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October 27 new job and schoolI'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. October 06 Rooster in His Declining Years
October 05 Long seasonI'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. HockeyHockey Has Started!!! October 03 Worst JobI 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. Monday Weigh InToday 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. October 02 Darwin AwardeeI was stationed in Landstuhl Germany from 1998-2001, and while I was there I got the morbid pleasure to witness the aftermath of a Darwin Awardee. Below is the text from their website and they call it Mental Eclipse. http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/index_darwin2001.html
(11 August 1999) A 42-year-old man killed himself watching the eclipse while driving near Kaiserslautern, Germany. A witness driving behind him stated that the man was weaving back and forth as he concentrated on the partially occluded sun, when he suddenly accelerated and hit the bridge pier. He had apparently just donned his solar viewers, which are dark enough to totally obscure everything except the sun.
Yes when I read this I can't help but to laugh. The scene was hardly funny though. I think he was driving a VW Golf but the car was so mangled it was almost impossible to determine. I find it morbidly amusing the way we as humans can find humor in others stupidity. I can't help but wonder, was this guy in that big of a hurry that he couldn't stop for 2 minutes, and what was he thinking? Was it something like, I don't need these eyes? I got it. He was using his telepathic powers to guide his car but that pier just jumped out in front of him. It's kinda like people talking on their cell phones while driving but multiplied by a hundred. We're all guilty of it. I guess that's the reason you can get a drivers license while being deaf but can't if your blind. October 01 BigBlueBall BlogringWeb RingJoin this Ring
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Center IceLast Night Directtv made available the Center Ice on my guide and I just got to program my TIVO to record the first games of the season.
WooHoo The Poopie List*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! SchoolAs 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. TimeI need more hours in the day. I work full time, go to school full time (online), plus I'm a full time daddy and husband. 24 hours just isn't enough time to do all of that. I was told once that Martha Stewart only needs 4 hours of sleep a night. Thats a big reason why shes such an overachiever. If I had 20 hours a day then I would also be an overachieving felon with my own T.V. show, making millions a years on stupid frilly products and building center pieces out of a piece of wire, tin foil and some garbage. September 27 NoseWell, 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. September 26 DietI 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. Going NutsI'm going nuts here. I got nose surgery last Tuesday. I was told I can't blow it until I come in for my followup appointment this tuesday.
Guess what?
Mr. Lucky catches a cold. I'm pathetic, only I can go in to get nose surgery to shrink my nose erection and then get a cold while I'm recovering. I did go against doctors orders and tried to gently blow it earlier today, but that freakin' hurt. I took some tylonol cold hoping that will help but no luck yet. Oh well, thats my life.
My life, thats a good topic. You know the saying 1 step forward 2 steps back. That applies to me but with a twist. I have no problem taking the 2 steps back. The twist is that when I take the 1 step forward its through a 200mph head wind and knee deep mud. September 24 Stupid Texas LawsAbileneAustinBeaumontBorgerClarendonEl PasoHoustonGalvestonJasperLeForsLubbock CountyMesquitePort ArthurRichardsonSan AntonioTempleTexarkanaStates I've VisitedWe love to travel. Before we had kids, Wendy and I would jump in the car on the weekends and take off. This past August we took our first family vacation together since we've had kids. We went to Branson MO. It had been about 20 years since either Wendy or I had been there and it has grown well beyond what either of us had expected. We had a lot of fun and never had a problem finding something fun to do.
I found this site where you can map all the states you've visited. One of my goals is to be able to visit every state before I die.
create your own visited states map or check out these Google Hacks. |
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