Saturday, May 26, 2012

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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

AOL Complaining Microphone

Seriously, this may be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Years ago, as an email admin, I ran across this, and seriously, its the epitome of the AOL user (at least the user from the late 90's.)

Click here to enjoy the AOL Talking Microphone. Yes, its an executable, but its safe, and funny.

Monday, May 10, 2010

I'm being more productive by working less

Well, just for a second. I need 5 minutes away from work just so I can hit the ground running again, if that makes any sense. Probably not, nothing does these days.

Killer weekend this past weekend. Went down to Thornton to the camp to just chill out. Bush hogged several acres, did some tractor maintenance, hung out with my dad and his buddy. Mom sent some incredible pork chop and sausage stew with dad for us hungry boys. Sure was good. I brought some "green" beer (as a famous poet once said - you drink green beer and you'll be humped up like a wild dog). Was a great couple of days just hanging out with the dudes, away from WORK.

Sunday we did the Mother's day thing. Went to church, then went to Babes for some great fried chicken and all the fixins. Came home to a nap while the kids did their Mother's day duty, and "cleaned" the upstairs. How they spent 4 hours doing that, and only got it as clean as they did remains a mystery.

Today it's a nice 83 degrees outside. I hope I away from the office early enough to spend an hour or so in this lovely weather before it gets dark.

Have a good week

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Sometimes I just have random thoughts

My favorite type of tv show is the kind that doesn't make me think

My other kind of favorite show (documentaries) makes me feel better about myself because others lives really suck

Why WOULDN'T I enjoy a good beer?

Its getting hot outside

I'm glad my couch is comfortable

If I have to put another $ into car repairs this month, on either car, I'm going to take them out to pasture and literally shoot them (the cars)

My kids won't stop growing

The older I get, the more grumpy I get

I'm still into WWE Wrestling

I'm never satisfied with my cell phone. Latest is the Palm Pre

Carol Burnett was a flipping GENIUS

I'm COMPLETELY excited that Last Comic Standing is coming back soon

I have guilty pleasures, but you won't know what they are, because I won't tell you

I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up

If I'm not at home, are my neighbors still loud and annoying?

Is it possible to manage talent if your talent isn't talented?

Can't wait to see Kevin Jonas on Minute to Win It

Monday, May 03, 2010

It's been a long time...

...and it'll be a long time. That's from one of my favorite SNL skits with Jon Lovitz and Tom Hanks. Some will know what I'm talking about, others will just wonder.

I know no one is reading this, but its just a chance for me to put down a few thoughts to eventually bury in a time capsule.

Its been so long since I've blogged, I'm not even sure I know what to write. Just finding a few minutes free time while Wrestling is on in the background, and I get to let my creative juices flow is awesome. Any week lately requires a minimum of 60 hours of my time M-F, not to mention what happens on the weekends. Yeah, I'm bitching about the amount of hours I work, but know what I'm not bitching about, HAVING A JOB! TONS of people are way worse off than me, so I count my blessings, and say prayers for you others, every day. I really do.

So, I'm going to go decompress out in lovely Thornton, Tx this weekend. Taking a couple of furlough days off of work, away from Internet, and am just going to do guy stuff. Might drink a beer, might even smoke a, smoke a, smoke a cigar.

I'm going to let you in on a little secret, there's a movie you MUST watch, its called Role Models. Go watch it.

I guess that's all I've got. Still working, somehow, at H R smart, but every week is another blessing to have a job, I think. Times are tough. Suzanne and the kids still love the school but will love summer more.

I'll write more in several months - just wanted to see if i did this if it would get me back into writing in my Internet diary.

peace

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Richardson Wildflower Festival

Went with an old college buddy last night to the Richardson Wildflower Festival. What a time. Had a few overpriced beers and saw a few bands play. I was there for one reason, and one reason only, to see The Toadies. They are one of my favorite groups from the mid 90's, and they still put on a crazy show. I used to watch them in bars that had less than 200 people in them, they've come a long way.

Other entertainment at the festival included Night Ranger and Kansas. I watched the entire Night Ranger show but only about 20 minutes of the Kansas set. I really wish Kansas would have been on first. Since there were 2 big stages, Kansas' set started only 30 minutes before The Toadies came on, so we had to leave and hot foot it over to see The Toadies. Kansas did a good job from what I saw. Night Ranger, on the other hand, really looks like a bunch of washed up old dudes that are still trying to hold on to what they had 25 years ago. Still have the long hair, leather pants, leather vests with no shirt underneath, gyrating as if they really are as sexy as they think they are. They had 4 or 5 hits that I liked, they played them all, but it was kind of sad watching them. It would have been similar to watching my dad try to pick up chicks in a college bar somewhere. I'm sure one day he was really good at it, but that time has passed.

So, if you see The Toadies are playing somewhere near you, go see them. If you see Night Ranger is coming, save your money and your time.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Happiness...

- is getting a doggy door installed for my geriatric dog who needs to go outside 4 times a night
- is having a child old enough to mow the lawn. Dillon is all proud of himself. He apparently doesn't realize this chore isn't going to go away, EVER
- is when the Maverick's - Nuggets series will be over
- is having a new clothes dryer that isn't as loud as a freight train going through my living room
- is being drunk (oops, that has to wait til Friday).

What's making you happy?