Doing better today.  Now if I could only get rid of this sinus/migraine headache.

I got some semi-positive news on the job-front today.  Some history...back in November or so, the Big Boss left a vm talking about how great our business was doing.  Right around January, he basically recanted.  All of the sudden, overtime was cut for hourly employees ( Read more... )

The ex-fiancee, James, joined LinkedIn.  Since we've managed to come to an good place after a lot of bad ones (thanks to FB), I added him as a contact.  He accepted, and included a recommendation that made me LOL.  It was about how much help I gave him when he was in school which, while not a total lie, isn't how I remember it.  He asked me to ( Read more... )

Yes, I am somewhat happy about the election.  I voted for a Democratic president for the first time.  It wasn't so much because I loved him, but he was the better of the two candidates.  Time will tell whether he's as good for America as he claims to be ( Read more... )

Technically, he found me ( Read more... )

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Am I the only person who thinks that if corporations have fucked up, there's no reason for the government to bail them out? There's no guarantee they won't do it again. Whatever happened to the laws of supply and demand ruling the market? If automakers were so short-sighted to keep making large cars without having a backup plan, why should I, as ( Read more... )

I grew up in a small town. One of those standard everyone-knows-everbody types, where even if you don't really know someone, you know someone connected to them. The last month or so has been crazy over there ( Read more... )

I could use probably 10 per day.

Urban Asshole Notification Cards

Just dropped in to say I'm still around. Been lurking, but not doing much, so no real updates or reason to post ( Read more... )

Since Eric & Tony already described the concert, here's a list of my favorite moments:

• I rode the People Mover for the first time. Does that make me a Detroiter?
• DL singing the chorus of "Renegade" with Styx.
• The big sigh from all the women in the bathroom when REO went to ballad from the war song; I think it was "Keep On Lovin' You".
• Joe playing the ( Read more... )