eff Chelsea

You can erode what it stands for all day, but let the actual fabric fall apart and then you get plenty of attention

Tattered flag raising indignation

12:11 PM CST on Thursday, February 24, 2005


Associated Press



SAN ANTONIO - A former Air Force medic's plan to fly the same American flag until U.S. troops return from Iraq has been criticized as the flag becomes faded and tattered.

Moses Mitchell hoisted the brand new flag outside his business center and day-care facility near Lackland Air Force Base two years ago as a tribute to the troops in Iraq.

"I knew I had some rebelliousness in my mind when I was doing this, but basically it was something to remind of the pain and agony and the death that our troops are facing over there," said Mitchell, who treated Vietnam War casualties.

The flag's condition has infuriated Vietnam War veteran Jack Long. He has contacted politicians, the police and even the FBI in a futile effort to force Mitchell to take it down.

"It's just hanging in shreds," Long said. "It breaks my heart to see that. It is so disgraceful."

A section of federal law known as the Flag Code does state that "the flag, when it is in such a condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning." But there are no penalties for violating the code, and it is binding only on federal installations.

"The code functions simply as a guide to be voluntarily followed by civilians and civilian groups," according to a 2004 Congressional Research Service report.

Michael Buss, assistant director of the American Legion's national headquarters, said he believes it is wrong for Mitchell to display a disintegrating flag.

Mitchell said that it's not a war protest, he supports President Bush's decision. But he said that displaying "nice shiny flags" misrepresents the deadly and difficult work Americans do there.

Star Wars

I noticed the next Star Wars movie will be released on May 19th, so by my count we have 5-6 weeks until the marketing monster starts. Get ready to have Star Wars stamped on everything in sight, perhaps even second base.

Worse than me

I used to work with this guy named Robert at the record store, and talk about a stickler for semantics.

Customer 'hey you wouldn't happen to have the new Robert Palmer, you know the one with Simply irresistible on it?

Robert "no we don't HAPPEN to have it, we have it as a result of thorough market analysis, proper planning and inventory management. So no, we don't HAPPEN to have it, we have BY DESIGN'

Customer (half frightened) 'Great, do you have it on cassette?

Robert "sorry sold out"

No, Flanders

I don't know where Sergio is right now. The fact is I will never know where people in adjacent offices are. WTF? At least twice a day this numb nut sticks his head in my office and asks where someone from a nearby office is.

'Say you know where Sergio is'
'uh no'
'Ok well if you see him.....


Fuck you asshole I will see him, I see him all the fucking time he works across the hall from me. In fact the only time he's not in there is when you come calling. Leave me alone! Write a post it, call first...whatever...just please for the love of God fuck off.

I feel slightly better.

Dilbert

I got sunburned waiting for the jets to land

With the recent launch of the lovely Airbus A380, and Boeing's Dreamliner 777. I can't help but wonder who will operate these planes? The only US carrier who can manage a profit (Southwest) operates only 737s. Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, and Air France will buy them. Fed ex and Ups have already bought some for freight transport. It's a shame with United and AA both positioning themselves for non-stops to Shanghai, you won't be able to ride on one of these new models.

The Texas girl on Idol is too cute.


I fear my blog is hitting an all time low.

DVD dates

Closer 3-29
Ocean's twelve 4-12
Life Aquadic with Steve Zissou 5-10


like you care

Keeping it real

ROME, Italy (AP) -- Two members of a heavy metal group called the "Beasts of Satan" who confessed to taking part in three ritual Satanic slayings were sentenced to prison Tuesday, and a third defendant was acquitted, Italian media reported.

Do unto others...easy enough?

What can you blog about when the big story is either the nut who killed a pregnant woman and her 7 year old kid, or Paris' mobile getting hacked?

It's a shame that guy didn't stop to think about how Texas has the death penalty before he killed. If statistics suggest the death penalty is not an effective deterrent, and often ends up costing the state more money than a life sentence...what gives?

What can I possibly say?


My run of depressing Netflix choice pushes on, last night was 'Paragraph 175' about the Nazi persecution of gays. I took comfort in the knowledge that we've come so far, that I live in a modern free society where gays are no longer targets, and their rights are not in danger of being taken away....erm....yeah....

Well at least marriage is 'protected'

No wonder I got into Idol, reality is like a total downer and stuff.

Good result

Liverpool 3 Bayer Leverkusen 1

Much rejoicing!

I know the last page so well I can't read the first

I can just sing my troubles away?
but then you're fucked
'cause you gotta make a buck
and the whole world sucks
and you're like a lame duck
that's lyin' dyin' tryin' to sell out
but there's no one buyin' and there's all this doubt
and you can preen and dream and scream and shout
but your life's affliction is the fiction of Faust - Nellie Mckay


For the first time ever American Idol votes were cast from my home last night. D had a couple of dudes that he felt strongly about. As for me? tonight I'll be burning up the lines voting for Mikalah Gordon cause she reminds me of Barbara Streisand in 'What's up doc?

There's a good piece on Midnight Cowboy in the new Vanity Fair. I'm not sure we've advanced much in my lifetime as far as film goes. The best films now are either pretty safe or made outside of the big studios. It seems to me that more chances were taken in the late 60s and 70s. Midnight Cowboy would be a real tough sell today. The film is creepy, shocking and still a bit hard to watch, but it was an original.

Why are Ipods, Satellite radio, MP3s and file sharing so popular? Cause Radio sucks! It's corporate, homogenized and lifeless. Ah if radio only had a brain. Dynamic interesting radio is not going to come from maximizing earnings for shareholders, focus groups, and target marketing. Radio is (or was) at it's best when it's providing you something you didn't know you needed. Growing up my father worked in radio and I always held the belief that radio could/should be great...that dream hasn't died but it's been pushed to satellite and the internet.

Monday

As promised I spent the weekend loading the ipod, reading, and exercising. I'm still way behind on my reading, my ipod only has 500 songs in it, and my physique has a long way to go as well. Oh well baby steps. I was able to ride my bike a bit both days which was a nice surprise. Watched Notorious, Donnie Darko (again) finished Strangers on a train. I went to the gym a couple of times as usual, and I'm starting to accept that my genetic code will not allow significant mass to be added, the best I can hope for is not being fat.


I hate postal holidays! I never have them off, and I'm just bitter.

OK I've just stated everything I did this weekend, and I realize it's possibly the most boring post ever....sorry

Music-Doves, Kasabian, Bloc Party...and 500 songs in the ipod.

The Caesars Jerk it out

That song (as featured in the Ipod shuffle commercial) sounds exactly like Girls on film. Don't believe me? click on the above and sing 'see them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight'

Friday woo hoo

Can't wait to read and get my ipod loaded this weekend. Yes I'm a loser. Looks like the bike will remain in dry dock as rain is predicted.


My $7 and 15 minute smoothie;

We ate lunch at the mall yesterday. As the little old lady was making my smoothie I noticed the sign I fear most in this world 'CASH ONLY' oh shit! I never have cash I mean none nada zilch! Ten years ago there was loose talk of a imminent cashless society and I bought in..bought in real hard.

So now what? I have a large peach strawberry smoothie buzzing in the blender it costs $5 and I have 3 maybe...what to do? I tell the woman I have to run to the cash machine and I'll be right back. Well the cash machine is far from the smoothie hut, and I get there and find a lunch rush line 6 deep. WTF? I never use atms they are criminal, and here are people lined up to throw $2 away. So I stand in line and wait for the slowest atm in the greater southwest. As I stand there I wonder if when currency was first being used if there were merchants who held out and insisted on trade. Were there signs posted in ye olde shoppes that said 'NO GOLD PIECES, TRADE ONLY' Will you accept these two lovely gourds as payment for this smoothie? I briefly considered not going back to punish her for not accepting modern forms of payment, but it IS clearly posted and I'm just way too nice. Alas my turn comes, get my cash pay the $2 fee and run back to the lady and settle.

Smoothie $5
ATM fee $2
time spent 15 minutes
Being a total tool...priceless.

You can't take me anywhere.

Music- Kasabian ; ) M, the lovely new Doves single which is vaguely reminiscent of Heatwave, and Bloc Party.
Netflix-Strangers on a train

Sing when you're working

I so just bonded with the new marketing guy who is a 30 year Liverpool supporter. We did the secret handshake, told stories, and got real quiet when the Manc supporter walked by. I have a feeling there won't be much getting done next Tuesday afternoon.

Last night my brother came over and told me we had a large owl in our tree, it flew away before I could get a good look, but I was excited. One of the benefits of living near a green belt.

Loading my ipod is becoming an obsession.

in business

I would suggest that if I've given you my business card, you might want to spell my name correctly on any and all future correspondence.

When I get a nice proposal in the pretty little folders you know the type, and it's addressed to Robert Mentor I'm temped to bin it.

See you in the boardroom where someone will be fired.

Healthcare anger

My doctor has an in house lab and they are very good. They never have trouble finding my veins and it's pretty conveniently located. Unfortunately the blood tests I had last month would not be covered by my insurance if I had them done at my docs, so he sent me to Lab One. I effing hate these cattle call places. First I sat in the waiting room for 30 minutes then they tried and failed to find a vein four times. After getting stuck four times I started to get light headed and uncomfortable, so fearing a 220 lb faint, they had me lay down for another 20 minutes. Finally on try number five they struck oil, and sent me on my way. All this was done in the name of having my insurance pay the bill.

So what comes in the mail yesterday?...wait for it.....you guessed it...a bill for $300 from Lab one. Nice!

When you arrive they go to great lengths to make certain they have all your insurance info, they even go so far as to photo copy the card front and back. WTF? It would appear for all the world like they bill indiscriminately and see who will just pay it. Well I can assure you I am not one of those people, I'm more of a letter writer.

I mean honestly if I were to pay for it I would have my doctors lab do the work in the first place.

IDOL

Last week I was warming up to Idol a bit as the remaining people seemed to have some talent, and they were for the most part singing good songs. Well last night I was reminded why I'm not a fan of this show. It was a capella night and here comes the oversinging, good gawd it was an hour of the national anthem oversing..I effing hate that 'style' Please bring back the musical accompaniment.


Music-Afterdark Paris

Love hangover

Thanks to all of you for making my birthday painless this year.

I even heard from my friend Michelle, which was a very nice surprise indeed. I was pretty sure she wrote me off a while ago.

I've come a long way baby. My current employer never has to tell me to 'tone down my air guitar playing' like the manager at Sound Warehouse told me circa 1985. To be fair I nailed that solo and I think he was jealous.

Once my dad fired me from his printing company because I insisted on wearing 'Frankie say relax don't do it' shirts.

Much better now thanks.

Lessons learned

In my early twenties I was approached by a man with a sob story about needing just a few more dollars to patch a tire. He sounded sincere, and I was a bit naive, so I 'loaned' him 10 bucks and he took my address with the promise that he would mail me a check when he got back to Houston. The next day I found out my boy John had been hit up by the same guy with the same story. As I started to tell John about my kind gesture he interrupted 'you mean Homer?..erm yes I replied..oh that guy hit me up for money yesterday too.

Oh....so I guess there's no need to check my mail box for that check huh?


Today on this my 38th birthday, outside a restaurant at lunch a guy came up to me with the exact same rap....this time I said no thanks I fell for this in my 20s.

Now if you need me to give you $100 so you can get your fortune out of Nigeria I'm in.

I'm feeling the love

Got birthday wishes from my insurance agent, defensive driving.com (noticing a trend here) Amumni.net, sports radio 1310 the ticket.

I wonder if you can still get a free sunday at Dennys on your bday?

Shout out to my friend

Who asked to remain nameless.

This friend was sent off in only her third ever soccer match. This nameless million dollar baby came up swinging after getting sucker punched by a 6 foot woman, and was shown the red card. This is too funny!

I played for over a decade, and was only sent off once (two yellows) so this is so amusing to me.

I only wish Liverpool had shown that level of fire on Saturday.

You know that's the kind of spirit Liverpool haven't had since Razor Rudduck moved on. I like it, the girls got spunk!

38

Ok I'm thirty effing eight...I embrace this...sort of....not gonna lie about it.


First songs put in my ipod? Lonely Bull Herb Alpert and Tijuana brass, Golden touch Razorlight, Golden Lady Stevie Wonder.

First full album? Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch.

I love Ipod, now I need that thingy that plays it in my car.

I hate those little candy hearts that look and taste like chalk, you know the ones with cute expressions like 'suck it' on them...charming.

Time to start lying about my age

How did ya do it?
well she said smoke and mirrors, anything for love anything for love'-thrills

Yeah today I turn 29 finally, 30 is right around the corner I can't believe it.


LeAnn Rhimes has bravely come forward about here 'lifelong battle with eczema' This at a time when she is so busy making bad Dr. Pepper commercials and promoting her new record. This is such a selfless sacrifice to come forward in this way.


I kept two traditions alive this year, not watching the pro bowl and not watching the grammys.

I'm pretty excited about my Ipod, now if I can just figure out to use it.


I didn't take today off even though I get a birthday floating holiday cause there is too much to do. So today the weather is supposed to be effing 78 and sunny. Errr great call to work huh? Maybe I'll take President's Day or Flag day instead.


Netflix-Weather underground
Music-Sander Kleinberg
Book-Cherries in the snow

.MU

Click on the above if you are curious about the .MU question from yesterday, and no it's not the Mizzou Tigers.

Thanks TAM!

it feels so good to be back here at the dexter lake club

My mom; I'm gonna leave your present in your backyard'
me 'uh okay you sure you don't wanna stop by when we're home?
mom 'no honey there's no time and I know you're busy..I'll just drop it off'
me (realizing it pointless to push this any more) 'okay mom thanks'


My mother doesn't need to give me gifts anymore, I would prefer she just come over for a while, but it appears she has the opposite view.

The truth is I fear gifts from my mother. Not sure my mom has hit on a gift for me since I outgrew Star Wars figures (aw who am I kidding I haven't outgrown Star Wars figures) okay since it became too awkward for people to give me toys. She seems to give gifts to the son she wishes she had rather than the one she's got. My mother is big into camping and outdoorsy stuff, I am certainly not. My mother feels like she can show me the light, so she always gives me gifts that you might give a hunter. I'm not the boy in the bubble mind, I like a nice hike if it's scenic, or I'll even fish a little on occasion but in general I'm not out there. This bike idea is the closest I've come in a long while.

So what will I find on my back porch today? cammo gear? a minnow bucket? Buck knife? I just hope it comes with a gift receipt.

Music-Junior boys
Netflix-Dial M for Murder
Book (yeah remember those) Polysyllabic Spree

The Apprentice

John looks less like Vince Vaughn each week.
Kristen lost the Castro hat but went with the Cheap Trick dream police hat WTF?

These groups are not very sharp are they? Neither team asked the simple yet crucial questions last night. What is my product? and who is my customer? If they had they would've known that that Dove BODY wash is a product aimed largely at WOMEN and for use on one's body. So why did both teams have men as the focus? And why was the jogger using the wash on his face? As for the other team the gay innuendo wasn't as big a problem as sexualizing the product, any idiot could tell you the client would want to steer clear of such tacky imagery.

Both teams were shockingly bad, but how no one was fired from the softcore porn shoot I'll never know.

I'm starting to dislike that Cat Power looking girl Erin.

Can we talk? (caution bitterness rising)

'Candy apples stick to your fingers, cotton candy gets in your hair'-Pat Shannon


I need you to know how much I hate Valentine's day. It's the epitome of a forced Hallmark holiday based on nothing. I despise the compulsory gift giving and the Jedi guilt trip ads that would have you believe true love (whatever that is) has a very high price tag. Diamonds new cars, etc gimme a break. For a man to sit through Victoria's secret ads every year knowing that there are five years worth of lingerie still in like new condition sitting in a drawer somewhere is upsetting. Candy, cards, roses you can keep the lot of it, wake me when it's over. The idea that someone might be doing this romantic gesture simply because the calendar demands it is ridiculous. I've never wanted someone to feel like they SHOULD sleep with me or worse that they HAVE to. The fact that it's my effing birthday is beside the point....I think.

Have a nice day.

Get you filthy hands off my desert

There seems to be a contest in Dallas to see who can have the most magnetic 'support our troops' ribbons on their car. I was behind a 4 runner today that had six!

Trying to eat right is tough, we live in a very unhealthy food culture. Often the cheapest, quickest and best tasting options are really bad for you.


I suspect American Idol is gonna spring a group on us soon, maybe not this season but soon. Yes I've started warming up to the show a bit, if only cause my kid likes it.

I know about .com .net .org .biz .edu, but what is .MU?

Music- Athlete Tourist

Reunion

I received my first piece of high school reunion related mail. 20 years! My graduating class was just under 1300 students and let's just say I wasn't the most popular kid. I was pimping new wave hard when most seemed pretty content with Phil Collins. I skipped my ten year reunion largely because when you graduate with 1300 other kids you don't know most of them it's just a numbers game. There are a handful of people I'd like to see, but I'm thinking that isn't the environment to see them.

Who am I kidding I went to a yuppie school with kids literally driving BMWs to school, while I was sporting the more refined 68 Buick. I didn't fit in then, and I suspect I wouldn't fit in now. And the satisfaction I might get from seeing how much better I look than most of those clowns doesn't seem like a very Zen way to roll.

So I think I'll take a pass, of course I have til July to change my mind.

Wednesday

All my Chinese suppliers should be good and drunk about now, which will hopefully mean it's gonna get quiet around here.

I'm so gonna get a bike. There are these great trails near my house and I've been missing out.


Ten minutes after my blog entry about Amazing race last night, racer Adam was heard shouting at the the JAL ticket person 'You are mean and cold, do you know what mean means?

Music is from the terrific Amy Winehouse.

Amazing Race

What an arrogant show.

We send American models to the world's holiest and most historically significant places, and have them run around and push through.

'I totally had to push through those monks to get to that shrine thingy or whatever. Don't these people understand this is a race for television? I'm sooo getting a zit'

New road uniforms

By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer

'FORT STEWART, Ga. - Army soldiers are being issued new fatigues with easy-to-use Velcro openings and a redesigned camouflage pattern that can help conceal them as they move rapidly from desert to forest to city in places like Baghdad.'


We need these before we get to the really tough part of our schedule, with trips to Syria and Iran.

Now if we only had armor on our vehicles...

BS

My Yahoo horoscope is always wrong;

'For once, the rest of the world just so happens to be on the same page as you are. Everyone you talk with is eager -- actually eager -- to hear what you have to say. That includes your political ideas, your unconventional solutions to world problems and your nontraditional thoughts about topics that aren't ever discussed around the dinner table. Nice, huh? Well, enjoy it. It won't last forever, but you'll get a taste of what heaven will be like.'

This on a day when I can think of nothing to blog, and a friend stopped me very quickly with the remark 'let's not talk about politics'

When you gonna run to me

I'm sure this will get me torched by you lot, but I'd like to go to Billy Bob's tonight to see the lovely miss Lee Ann Womack.

She's right purdy.

up sell you robots!

I love how companies work in their up sell or pitch no matter what.

Sprint "how may I help you?
Me ' I can't get my payment to go through online'
Sprint 'I'll get you through to accounts they can help you'
Me 'ok'
Sprint 'did you know that if you add a phone you can get a free upgrade.....

Great that would be two phones I can't get the website to accept payment for!


UPS 'how may I help you'
me 'I need to file a claim for a missing package'
ffwrd to the end of the conversation;
UPS 'thank you for calling UPS'

Well I kinda had to since you are the guys who lost the box!


It's like shouting fire! in a crowded theatre, and the kid at the counter says 'you know for just a quarter more you can get the large and it's nearly twice as much soda'

Puffy wasn't driving!

I do get annoyed at little things in commercials. The Pepsi commercial where everyone says 'look what puffy's driving' he got out of the passenger side! WTF? Plus it violates my 'less Carson Daily is more' mantra.

This year's crop was really weak. The Burt Reynolds Fed Ex wasn't terrible..once, and erm....that's it apart from Godaddy or bigdaddy or whatever it was.

Busy weekend

My depressing Friday night Netflix choices continued for a third straight week. Bus 174 was a downer, as were Shanghai Ghetto, and Murder on a Sunday morning before. I may need to lighten up.

I'm now going to try and eat right...for real. I may even need to start going to Whole foods, since my Albertson's seems to have peanut butter cups on every aisle. Seriously if you take every high fat, high sugar, high sodium item out of the mix the store gets a lot smaller.

Saturday I took the kid to see the Harlem Globetrotters. As a kid this was captivating for me, they were the coolest and best basketball team in the world. My son's reaction...uh not so much. His interest level lasted exactly as long as his nachos and cotton candy. We left at half time, I couldn't play the heavy on the kid since it wasn't his idea to go in the first place. My kid hates all sports with the possible exception of golf, and the trotters were just too much like sport. So we stopped at the Virgin Megastore on the way home, and we were both pretty happy with that.

Liverpool 3 Fullham 1


The Eagles had their chances, but in the end the Pats did what they do so well in finding a way to win. The Pats are so good they can win even when they don't play very well.

Good to be back at work so I can rest.

R

Friday

Theologians they don't know nothing about my soul, about my soul
I'm an ocean, abyss in motion
slow motion, slow motion-Wilco


My name is Nigel Tufnel.

I made a mistake (rare I know) and got us an 11" hose instead of 11' (what would Freud say?) When you are expecting 11 feet and you get 11 inches it's laughable. The damage was only $10, and we got to make Spinal Tap jokes, so all is well.


Music-Thirteen senses, Lemon Jelly
Netflix-Osterman Weekend, Bus 187

R

mackin'

Shake your ass
Watch yourself

My horoscope says I'm mackin'

It's in the stars, I need to send Emma Bunton a pajamagram for Valentine's day.


-All those rumors about your sign being cold, aloof and detached? Untrue. Totally untrue. The stuff about you being objective, impartial and incapable of prejudice? Absolutely true. You're about to prove all that and more to anyone who's willing to listen, and even to some who won't be. You're in the mood for romance. And while your style of wooing doesn't usually involve a Hallmark card or a dozen roses, whoever you're working your magic on won't soon forget it.-

YNWA

Get this...Our company is tiny. We have like 60 employees and half of them work on the production floor.

So I was thrilled to learn that our new Marketing guy is from Liverpool and ...wait for it... supports the reds. I was just sure he was going to be a blueblood for some reason.

Finally we've hired some real brains around here.


Liverbird upon my chest
R

I will not

I will not blog about how awful the State of the union pep rally was.
I will not blog about how the search for WMD and Saddam's 'imminent threat' turned into Iraqi freedom.
I will not blog about Bush saying 'protect marriage' when he means 'keep gays from having the right to marry'
I will not blog about the irony of this President talking about 'fiscal responsibility'
I won't blog about how that Iraqi woman is a ringer for Monica Lewinsky.
I won't comment on Halliburton's dealing with Iran.

I'm not going to bitch about that, cause who cares right? It should be plainly obvious to anyone paying attention.


Music-Joss Stone (yes really)

R

Geto Boys

Click on the above link for genius!

Home again

Today I'm sitting at home with a sick kid who isn't acting very sick. So we are both bouncing off the walls.

This really sucks.

R

The Irving mall is a dump

I'm calling for the closure of the Irving mall at this hour.

I went there at lunch to try and accomplish two very simple tasks.

1. Purchase the Ray DVD from Circuit city
2. Get two shirts on the same receipt for my cleaners to reimburse.

Easy right? ...Wrong.

Foleys didn't have my size in any of the shirts I liked, and they suggested I try Dillards. Dillards looked like a hurricane had ripped through there and I was actually relieved when none of the 500 employees offered to help me or even acknowledged my existence, because I was ready to leave when I saw the state of the place.

Okay well forget that for now let's grab Ray and jet. Circuit city was sold out of Ray. Mind you it's 1:30 on the release date, they open at 10. Did you not think a few people might be interested in this one? WTF?

So up the road 1/2 mile to Best Buy where I got to pick one of at least two hundred copies of the Ray DVD for only one dollar more than CC.

Circuit City I'll see you in the board room and somebody will be fired.

Why oh why do I ever buy anything besides gas at brick and mortars? My way in this world is buying such things online in a the hassle free environment of cyber space.

Peace in our time

My dry cleaners have agreed to my terms. I get two new shirts of my choosing, and the Sudetenland in the south of Czechoslovakia.


I didn't even have to ask, let alone rattle my sabre.

Cowankers

Flanders- 'pizza?
me- erm huh? (my mind races..is today another one of those compulsory feel good lunch parties where we order terrible pizza, and all end up going back to our offices to eat alone)
'we're getting people to go in on ordering a pizza'
'oh uh, I got a thing today, but thanks anyway'
'oooohhhh kay' (said as if to suggest I've just passed on the winning lotto ticket)

Going in on that pizza would mean eating lunch with those accounting tools..no thanks. I'll stick with the Purchasing and Engineering tools I've come to love so well.

Tuesday

You say my time here has been some sort of joke
That I've been messin' around
Some sort of incubating period for when I really come around
But I'm crackin' up
And you have no idea
No idea how it feels to be on your own
In your own home, with the fucking phone
And the mother of gloom in your bedroom
Standing over your head
With her hand in your head
I will not pretend
I will not put on a smile
I will not say I'm alright for you
When all I wanted was to be good
To do everything in truth

-Martha Wainwright 'Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole'
I played this song six times in a row on the way in to work. It's highly recommended.

Out local news love to tease stories that you simply cannot ignore.

"Your weenie is shrinking, find out how to prevent it tonight at ten"

Last night was the obligatory winter weather advisory. The local meteorologists all warned of snow and roadway hazards only to later explain that it would indeed only be getting down to about 35F tonight and therefore would not accumulate. WTF?

There is no real threat on hazardous driving conditions tonight, unless they have the low temp wrong by quite a bit.


Music-'Snow day' by Matt Pond PA (naturally) The aforementioned Martha Wainwright, and Lemon Jelly.