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These are the Jokes
I'm writing this down mostly so I'll remember it in years to comeMy Battalion Chief, (who was a Navy Corpsman in the 1st Marine Div.) tells lots of stories about his dad, whom I've never met, but would like to. He was career military and retired from the Army an E9 (highest pay grade non-commissioned officer). Apparently this is a joke his dad ( Read more... ) -
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My station is at minimum staff today due to vacations and one out sick. Had the following exchange via txt with my Battalion Chief this morning as we were starting our day:
Battalion: "You have a small crew?"
Me: "Yes, but it's not the size of your crew, it's how you use it."
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Worked out yesterday for the first time in a couple of months (3? 4? good grief I let it slip too far). Between that and the completion of a long running very frustrating IT project for the department, I'm in an inordinately good mood ( Read more... ) -
It didn't rain that hard
The Captain's office at Station 3 (my assignment for this month) has a large picture window that looks west over the driveway to the back parking lot and into a line of trees a long the edge of the property. (3's is in a fairly undeveloped area in the south part of our service area). This leads into the story from this morning where I'm sitting at ( Read more... ) -
4 in 2
That's 4 working structure fires in 2 months. That's like more than I've had in the last two years (at least). This last one was a room and contents we actually saved that structure. -
The joys of coincidence
Watching "Emergency!" on netflix through my phone in the office at Station 1. The tones went off for Johnny and Roy on the TV, five seconds later my tones went off in the station. It made me laugh. -
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The text of Steve Jobs 2005 commencement address at Stanford. I like what he has to say, though its easier to follow your dreams when you're a multimillionaire. Then again I suppose he paid for that by returning bottles for change and sleeping on friend's floors ( Read more... ) -
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Well, Steve has checked out I guess. I'm saddened by the news ( Read more... ) -
Argh my brain... the stupid it hurts
How on earth to people stand the inane drivel and rampant editorializing that passes for news, local or national, on American TV? -
Livewhat?
I should really write something. The flesh is willing but the will is weak. There's all kinds of cool stuff going on, and I've been horribly neglecting my journal and blogs, but even knowing that I can't seem to find the creativity to write. Sigh ( Read more... )