We arrived at the pickup address in Cincinnati a little after 11pm (due to Matt pushing things back because he needed to get in a bike ride for triathlon workout; he's going to be busy and/or the weather is supposed to be bad for the next week). The seller's girlfriend (he was working; he's a bartender) and her friend were ready for us and began ( Read more... )

If you'd like to know how it came to be that I found myself driving the 240sx home from Cincinnati watching for cops because I'd already been pulled over once, quietly asking the old girl to get back without blowing up her engine as I was forced to use unusual measures to keep an eye on the engine temp.. due to an apparent minor coolant leak ( Read more... )

That's a military sniper's motto, brought to my attention by a minor news item about a student group that got questioned over its support of 'adoptasniper.org' (see the Dog Tags at http://americansnipers.org/products.htm). How does it fit into what's been happening with me? ( Read more... )

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Your dating personality profile:

Religious - Faith matters to you. It is the foundation that you build your life upon. You trust that God has a plan for you.
Conservative - You take a conservative stance on most issues and aren't shy about saying so. Your political views are an important component of who you are.
Shy - You are often timid around ( Read more... )

[19:43] JoiDropp: if you were desgning your fantasy woman, what would she look/be like ( Read more... )

I went to deliver my samples of the tagline writing I did for my dad's company, & etc., to the marketing firm this morning (not even an hour ago now), and was told the position has already been filled. Yes, very courteous of you not to tell me this as I sent you two emails about preparing and delivering the documents, thus wasting several days of ( Read more... )

That assignment was all right, just a lot of scuffing up my fingers grabbing and replacing file folders. After two days of that, OfficeTeam called and offered me an interview for a position doing proofreading, if I was willing to back out and let someone handle the rest of the filing stuff for me ( Read more... )

"If you must change your method of attack, do so without hesitation. Change your timing, change your rhythm, change your approach." - Musashi Miyamoto, translated by Stephen F. Kaufman ( Read more... )

Can mostly be summed up as: Always listen closely to my instinctsI really didn't like the Radio Shack district manager when he presented at the hiring info meeting. There was something about him that immediately put me off. Too much salesmanship and no substance (as opposed to store managers and assistants who were doing the interviewing. They ( Read more... )