Sorry for the short post. Been busier than a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest.
Enjoy the artwork.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
BOHICA
BOHICA (BEND OVER, HERE IT COMES AGAIN)
It is that time of year....TAX DAY. Thankfully, ours has been done and over for several months and while we didn't get what we thought we were entitled to, at least we aren't stuck in line with the unwashed masses. making that last minute trip to the post office.
I am generally a political animal, having grown up in a family who was an active participant in the political process. My father is a former state legislator. I would classify myself as a Blue Dog Democrat; fiscally conservative, socially moderate. I do believe in the premise that everyone should earn their keep, but when the time comes, we need to be able to help a brother out.
What chaps my ass is all the fat cats who sit back on their asses, draw their millions in bonus and stock options, and then claim poor mouth to the IRS and come up with some creative accounting to justify why they don't owe any money. Everyone should pay their fair share. I don't mind paying my taxes for the services that i am provided. What i do mind is that i am footing the bill for someone else's services as well.
Anyway, enough of my rant today. Hope all of you enjoy the day and don't drink the Kool-aid today.
Comments?
It is that time of year....TAX DAY. Thankfully, ours has been done and over for several months and while we didn't get what we thought we were entitled to, at least we aren't stuck in line with the unwashed masses. making that last minute trip to the post office.
I am generally a political animal, having grown up in a family who was an active participant in the political process. My father is a former state legislator. I would classify myself as a Blue Dog Democrat; fiscally conservative, socially moderate. I do believe in the premise that everyone should earn their keep, but when the time comes, we need to be able to help a brother out.
What chaps my ass is all the fat cats who sit back on their asses, draw their millions in bonus and stock options, and then claim poor mouth to the IRS and come up with some creative accounting to justify why they don't owe any money. Everyone should pay their fair share. I don't mind paying my taxes for the services that i am provided. What i do mind is that i am footing the bill for someone else's services as well.
Anyway, enough of my rant today. Hope all of you enjoy the day and don't drink the Kool-aid today.
Comments?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Great Weekend
We had a great weekend.
L and I had the house to ourselves for most of the weekend and we took advantage of it every opportunity we had.
Stepdaughter and the kid disappeared on Friday night and didnt return until Saturday afternoon. I was a bit pissed about that, but we had other plans for the evening anyway, so the timing was ok by me.
She called at 600PM to tell us that our income tax refund was in the mail. Like we were going to be able to do anything about it on a saturday night anyway. At that time, she wasnt sure what her and the spawn were going to do, but likely would be going over to SH1 house.
She was told that we would be going to a family function on Sunday and that we would be leaving the house no later than 11AM.
We got home Saturday night, and they were gone, we got up sunday morning and they werent home, we left sunday and went to the family function and they were nowhere to be found or heard from. We got home and they finally called. Would be home on monday morning. Went to SH1's famliy outing (the same one she was bitching about going to just 2 days earlier.
Needless to say, L and i got busy and took advantage of an empty house.
Oh and i started brewing beer again this past weekend. I have a batch of blackberry wheat beer cooking in the tub upstairs. Had to put it in the tub cause it kept blowing the top off the bucket and getting yeast and beer spooge all over the floor.
WIll let you know how it turns out, but I am optomistic that it will be a keeper recipe.
Comments?
L and I had the house to ourselves for most of the weekend and we took advantage of it every opportunity we had.
Stepdaughter and the kid disappeared on Friday night and didnt return until Saturday afternoon. I was a bit pissed about that, but we had other plans for the evening anyway, so the timing was ok by me.
She called at 600PM to tell us that our income tax refund was in the mail. Like we were going to be able to do anything about it on a saturday night anyway. At that time, she wasnt sure what her and the spawn were going to do, but likely would be going over to SH1 house.
She was told that we would be going to a family function on Sunday and that we would be leaving the house no later than 11AM.
We got home Saturday night, and they were gone, we got up sunday morning and they werent home, we left sunday and went to the family function and they were nowhere to be found or heard from. We got home and they finally called. Would be home on monday morning. Went to SH1's famliy outing (the same one she was bitching about going to just 2 days earlier.
Needless to say, L and i got busy and took advantage of an empty house.
Oh and i started brewing beer again this past weekend. I have a batch of blackberry wheat beer cooking in the tub upstairs. Had to put it in the tub cause it kept blowing the top off the bucket and getting yeast and beer spooge all over the floor.
WIll let you know how it turns out, but I am optomistic that it will be a keeper recipe.
Comments?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Publish or Perish
OK. Since i haven't been doing this whole blog that or very long, and I readily admit that I don't have all the finer points of "blogging" etiquette down; I have to say that some folks take this thing way too seriously.
IT IS JUST AN ONLINE DIARY OF YOUR LIFE, FOR FUCKS SAKE...
If you don't like people reading it, don't put it out there for the world to see.
Whew, that felt good.
The whole reason I got into blogging is because I am naturally curious about things. I am a voyeur by nature and a scientist by training. It comes natural to me to observe, read, observe some more. I also have this inherent ability to be able to pick up on peoples personality traits from a picture or only a few moments of conversation with them. It is a curse I know, but it can be fun.
Once in college, while living in the dorm, I challenged a couple of my floor mates to test me on my ability. They accepted the challenge since BEER was at stake, loser supplying a handy six to the winner.
Seemingly out of nowhere, the high school yearbooks appeared and the contest was one. My challenge was to look through the pictures of their high school yearbooks and tell them what kind of personality the person in the photo had.
To make it simple, we have 5 to 6 main categories:
Stoner
Jock
Nerd
Brainac (different from nerd in that they were smart and popular)
princess (for the girls)
tramp
The only other requirement was that we had to have independent verification that my guess was correct. I wasn't going to trust their opinions as to my guess, I'm not that damn dumb....
So after rounding up a fellow classmate, the game was on.
Two hours later, i was a case of beer richer, and they were alot wiser not to challenge my mental superiority.
Actually, it wasn't that hard, since they were all stoners themselves....LMAO.
How does this relate to blogging you ask? Like I said, i am curious and like to people watch. So it is pretty easy for me to tell when someone is being genuinely sincere in their blog or they are just putting out a lot of whiny ass bullshit for people to read cause they don't have the balls to speak up for themselves about it directly.
The second reason for blogging is that, being a scientist, I am always looking for alternatives and options to solve problems. The whole learn from experience method taken to the extreme. So if someone has had a similar experience to mine, and they blog about it, I might be able to use their situation to develop a way to resolve my own issue.
NAH, I am just a nosy SOB...
Have a nice day and comments are always welcome.
IT IS JUST AN ONLINE DIARY OF YOUR LIFE, FOR FUCKS SAKE...
If you don't like people reading it, don't put it out there for the world to see.
Whew, that felt good.
The whole reason I got into blogging is because I am naturally curious about things. I am a voyeur by nature and a scientist by training. It comes natural to me to observe, read, observe some more. I also have this inherent ability to be able to pick up on peoples personality traits from a picture or only a few moments of conversation with them. It is a curse I know, but it can be fun.
Once in college, while living in the dorm, I challenged a couple of my floor mates to test me on my ability. They accepted the challenge since BEER was at stake, loser supplying a handy six to the winner.
Seemingly out of nowhere, the high school yearbooks appeared and the contest was one. My challenge was to look through the pictures of their high school yearbooks and tell them what kind of personality the person in the photo had.
To make it simple, we have 5 to 6 main categories:
Stoner
Jock
Nerd
Brainac (different from nerd in that they were smart and popular)
princess (for the girls)
tramp
The only other requirement was that we had to have independent verification that my guess was correct. I wasn't going to trust their opinions as to my guess, I'm not that damn dumb....
So after rounding up a fellow classmate, the game was on.
Two hours later, i was a case of beer richer, and they were alot wiser not to challenge my mental superiority.
Actually, it wasn't that hard, since they were all stoners themselves....LMAO.
How does this relate to blogging you ask? Like I said, i am curious and like to people watch. So it is pretty easy for me to tell when someone is being genuinely sincere in their blog or they are just putting out a lot of whiny ass bullshit for people to read cause they don't have the balls to speak up for themselves about it directly.
The second reason for blogging is that, being a scientist, I am always looking for alternatives and options to solve problems. The whole learn from experience method taken to the extreme. So if someone has had a similar experience to mine, and they blog about it, I might be able to use their situation to develop a way to resolve my own issue.
NAH, I am just a nosy SOB...
Have a nice day and comments are always welcome.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Who Ya Gonna Call
I woke up this morning with this thought running through my mind....
When did i become a fireman/policeman/banker/cook/baker/candlestick maker for everyone else?
When did being responsible and paying your bills, and taking care of your home, and obeying the law, and not being a general shitbum, go out of style?
It continues to mystify me and cause me uknown amounts of grief and angst that i believe in these ideals, and am ridiculed and chastised for them. I am labelled as cold hearted, heartless, mean, unforgiving, selfish, elitist. WTF
Comments?
When did i become a fireman/policeman/banker/cook/baker/candlestick maker for everyone else?
When did being responsible and paying your bills, and taking care of your home, and obeying the law, and not being a general shitbum, go out of style?
It continues to mystify me and cause me uknown amounts of grief and angst that i believe in these ideals, and am ridiculed and chastised for them. I am labelled as cold hearted, heartless, mean, unforgiving, selfish, elitist. WTF
Comments?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
I am terribly sorry that it has been almost 9 months since my last post. Things got busy, I got married, kids are still driving me fucking crazy, and on top of it all.....I work for one of the big firms involved in the whole financial meltdown.
Now fortunately, i don't work on the financial side of things, I am on the support side of the house. Essentially, I am an in-house consultant for loss prevention activities. But suffice it to say, we all have to endure the same shit and public opinion barrages that the entire company goes through. So, it has been a bit hectic and I haven't felt like posting. I also found myself using this forum to let loose my frustrations and the venom I feel about my "now" stepdaughter and her irresponsible behavior and lack of intelligence when it comes to making life choices.
OK...in a nutshell and without all the drama and cursing that I usually save for my wife, here has what has happened with the stepdaughter since August
1 Broke up with the stalker, called the police, has a restraining order posted against him.
2 Got a job and worked through the Christmas season. While it did help financially, emotionally it caused lost of problems for L and I since we had to be responsible for the Lil' bastard.
3. Baby's daddy got out of the Pen and began to try and make amends for being a general dickhead and scumbag.
4. Baby's daddy hasn't changed a bit and is still a controlling asshole, a drug addict, alcoholic, drug dealer and generally a worthless piece of flesh.
5 Stepdaughter and Baby's daddy have split the sheets and are not together anymore. Much to my displeasure, this means she lives with us for the foreseeable future, rather than moving out. DAMMIT.
6. Stepdaughter finally is back on her meds and seems to finally understand the simple concept of keeping her mouth shut, not calling dickhead, and stirring the pot, and moving forward to get her on head out of her ass and start building a life for her and Lil bastard.
OK.. in the mean time, through all that, L and I have had to try and plan a wedding, blend two families, pay bills, find her a new job, cause the Nigerian assholes that she works for are screwing her over royally, and just generally keep the wheels from falling completely off the wagon.
Speaking of the Nigerians.....INS has already been called once and will be called again very soon.
SO to get back to the theme of this post......today, we had to spend about $300 to fix L's van. Seems like we can not go one week and sometimes even one day without some surprise expense or steaming pile of shit that we have to deal with.
WELCOME TO MY WORLD.Hopefully, i will be more regular about posting.. comments are always welcome.
Now fortunately, i don't work on the financial side of things, I am on the support side of the house. Essentially, I am an in-house consultant for loss prevention activities. But suffice it to say, we all have to endure the same shit and public opinion barrages that the entire company goes through. So, it has been a bit hectic and I haven't felt like posting. I also found myself using this forum to let loose my frustrations and the venom I feel about my "now" stepdaughter and her irresponsible behavior and lack of intelligence when it comes to making life choices.
OK...in a nutshell and without all the drama and cursing that I usually save for my wife, here has what has happened with the stepdaughter since August
1 Broke up with the stalker, called the police, has a restraining order posted against him.
2 Got a job and worked through the Christmas season. While it did help financially, emotionally it caused lost of problems for L and I since we had to be responsible for the Lil' bastard.
3. Baby's daddy got out of the Pen and began to try and make amends for being a general dickhead and scumbag.
4. Baby's daddy hasn't changed a bit and is still a controlling asshole, a drug addict, alcoholic, drug dealer and generally a worthless piece of flesh.
5 Stepdaughter and Baby's daddy have split the sheets and are not together anymore. Much to my displeasure, this means she lives with us for the foreseeable future, rather than moving out. DAMMIT.
6. Stepdaughter finally is back on her meds and seems to finally understand the simple concept of keeping her mouth shut, not calling dickhead, and stirring the pot, and moving forward to get her on head out of her ass and start building a life for her and Lil bastard.
OK.. in the mean time, through all that, L and I have had to try and plan a wedding, blend two families, pay bills, find her a new job, cause the Nigerian assholes that she works for are screwing her over royally, and just generally keep the wheels from falling completely off the wagon.
Speaking of the Nigerians.....INS has already been called once and will be called again very soon.
SO to get back to the theme of this post......today, we had to spend about $300 to fix L's van. Seems like we can not go one week and sometimes even one day without some surprise expense or steaming pile of shit that we have to deal with.
WELCOME TO MY WORLD.Hopefully, i will be more regular about posting.. comments are always welcome.
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