on going full time until then.  The reason I'm going full time right now is that my company pays the tuition and I also get $1300 a month from VA while I'm a full time student.  That extra money is nice.

Well, I went back to the good doctor today. 

 

Guess what? 

 

My suffering was for nothing.

 

I could've blown my nose the entire time. 

 

He said the nurses at the surgery center can be a little overly cautious.  I've been going nuts because some fucking nurse was afraid I would blow my nose and sue the surgery center for malpractice or something.  This has gotten out of hand.  This problem with people suing for every little thing needs to stop.

I still weigh 274.  I didn't lose any this week.  I also didn't gain any.  I've been having to take it easy after my surgery.  I go in for my follow up tomorrow and hope will be cleared to start working out again.

 

 

 

Abilene

It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing.

Austin

Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket.

Beaumont

Collegiate football is banned at Lamar University.

Borger

It is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind.

Clarendon

It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster.

El Paso

Churches, hotels, halls of assembly, stores, markets, banking rooms, railroad depots, and saloons are required to provide spittoons "of a kind and number to efficiently contain expectorations into them."

Houston

Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but it may be purchased on Monday.

It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.

Galveston

It is illegal to drive a motor car down Broadway before noon on Sundays.

Jasper

Dogs must be on a leash at ALL times. Fine of 100 dollars.

LeFors

It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while standing.

Lubbock County

It is illegal to drive within an arm's length of alcohol - including alcohol in someone else's blood stream.

Mesquite

It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.

Port Arthur

Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator.

Richardson

It is now illegal to place a "for sale" sign on a car if it visible from the street.

It is illegal to do "U Turns".

San Antonio

It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.

It is illegal to urinate on the Alamo.

Temple

No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square.

You can ride your horse in the saloon.

Cattle thieves may be hanged on the spot.

Texarkana

Owners of horses may not ride them at night without tail lights.

A drunken man staggered into a Catholic church, sat down in the Confessional and said nothing.
The priest is waiting and waiting and waiting.
The priest coughs to attract the drunk man's attention, but still the man says nothing.
The priest then knocks on the wall three times in a final attempt to get the man to speak.
Finally the drunk replies, ''No use knockin,' pal. There's no paper."

Yesterday I read on cnn.com that they were predicting gas to reach $5.00 a gallon following hurricane Rita.  I understand some of the nations most important refineries are in the path of the storm, but this just sounds ridiculous.  The oil companies are already making record profits.  Exxon Mobile made more than 25 billion dollars in profit last year (which set a corporate record).  Here's an idea, Exxon instead of raising prices immediately after the storm and gouging your fellow americans, leave them at the already overly inflated rates and you'll still make your huge profits. 

I got to watch my first hockey game of the season last night.  It was the Stars vs. Edmonton Oilers in a preseason game.  It was a good game except for the number of penalties called.  It was over 30, both teams combined.  I am glad that they are calling everything now.  Hopefully it will weed out the goons that have no talent.  This is going to be an exciting season.  The pace of play was a lot faster.  The final score ended up being 6 - 4 Dallas winning.  There is a possiblity we'll see some scoring records broken this year.

I'm starting today.  I will weigh in when I wake up every monday.  My goal is to lose 2 pounds a week.  I weighed 275 lbs today.  Thats a little more than I thought I weighed.  I also went out and rode 15 miles on my bike this morning.  I rode to a nearby town of Aubrey TX.  I had to go 2 miles up hwy 377 which is a 2 lane hwy.  It also has a shoulder the size of a lane.  When I got home and told my wife where I rode, she started going on and on about how dangerous it is to ride on that rode.  She has also expressed how dangerous it is to even ride on our subdivision streets.  She tried to compare it to our daughters.  She asked me if I would want our daughters riding on that street.  First off its no comparison, our daughters are 5 and 8 and one of them are still using training wheels, so of course I wouldn't want them riding on that road.  She doesn't complain if I ride on a trail which is far more dangerous.  I saw a statistic yesterday about the number of cyclists that are killed each year and in the state of texas it was 57 and I think nation wide it was about 800 (compared to 44,000 deaths in car accidents).  The state of Texas has averaged 56 deaths a year since 1980.  That's also while the population of Texas and the number of cyclists have increased.  That sounds to me like it has become safer to ride a bike.