July 14, 2006

Goddammit Jim, I’m a Doctor, Not a Mechanic!!

I pretty much hate working on cars. I can do it if I have to, and if I have directions for anything more difficult than changing the oil filter. Yesterday the positive battery terminal on the Neon broke off. Goddam acid buildup. It’s the 2nd battery, going on 186k miles, so I can’t complain too much. The entire harness would have been $92 so we opted to just get the terminal itself for $9, which is about three times the cost of a fucking universal. Just changed it out, with no injury, to boot. Anytime I do something to a car without injuring myself, I consider it a good day. I’ve fucked up my fingers, had a couple of hospital visits for metal flakes in my eye, etc. The list goes on and on. I don’t even change my fucking oil anymore. At $24 a pop, it’s worth it to help someone else pay their bills by letting them do the nasty job. Not to mention that if I do it I have to sneak out at night to get rid of the old stuff down the sewer drain or someone else’s gas tank.

I did recently replace the water pump and fan belt on the van. Actually, I drank beer and fetched tools while my neighbor replaced them. Occasionally I would hold something in place for him. Damn, that was a pain in the ass. In exchange though, I have done plenty of computer work for him. I guess it all evens out in the end.


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Horschack is hanging at the Waffle

My SO likes watching VH1 occasionally, so by default, that shit filters to my brain. Occasionally something good will be on anyway. She is watching I Love the 70’s or some such shit and I just saw a picture of Horschack, then and today. Damn, I swear he looks just like one of my buddies in another town close to here.


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Fucking Animal Crackers…REALLY!

How the hell did you think they made Animal Crackers anyhow?


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Summer Teeth

Thanks to Dawn, I had to go over here and see what Summer Teeth are. Damn, my 2nd shift cook fits this bill.


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A New Business Model

After my last comment over here I decided that I had come up with the perfect business model, reminiscent of the dark ages. Richie’s Redneck Surgery, Computer fixin, Dental Work. All you need is a bit of super glue, a sharp carpet knife, and a big old roll of fucking duct tape. Hell, I might even be able to quit my day job after a few decades of that, as long as I can keep one step ahead of the law.


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I’ve got your Hollywood right here bud.

Elisson, Velociman,Yabu

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Back to work

Days off are much too short. I have to return to work this morning and I think that this is going to be just as long a week as the last one. They are supposed to break ground on the new restaurant (in my town) within the next two weeks, so hopefully I will get to open it. It would be nice to be that close to home. It just really depends on if I end up taking a promotion before then. My friend that just gave her notice may not back down, and if she leaves they are going to offer her job, which I really don’t want, but they have changed the way that promotions are done recently. I am #1 on the promotion list, and if I turn it down, I go back to the bottom of the list. Right now there are probably four people locally deemed ready for promotion, so I would be after them. Not too big of a deal I suppose. I am just fighting with myself about what I want. The promotion would mean a 15%-40% increase in pay possibly, while just taking the store here in town would greatly benefit my lifestyle. Less spent on gas as well as driving time. Shit what a quandry.

Guess I will have to make up my mind here pretty soon. I am also looking at the fact that once Stephanie has been out of graduate school for two years the Hope scholarship will have been paid back, and we can move if something better comes along. Both of us have talked about moving so that she can teach in a new system, and I could always apply for a promotion elsewehere, or at least a lateral move.


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