Well after passing the civil service exam I did the background check interview and the lie detector and the drug test. basically from there it takes like a month and a half or two months to process. after that point the dude who was working the police detail at the site I was guarding today said they'd hire me at recruit salary to work in the motor ( Read more... )

Dear theclamsman:

Im not certain how much more explicit Bill Clinton needs to get for you to conclude that he is definitely supporting obama for president, not mccain. he definitely severely downplayed his support for mccain. there's really no other way you can interpret what he said. find it on youtube, watch and weep.

sincerely,

Jon

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Well I took the NOPD civil service exam this past saturday, and felt that it went well. I should hear back on the result in a couple of weeks. In other news we are having a birthday party in my backyard over the barbecue pit for our friend fran. Waterman and Sousa say they are going to practice for the mace exam by macing each other in the face and ( Read more... )

Last night at work I downloaded and watched "Stardust", which of course never gets old.

Tonight, inspired by a conversation yesterday with la_palomita, I downloaded and watched "Stay Tuned", a movie with John Ritter, Eugene Levy, Pam Dawber (Mindy from Mork and Mindy...Yum, even so many years later), and Jeffrey Jones as the devil. John Ritter plays Roy ( Read more... )

Shit guys check out theonion.com this week, they are seriously on a roll this issue.

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Well waterman is pretty much crashing at his place now, and Sousa and his bullet-eating whiskey swilling dog fancy are back at their place. our adventures during the storm must wait til the power comes back on. all of us are still without power. It is so stiflingly hot in my place that I am filling up the gas tank and sleeping in my car. I cant get ( Read more... )

Im still alive. Actually working now providing armed security to Entergy staging areas at Audobon Zoo. There is no power at my house and internet connectivity is weak. I will update more extensively after power comes back on. I hunkered down at my place with Waterman and his buddy from the police academy, Sousa. We spent most of the day getting ( Read more... )

The police academy civil service exam draws ever closer. this coming saturday. I had to get rid of the outstanding traffic tickets because the background check would be halted as long as there was an open case attached to those tickets. I was guilty of the expired break tag but definitely not guilty of driving without insurance. I was basically ( Read more... )