So...I know that it's been a while and there is much to talk about, but since it's late the abridged version will have to suffice for now.

• I made good use of SOME of my time while I was off by going to counseling.  Good news...I worked through A LOT of my issues with the rape.  Bad news...I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.  It's ( Read more... )

So, I know that it has been a while since I have posted and I have a lot to update.  That being said, here it goes ( Read more... )

Okay, so I know that I haven't posted anything in a while, and I fully intend to update you on the MANY things that have been going on lately...tomorrow.  So this is my request to you to remind me to post tomorrow...or actually today.  And in return for this favor I leave you with a funny conversation that I heard today while getting my tattoo... ( Read more... )

I was listening to Sirius Left on the way home from E'ville tonight.  It's liberal talk radio on Sirius (Satellite radio was one of my best investments ever).  Anyway, they were talking about capital gains tax and how it is at a maximum rate of 15%, whereas federal income tax is at a maximum rate of 30%.  So, when Warren Buffett (who is one of the ( Read more... )

I found this on one of the blogs I recently started reading. Ted Sorensen was the speech writer for JFK. And this is the speech that he would write for the winner of the Democratic Nomination.

My fellow Democrats: With high resolve and deep gratitude, I accept your nomination.

It has been a long campaign-too long, too expensive, with too much ( Read more... )

Here is a lovely treat for all of you politically-minded Harry Potter fans.

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So, I finished Harry Potter today, and I must say that I am pleased.  I got my copy on Saturday afternoon and had to let it sit for a couple of days.  Though I wanted so badly to devour it in the same manner in which I had the previous books in the series, I also knew that I needed to make the best of what time that I had at home.  So it sat in my ( Read more... )

So, I found out the other day that I should have taken the 90 day suspension offer.  My local chairman spoke with higher ups within the union, including our legal counsel, and was told that I should have taken the 90 day suspension.  It turns out that when one train strikes another, that regardless of the severity of the rule violations that led to ( Read more... )

I just talked to my local chairman.  He just got off the phone with the Division Manager and the best deal he could get me is...90 DAYS ON THE STREET!!!  That's right folks, Mr. CSX H. Goldenboy was offered a 90 day suspension for his first offense.  Now, I would be inclined to take that 90 day vacation, but they are treating it as a Major offense ( Read more... )

I could say that a lot has gone on since my last post, but that would be a lie. So, I will say that one event of great importance has happened since my last post. On the 1st of this month, I sideswiped another train. Yep. On train running into the side of another moving train. In the terms of injury (none) and damage (roughly $1000) it wasn't that ( Read more... )