Everyone knows how a choice of words can make a big difference on how one views anything. But sometimes trying to use it to subtly steer someone becomes a massive fail. So right now Cedar St is blocked off for about a quarter of a mile and the traffic has been re-directed past my house. There is crime scene tape everywhere and no one can even ( Read more... )

To fight back against all the crap that has happened to my friends and I, a quote from our Hooters waitress last night. "You can come up front and check out my merchandise." When we pointed out the double entrendre there was much laughing.

I've hit the point where I feel that where I am working will not give me the kind of advancement I want. Anyone who knows of someone who is hiring for network or systems admin please ping me.

So some of you have already figured from Patti's post that my dad has gotten worse. It's worse from everything the hospice people say it sounds like they don't think he'll make it to his big anniversary party that was supposed to be on the 8th on November. It sounds more like the 8th is going to end up being a wake and right now I'm just trying ( Read more... )

I know it's cheaper to hire some guy in Asia to sit on call for 12 hours than it is to hire someone from the US but after dealing with the offshore team here at Walmart I think the extra money paid is well worth it. Here is the jist of the conversation between me and the offshore Systems admin(OSA for short ( Read more... )

Went to Dundracon this weekend to do some gaming and run into some friends and had a few interesting things I'd like to share ( Read more... )

So I'm posting from a friends house, my internets died with what I assume was my modem dying, call if it's important

in other words my net connection is going up and down more that a hookers knickers. If you need to get a hold of me don't bother with the net and use a phone.

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

So that mass in my dad's pancreas isn't pre-cancerous, it's cancerous and after 8 hours of surgery they weren't able to remove all of it. So he'll be starting up the kemo soon.