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| Look beyond your preacher, sonny boy |
| 12.31.04 (1:58 pm) [edit] |
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I sometimes enjoy debating with the overly religious types.
Oh, I don't debate about the existance of god or gods, or what religion is correct. The first is a personal matter of spirituality, the latter does as much good as pissing in the wind.
However, I do love to debate the misconceptions, misinformation, and sometimes outright stupidity of some of these types. Here is an example from a news group type thing I post at sometimes. The topic is religious displays in government buildings:
Religious person: However organization such as the ACLU are openly trying to remove freedom of religion on the grounds that not everyone believes it.
Me: Really now?
From the ACLU's website..." The right of each and every American to practice his or her own religion, or no religion at all, is among the most fundamental of the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The Constitution's framers understood very well that religious liberty can flourish only if the government leaves religion alone.
The free exercise clause of the First Amendment guarantees the right to practice one's religion free of government interference. The establishment clause requires the separation of church and state. Combined, they ensure religious liberty. Yet assaults on the freedom to believe continue, both in Washington and in state legislatures around the country.
The ACLU will continue working to ensure that religious liberty is protected by keeping the government out of the religion business. Use the resources on this page to learn more and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans by the Bill of Rights. Our latest news releases are listed to the left; actions you can take now are listed to the right, along with additional resources. The most recent religious liberty features are included directly below.
Hmmm... I even went over the ACLU's mission statement. I must have missed the part where they are 'openly trying to remove religion'. In fact, the ACLU has been one of the most vigulant people in helping to PROTECT people's religious freedoms, working with several people of ALL faiths who have been percecuted for their beliefs to get justice in the courts.
Don't believe me?
Then check it out for yourself
Religious person (a little later, after discussion of government employees making religious statements while on duty): Perhaps it would interest you to know that I am a Government employee? I have been in the Army Reserves for almost 19 years. Did you know that there is a regulation that states that military personel must be given the right to practice religious beliefs? That of course includes all religions, but as you stated he or she should not do it as part of the Government?
My damn Gnomey self: Yes, I am aware of that regulation. I know it is supposed to apply to all religions. However, that has not always been the case in practice In fact, the latest court case was won by a Wiccan who wanted religious freedom on base and she was discriminated against! Lucky for her, those religion haters at the ACLU were there to sue the military to force them to allow her to openly practice her faith on base.
Um....
Its kinda sad. People like this will piss and moan if the ACLU defends anyone of any other faith, while ignoring the times the ACLU went to bat for Christianity. Or perhaps the times the ACLU defended their beliefs were more justified.
Perhaps all religions are equal... but some are more equal than others...
Recently, someone else email me a bunch of counters on a similar topic at another site, starting many paragraphs with "Preacher says..."
Woah. Stop right there. If your argument is based on, or starts with phrase "preacher says," you better resign the game. If all one can do is unquestioningly regurgitate what has been spoonfed to them in church, then their faith has done them a great disservice, and their quest for whatever "facts" they were seeking every Sunday morning has not lead them anywhere productive.
But then again, the power of any organized religion comes from unquestioning devotion of its followers. The fewer questions one asks, the better of a follower they are. A preacher would rather lead a crowd of drones than discuss issues with a handful of skeptics. Mindless obediance puts asses in the pews and money in the collection plate.
Think about it. Ever wonder why church leaders, or at least the ones of several Christian and Jewish churches, like to refer to their followers as "sheep"...
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| Freeway furniture |
| 12.30.04 (4:51 pm) [edit] |
Three days ago, I noticed that someone had lost a part of their entertainment center in the island of the expressway.
Its still there.
And would match my living room perfectly, assuming its not broken.
How long should it be left there before it is considered "abandoned?"
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| Another sick day |
| 12.29.04 (1:36 pm) [edit] |
Another day, another sick tot.
Actually, he has gone quite a bit of time without being sick. So a little bit of cough-fever-sleep all day is probably long overdue.
Its cute... he insisted that I let him nap by his train set in the living room. So I set up a pillow there and tucked him in, so cute!
Anyway, I gotta get the apartment cleaned up.
Quietly, of course.
Current Mood: :shock:
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| The Canadian Civil War |
| 12.28.04 (7:31 am) [edit] |
*walks cautiously into the Tblog Arena*
*Thumps the wall, looking for a colapse*
Ok... I think its safe. The last couple of days, everytime I tried to post, I got the "Tblog blows monkey ass and has crashed again" message. But, when it comes to blogs, I am fairly comfy here, so I just roll with the punches.
Anyway, sent a Canadian friend of mine some info out of one of the Canadian blogger's blog about the Prime Minister of... some eastern Province taking down the Canadian flag at all government buildings until the Feds give them a bigger share of the mineral rights money or something like that. I told my friend in the email that there would be a civil war in Canada now... since Canadians don't get pissed off at each other about much of anything (well, except Quebec but they don't count), and if they ARE pissed off... well, that could mean the end. The balloon would go up, and rivers of Canadian blood would flow south as Canadians fight each other.... Brother against Brother, Hoser against Hoser, Blue Jays Fan vs. Former Expos Fan.
Assuming that there were any Expos fans....
The US, being oppertunistic, would be there to sell WMD to both sides... which in a Canadian civil war, I suppose WMD would be either atomic hockey sticks... or industrial strength hair dryers to melt the ice under the opponents feet.
And when the Canadian Calvary rides into battle on their mooses and face the batallions of blood thirsty Rebel beavers, the carnage will be unlike anything seen in Canada since... um... well... that time at Target in Vancouver when two old ladies fought over the last canned ham.
I told my friend that if he believes in whatever god or gods Canadians pray to, he better start praying now...
Well, I have not heard from my pal for several days. I was worried that maybe a Canadian Civil War had started already and all lines of communication were dropped. I mean... a war in Canada wouldn't make the network news. And unless there was room to fill in the back of the Lifestyles section of the newspaper, I might never hear about it. However, my pal the Canadian came on AIM earlier. Here was out conversation:
Me: So, have you prepared for the Canadian Civil War yet?
Him: yup... I have a full stock of snowballs... I hope it doesn't last through summer.
Me: You Canadians are animals, fighting in the winter.
Him: Oh no! A flash!
Me: Oh no! They didn't use the C-Bomb, did they? (an inside joke about canadian nuclear weapons)
Him: I am afraid so... yes. I see it. The ugly hockey stick shaped mushroom cloud.
Me: The war must be close. Canadian nuclear weapons are weak. The last report I read said that a Canadian mushroom cloud could only get up to around 20 feet in the air.
Him: Nope. We stole some Yukon technology. Now the weapons can destroy at least 30 square meters, and the clouds can make it up to an altitude of about 50 meters.
Me: Damn you and your evil Canadian measurement system. Put the terms in English, man!
Him: Oh crap, I think the army is in my driveway, disguised as a postal worker. I am off to my shelter! (signs off)
Let us pray for his safety, and the safety of all the Canadian people if a civil war has indeed broken out north of the border....
Current Mood: :cry:
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| Pour out a little liquor |
| 12.25.04 (12:57 pm) [edit] |
I think its time to take a moment to remember the truest victums of the commercialization of the season... the people who have to work on Xmas day.
I have been there. I worked one Xmas day in a movie theater one year. It was a mandatory day for all employees. We were assfucked much like we were a woman accidentally assigned to a mans prison. Most conversations went like this:
They started with either
A. "WELL HELLO THERE, I Hope you are having a joyful Christmas!"
or
B. "Gee, must suck to have to work on Christmas, huh? Glad I don't!"
Then as they ordered their snacks, almost all conversations got to this point:
Dipshit: "What do you mean butter is extra?"
Employee: "I'm sorry, if you want butter, its 25 cents."
Dipshit: "It doesn't say that on your sign!"
Employee walks over to sign and points to large add on that says "ADD BUTTER FOR A QUARTER!"
Dipshit: "But come on, you don't need to charge for butter! Its Christmas!
Employee: "Yes, its Christmas, and I am working. Butter is twenty-five cents extra. Would you like some?"
Dipshit: "*insert some sort of profanity or insult here as they pay*"
Dipshit: "Have a Merry Christmas!"
Employee to self: "Like you really mean that, jackass."
Anywho, exchange the forum (movie theater) with any of the places open today (video rental places, IHOP, pizza places)... and exhange the complaint (the price of butter) with all the petty shit people would bitch about at those places... only multiply it by 500 because people somehow expect extra special treatment from the slaves working for them today... and you get the idea of the absolute shit the people working today are going thru.
I don't know... the worst part of it all really isn't the fake ass holiday well wishes. Back when I was younger, I was always hacked off by the hypocracy of all the people who went to places that are open on Xmas. These are typically the ones who always go off on the importance of family being together on the holidays and shit... and the importance of people having days off to just relax.... yet, they still expect you to jump when they drag their family into a restaurant on Xmas day. They are the ones who drive to the Walmart Supercenter or McDonalds and get pissed off that those places are closed today and they can't have some barely above minimum wage lackey cater to their whims.
That hypocracy used to get to me. Now I think what bothers me more is that the majority of people who work today work in barely above minimum wage jobs... demaning jobs sometimes... jobs where the store's never close. Oh, the CEO sure as hell isn't working today. Most likely the store manager isn't working either. But they are still making money off the folks who DO have to work. Shove all the religion and family shit up your ass if thats your thing... for me, the priciple of having Xmas off is more about just having a day off. A day off that everyone else has off, more specificly. Especually in jobs where you are open on weekends, dealing with all the people who think they are better than you because they have M-F, 9-5 jobs.
I could go on and on, but keep those people who are not lucky enough to have today off in mind as you relax and enjoy your day.
Current Mood: :idea:
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| I dont care |
| 12.24.04 (6:45 pm) [edit] |
The only reason all the xmas crap is still up is for the benifit of my kid.
Perhaps its being alone for the first xmas in like 6 or 7 years. Perhaps its all the "christians" pissing and moaning about the "meaning" of the whole damn holiday season and how everything from December 1 thru the 31st revolves around them. Perhaps its seeing the ugly side of people again by working in retail during xmas for the first time in years.
Perhaps the magic is just gone.
Perhaps its all part of being alone on a day that is supposed to mean something... but I really really don't see what.
Oh well. It took all my will power to keep the xmas stuff up today. I imagine it won't make it until the end of xmas day before I take it down.
Which will be a record for me. I typically leave it up for weeks. But for some reason... its just not as pretty. Its not as important. Its just... clutter.
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| Don't sleep and drive |
| 12.22.04 (6:34 pm) [edit] |
So I was washing and drying my coat since the oral surgeon told me that it stunk... yah, he is the master of tact, apparently.
Well, I pull the coat out of the dryer. OH MY! It is nice and warm. I put it on. Oh yah. Suddenly, I was really tired. So I lay down on the couch for a "quick" nap.
Two hours later, I wake with a start. I have to run and get the kid! So in sleep drunk fashion, I walk right up to the door, open it, and step outside into 9 degree weather in boxers and a coat... and nothing else.
HELLO!
I am awake now!
So I figured I would come back in, blog, get dressed, and try this picking up the tot stuff again....
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| A bit of humor for the day |
| 12.22.04 (7:55 am) [edit] |
A couple of bits of humor to get you thru a long, cold day.
Political Humor:
President Bush and Rumsfeld are sitting in a bar.
A guy walks in and asks the barman, "Isn't that Bush and Rumsfeld sitting over there?"
The barman says, "Yep, that's them."
So the guy walks over and says, "Wow, this is a real honor! What are you guys doing in here?"
Bush says, "We're planning WW III."
And the guy says, "Really? What's going to happen?"
Bush says, "Well, we're going to kill 140 million Muslims this time and one blonde with big tits."
The guy exclaimed, "A blonde with big tits? Why kill a blonde with big tits?"
Bush turns to Rumsfeld and says, "See, I told you no one would worry about the 140 million Muslims."
*rimshot*
And now, a link to some non political humor. Dont worry. Nothing outright dirty in this... and thats what really makes it really funny!
http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html" title="http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html" target="_blank"http://rainbow.arch.scriptman...
I am gonna play it a few more times, waiting to see if I get called into work today. If I do get called in... I can use all the joy I can get before dealing with the holiday shopping assfuckers.
Current Mood: :D
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| No rabies here! |
| 12.21.04 (5:53 pm) [edit] |
Well, after a long absence, I was finally able to go to the doctor for a checkup today. I also tracked down my shot record... and after comparing it to the tot's I felt very underprotected. Heck, I think they immunize kids against bad breath and too much sun... he has so many shots compared to me.
Well, overall I am in pretty good health. I got a booster on my tetnus, and they decided to start me on a Hep B vacination series because I am going to be a teacher. I was hoping for an anthrax or some other cool immunization shot, but they don't do the exotic shots.
But yah... I have all my shots, baby. So now I won't foam at the mouth... much. :D
Talked to the ex... she is trying to get her man to allow her to send some gifts for the tot. It will all depend on his mood today, she says. Yippie.
Other than that, I am just waiting for the snow that is forcast to hit tonight. Sweet!
Current mood: :)
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| A little charity for alot of your soul |
| 12.19.04 (3:32 pm) [edit] |
A couple of years ago, in the beginning of the era of "compassionate conservitism", the city and county governments turned over the annual Xmas toy drive for the poor to a local church group.
And keep in mind, when I say church group, I mean a group of large protestant and evangelical churches. Catholics and non Christians are not allowed to play.
But they are the ones who run the show now, thanks to some string pulling of the local GOP... and from the people who I knew who did it before and after the switch, they said that the change was for the worse.
This year, I was poor enough to experience the change for myself.
Oh, the process still starts the same. You go in and supply proof in income and citizenship. And they work with Toys for Tots... but thats where the simularities end.
When the city ran it, you could apply for up to a month at two or three city offices. With the church group running it, you had to apply in one week at a shopping center in B.F.E. And interestingly, one of the questions asked what church you attended.
Gee, they didn't seem to happy when I told them I did not attend any.
Anywho, before, people were entered into a database, and were told to bring picture ID to the "shopping events." The churches take your address (that way, they can solicit you for money throughout the year), and then if you qualify, they send you a snarky letter (perhaps if you go to church the letter is not as snarky?) that you need to take in the origional envelope...since poor people are all theives and liars... to the one day event.
Yes. One day event.
Before, the "shopping" happened over two or three weekends all over the county... so as many people as possible can get to them. The church group does one day, 6 hours on a Saturday... after all, poor people are poor because they don't work on Saturdays *wink*.
Well, I decided to go on my lunch break FROM WORK to the event. When I got to the event, the parking lot of this normally dead shopping center was packed full. So, after parking illegally in the outer fire lane with about 10 other cars, I go inside the center.
I shit you not... there were THOUSANDS of people in this mini-mall. Basicly, this church group had snatched up several of the toy drives from the surrounding counties as well... and decided to do it all at once, all in one location.
I pondered this... this church organization is made up of some of the biggest protestant mega-churches in the area. Certainly, they couldn't be hurting for locations or for volunteers.
Then I saw it. To start your oddesy to get into the "toy store", you had to file past several performers. Some of whom were doing religious skits. Others were trying to lead bible chats... which I am sure goes over really really well with people in a two hour que.
Yes. A TWO HOUR QUE.
And then after that, you get to go take a number and wait at the front of the store, where more people were talking about all the wonders of their verson of God. That que was about 20 minutes.
Plenty of time to "minister"
And according to my letter, if you are not inside the store at 3pm, they will force you to leave. And from the rumors I have heard, the police show up promtly at 3.
Now I see why they included a statement in the letter that said the mall did NOT allow people to camp out overnight outside.
This really turns my stomach. Some bunch or religious jackass mother fuckers have turned an oppertunity to help the community that was fairly well ran into an oppertunity to try to cram their version of religion down people's throats... and do it while truely disadvantaged people wait in line to try to make their childrens lives better.
And I know what will happen. People will write in complaining to the newspaper, either about the lines or the religious bullshit... it happens every year... and the director of the church group will do her yearly "we do our best to help people, and one way to do that is to minister to them while they wait for their toys that we worked sooo hard to get" letter. Then the editorial staff, which includes a couple of people who are heavy into one of the large Baptist churches in the church group, will sing their praises and bash any "ungratefuls" who don't appriciate the church groups message and efforts.
And life goes on.
And my kid still won't have many, if any, toys for Xmas.
I ended up leaving shortly after I got there, after I enquired about the wait. My lunch was only an hour, and I would like to keep my job so I can pay my rent next month.
Oh sure, that church group ironiclly offers rental assistance to the poor. All you have to do is attend a couple of church services at the closest member church to establish "residency", and then continue to attend to keep getting any assistance in the future.... you get the idea.
This... my friends... is the ugliness of "Compassionate Conservitism" at the local level. Why on earth would we want this shit at the national level?
But beyond the political stuff... this manipulation and toying with people by a church group is fucking sickening.
I have spent the past day or two reflecting on it, and I am reevaluating the role of religion in society and the legitimacy of certain faiths. I expect it to be a process... I have been doing it for a long time.... but this experience may be the straw that breaks the camels back.
Anywho, the kid is hungry. Tonight, its microwave tacos for dinner. Yummah!
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| Ok, dipshits... |
| 12.17.04 (5:57 pm) [edit] |
FYI to all the morons with an IQ of under 60 who don't understand simple history and simple grammar:
The founder of the Walmart chain was named Sam Walton.
The stores are called Walmart.
Not Walmart's.
There was never a Mr. Walmart. Thus, without that noun ever existing, you cannot use a posessive when saying the name of the fucking store.
That drives me fucking nuts. Dipshits wearing NASCAR jackets who come through my line talking to each other saying stupid shit like, "yah, after this we are goin to Walmart's to get some yeller budder."
It is not Walmart's. Its WALMART!
Ironicly, I have never heard anyone say they were going to KMart's... Perhaps the stupid people don't shop there...
Moving on... some random person left a bag of toddler clothes tied to my mailbox today, with a note that said "For your kid." Clothes from strangers. I can't decide if that is sweet or creepy. I mean, these are all used clothes. Did their kid have scurvy or lepracy, and they decided to give the clothes the kid wore to the dude in the apartment on the corner?
Ah well... I will wash them.... twice... and see what I want to do with them.
Finally, I have gotten five credit card offers from the same company in the past two weeks. I am tempted to apply, just to shut them up....
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| Xmas gift for the blonde in your life |
| 12.15.04 (8:14 am) [edit] |
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| A little more respect for others beliefs, please... |
| 12.14.04 (4:14 pm) [edit] |
There is this cashier where I work that I will admit I never liked. She is a half time supervisor, and like most people who only get a little taste of power, she lets that go to her head. In other words, she always thinks she is right.
Well, other times, she does regular cashiering. And all this holiday season, she has to end each transaction with "Merry Christmas"... which is damn annoying the 300th time a day you hear it, but anyway.
Knowing that she is little more than a lucky-to-have-made-it-thr ough-high-school-housewif e, I thought that I would point out to her that not everyone who shops at the store is a Christian, and that not every Christian likes having religion shoved in their face. She replied by going off on how Christ is the reason for the season blah blah blah and his birth on the 25th of December makes the world a better place... You know, the typical defence these bigots memorize ver betum from their preachers.
So I told her that there are several other holiday's this time of year, Hanuaka, EID, and the Solstice among others... but she replied with "Christmas started it all!"
Yah, I am sure the Jews agree with THAT one.
So I tried to tell her that not all Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25th... and she looked at me like a monkey doing a math problem.
Oye.
Yah, she is the kind of high quality people leading the "moral revolution" in this country. There is no openness to other peoples beliefs with people like her. Her way or the highway.... :roll:
Anywho, an hour or so later she was two registers over. I had customers in my line and so did she. She ended her transaction with a big "Merry Christmas y'all!" (Yah, she is a redneck to boot). The people in my line looked at her and one of them mumbled to the other that the cashier over there was an insensitive bitch. I glanced up, and saw a Star of David on one of their necklaces.
Well, being the helpful customer service oriented cashier I am, I appologized for the rudeness of the other cashier. The people in my line laughed and said they should complain. I told them that they should, but not to do it here... the manager of the store is a good ol' boy, and won't do anything. So I gave them a customer comment card that goes straight to the corporate office. I also gave them a piece of paper with the offending cashier's name and register number... just so they wouldn't forget. They took it and thanked me...
And I wished them a Happy Holiday season. And they smiled and wished me the same.
Heh heh heh. I hope they do file the complaint. Idealy, the bitch would get fired for not taking the beliefs of others into consideration... but I doubt that will happen. Most likely, she will get a lecture from the district manager who handles all the complaints that customers send in to the corporate office.
Remember people, the world does not revolve around Christianity. Only 1 in 7 people worldwide are baptised into that faith. And more importantly for you "put the Christ back into Christmas" nutballs, it does not revolve around [b][u]YOUR[/u][/b] idea of Christianity. Xmas does not occur on the 25th for all Christians... and many Christians celebrate it in a more quiet, not in everyones face manner. And lets not forget that there are Christians who in their spirituality do not celebrate it at all beyond the secular meaning it had developed over the years.
*update* As I was writting this blog, a friend of mine called me from work during her break. The previous events happened monday. Today (which I didn't work) at the morning meeting, the district manager gave the crew a ten minute lecutre about the importance of recognizing cultural diversity among our customers, and respecting the fact that not everyone shops in our store for Xmas stuff... and that we should address customers with our typical generic greetings, or with "Happy Holidays."
Let us pray that the message of diversity and respect sunk in. After all, being openhearted to new ideas and being kind to others is what this season is all about.
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| Santa's wife is a whore |
| 12.12.04 (6:06 pm) [edit] |
So I take the tot to the near dead mall for Santa pics, right? I take him to this mall because its dead, and the pictures are cheaper.
Well, this year there is some old lady dressed like Mrs. Claus taking the pics. No problem... I get the kid on the jolly fat man's lap, and after some coaxing, we get a good pic.
I decide that I want two poses in four wallets. Mrs. Claus has never tried that, but she would see what she could do. Since it was an old lady running a computer, I didn't have much faith, but hey, this is SANTA'S WIFE... surely she could do it.
Well, ten minutes later, the printouts are messed up. They are scruntched together, and they are out of focus. Apparently, she can't do it. So she says she will do a printout of one pose, and throw in the messed up ones for free.
Well, ten minutes after that, I get my printouts. They are printed straight. But still blury as hell. I shouldn't have paid for them....
I mean, I am one who will go toe to toe with a McDonalds manager over how many fries should go in a fry box... but for some reason, I could not argue with Santa's wife. Plus, I had been at work for 9 hours before dragging him to the mall... I was tired and not really there.... So I said fuck it and I bought the shitty pics.
Go to the shitty mall, get shitty pics. A lesson learned I figure.
I know I am dissing these pics alot, but its true, they are shit. Blurry shit. These are precious memories of precious times, and blurry shit will not due! So I will go to the other mall and get new pics taken this week. I know the other mall can actually focus their camera.
As for the shit pics... I will probably send them to the ex wife. lol!
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| The begging season |
| 12.10.04 (5:35 pm) [edit] |
Its beg-a-thon time on the local PBS station. The time when Barney puts a gun to a first graders head, and says that it will be "Super-de-duper" if he didn't have to blow the kids brains out because you don't send in a pledge.
Right now, they have some odd show by some health guru on. And the gifts are connected to the art dude. For a 90 dollar pledge, you can get a 15 dollar pamplet. For a 180 dollar pledge, you get the pamplet signed by the dude. For a 250 dollar pledge, you get the pamplet AND some cheap Kmart blender... although they say its a special health food smoothie maker.
I remember when they used to show the phone bank, and the phones were slow, I used to call them, wait for the phone to ring from my call, have them all get excited... then hang up. Then repeat, over and over. lol!
Aw well. The Salvation Army is outside of every store ringing their bells. I have gotten two letters from different charaties asking for money. There is an "angel tree" in the student union. Heck, even the local Catholic schools are asking for money.
Tis the seaon to beg for cash... fa-la-la-la-la.....
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| Is EID Santa's day off? |
| 12.08.04 (3:54 pm) [edit] |
Well, on my day off, I had a meeting with the wonderful public schools to see what kind of services they can offer my kid. Naturallly, this meeting is really just to schedule more meetings, but hey, its a start.
After the meeting, went to the post office to get stamps for the holiday rush. I was delighted to see that they were selling, among other holiday stamps, EID stamps at our post office. EID, from what I understand, is an Islamic holiday of thanksgiving after Ramadan. The stamps have a really pretty design, and since I like to give the finger to the traditionalist holiday athmosphere around here, I bought two sheets of those stamps to use.
Maybe next year the post office will be open minded enough to include Solstice stamps.
Of course, I am not holding my breath for that...
As I was filling out some information, some lady was oooohing and awwwing my stamps and asked what they meant. When I told her, the smile dropped off her face, and she just replied with an "Oh", and walked off.
See lady, you looked at something Islamic and didn't burst into flames. Perhaps you better go ask your preacher to change his story... lol!
After the post office, I decided it was time for Santa pics. I went to the half dead mall, hoping that the lines would be short and the prices would be cheaper.
Since this was the half dead mall, of course Santa would not be there! In fact, his days off are, ironicly, MY days off. So its either sneak out of something to get the pic done, or bend over and take it up the ass like a fresh fish in the prison shower at the other mall in town.
Ho ho ho....
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| More common sence, please... |
| 12.07.04 (7:36 pm) [edit] |
Thought of the day: When you are changing your kids shit filled diaper, do NOT scratch your head, no matter how much it itches. Oye....
A nice hot shower later, my hair is clean and the kid is tucked into bed.
I turned in a bunch of stuff to one of my teachers over a week ago. After my shower, I see that she just emailed me back stating that some of it doesn't apply to the standards as she sees them.
Oh sure, I could have simply changed some wording. But instead, I decided to fire back a 12 paragraph email, quoting the standards, justifying my choice. It would have taken less time to simply change the shit around the way she wanted... but I was feeling fiesty.
We will see what comes of it. She is a self assured know-it-all when it comes to teaching, so I doubt her opinion will change. After all, she is the gift to education that we have all been waiting for....
But I am not the kind to go down without a fight.
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| 12.07.04 (9:07 am) [edit] |
Right now my computer teacher is going over the information on the final.
How? By going over the final and answering the questions one by one. SWEEEEEET.
I need to get 110 points out of the remaining 250 to get an A in this class. I am not too worried.
My other classes are looking to be in good shape as well. Its kind of a nice easy coasting end to my academic career... at least on this side of the desk in the classroom.
In other matters, there is a gal in this class that I have had a bit of an interest in. She is a little spunky hottie. To risk sounding like a pig, she has nice lips, and I always thought she could suck a good dick.
Again, I know that sounds pigish. First of all, I am a guy. Secondly, I am still in the rebound phase of post divorce recovery. And to be blunt, it has been awhile since I have gotten any female attention... so yah, there is going to be a bit of bluntness now and then in what I am looking for at that moment in time, or the only potential I see in a theoretical relationship. There are some gals that I could see a nice relationship developing with, others I am not sure what I could see... still others, all I would be interested in is just a booty call. Its all in theory, of course at this point...
And at this point, even the booty call's are just theoretical...
Anywho, she came in today with a muffler on. She wore it through the majority of class. She went up to the printer to get something, and her muffler fell down for awhile and she didnt notice. She has these large red welts in two or three spots on her lips.
Ahhhh...
I don't know if she sucks a good dick or not, but looks like she sucked the WRONG dick at some point.
Another reminder of one of the joys of dating again....
Anywho, gotta jet. Gotta do a "quiz" in this class now.
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| 12.06.04 (2:33 pm) [edit] |
Ok, I don't drink soda very often. I cut it out of my diet a few months back, and lost a bunch of weight. I am a water and juice person now.
However, there is no caffeine in water. Thus, I really dont have any in my system. Which is good.... or so I thought....
I got up at 5:15 this morning to finish a paper before work. I mowed through it alright. As I was getting ready for work, I decided to grab a Pepsi out of the fridge... I keep a few cans around for the sake of company.
I mean, somebody MIGHT come over someday, you never know....
Anywho, I figured that I got up early, and I might need the boost. So I stick the can in my pocket, and off I go.
So at work, I sipped away at the soda. And by 11, I was bouncing off the walls. I mean I was seriously buzzin. Damn, cafeine is good shit when you don't have a tolerance built up to it!
Of course, now I have hit the wall. Apparently, it hits you coming... then drags you down when it's going. I need a major motherfucker nap.
And thus, I shall take one.
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| Don't make me laugh |
| 12.03.04 (11:48 am) [edit] |
My supervisor came up and asked me if, when the summer comes, I would like to go full time.
In my head, I just laaaaaaaaaaaaaaughed...
But my answer was a resounding no.
Anyone who has worked in retail knows how rude and stupid customers are. Just today I had a guy who refused to push a lightweight cart about 2 feet so he could reach the credit card machine. Someone had to push the cart out of the way for him... and he still mumbled under his breath about having stuff in his way the whole time.
Then there was the lady who got pissed off because she had to wait three minutes for help. News flash, lady. Just because you drive a new Escalade doesn't mean the world revolves around you....
I could go on and on and on, but if you work it, you know what I am talking about.
Listening to people piss and moan for pennies an hour, 40 hours a week? Mr. Manager, I say no thanks.
Here's to hoping for that nice fat teaching job... At least the people in a high school are immature because they are... well.... teenagers... and not whiney "wipe my ass" middle class dipshits.
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| Wow I'm good, or an epitath to my previous post |
| 12.02.04 (12:43 pm) [edit] |
I took a photoshop class several years back. The object of the first project was to take an image make a signifigant change that would change the meaning of the picture, but do it so well that nobody would notice.
Well, we all did it, and one by one the teacher had us display them and the class would try to find the changes. The guy was a graphic artist... had been one for years, and from the whole class, my change was the only one that was substantial AND could not been seen. He said I should consider a career in graphic design, since I was good at photoshop.
Apparently, I am too good.
Read the blog entry before this one. Take a look at the picture. See the change?
I did it for humors sake... I saw the image on Yahoo, and thought it would be a riot. But I guess I was too good with my photoshopping that few got the joke. I got two comments and 6 Tmails from different folks telling me they didn't get it.
The post is about Canada's future. It has a picture of President Bush speaking in front of the Canadian flag. I changed "President" Bush to "Prime Minister" Bush (Canada has a Parliment).
It took a bit of playing to get my font to be as close to the Yahoo font as it is. Yahoo does some funky shit with their ledding. Along with alignment of the text... that was a quick job, but not a slop job by any stretch of the imagination.
So to those who didn't see it... I take that as a compliment. That shows that I still have the touch. :)
I showed it to a couple of Canadian friends, and they got it right away. One of them screamed at me (in jest) on aim to not ever scare them like that again. Another said they were "gonna stock up on ammo and head for the hills" and then logged off.
A good time was had by all.
Anywho, not much up today. I had a huge project due today that I kinda sorta forgot about, so I canceled my tot's therapy to do it... and it turns out that I got it done alot faster than I expected. Which is nice.... I actually have some time to myself before my night class.
I only have one more thing... a 2 page paper... then I am DONE DONE [b]DONE[/b] with projects for the semester! Free at last, free at last....
At least until finals....
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| Canada's future? |
| 12.01.04 (12:21 pm) [edit] |
Hey, Canadian bloggers...what does the future hold for you?
Here's a thought for you...
Sweet dreams...
*edit: read the caption again REALLY carefully. ;) *
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