June 13, 2007

Great Whites…

I was watching something on Animal Planet about Great White Sharks. Actually the wife was watching and I found myself glued to it as well. These are some seriously ferocious bastards. They grow up to twenty feet long and move amazingly fast.

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(© K. Jost / jostimages.com)

Whipped…

Damn, I’m tuckered out. Worked about 12 hours today, came home, ate dinner, then cut about half the lawn. We are trying to get the house cleaned up a bit for the party and with it being so dry I haven’t cut the grass in a month or so. It needed it, or at least the weeds did anyway.

One thing about this new job is that I am on the damn phone constantly. A couple of months ago we went a little bit over our minutes so I bumped them up to 2100. That seems like a lot, but there are three of us on the family plan, and mine doubles as the home phone. I figured that with paying out so much in cell costs it was a waste of money to have a land-line. This past month I apparently went almost a thousand minutes over that 2100. Hell, I used all 2100 myself. I carry my charger with me in my car I am on it so much now.

When I get home I average about 15-20 calls a night, even from the stores where the managers are on duty. What the fuck is up with that? My question most of the time is “what did so-and-so say when you asked them?” That usually ends the conversation then and there, but some of them are pretty persistent, particularly considering that one of them is a fuck up and doesn’t answer his own phone most of the time when they call, especially if it’s after 9PM.

I keep telling myself it will get easier, and I know it is just a matter of time, but I am growing very impatient.

Short Week

Damn, yesterday was just too short. That working seven days with one day off stuff sucks. Luckily I just have to work today thru Friday and I am off this weekend for the Boy’s going away party. Don’t forget if you are coming, shoot me an email at rmiles AT charter DOT net or just leave a comment (although the way the site has been lately you are better off emailing). Anyone that wants to bring anything just bring your favorite side dish and a drink.

We will get started around 4PM or so until whenever. Good folks, good music (debatable) and good food. Good god, this sounds like an advertisement. Now I suppose I’m gonna have to pay myself or some such garbage.

Online Photo Greetings

One of the things I am really lousy about doing is sending greeting cards. I’ve got a box or two of Christmas cards tucked away in the closet that I bought several years ago that just seem to not get sent year after year. The same thing goes for birthdays, anniversaries, etc…What I have taken to doing the last couple of years is just sending online cards. With PictureSandbox Greeting Cards you can send your own “phreeting” (photo + greeting) that you have personalized like these.



It lets you search through photos on flickr that use the Creative Commons license and use them as your photo. I even found a few of mine through the search parameters, so the greetings cab be personalized, and you put your own message in there. Cool stuff, man.