May 2, 2007

1st Day on the New Job…

rmiles7721May 2, 2007Site News

…is tomorrow. I have to go through all three stores doing audits and inventories, as well as pick up all of the weekly paperwork to turn in at my meeting tomorrow. I am crossing my fingers and hoping that everyone shows up. The manager of what is probably going to be my biggest problem store is off for the next two days. I gave him a short list of things he had to do before he started his days off basically as a test to see if he would do as I asked. It is also the slowest store, so he has had plenty of time since I asked him for the stuff last weekend to get it done.

I have meetings all evening in Alabama and probably won’t get home until pretty late tomorrow evening but will try and get a couple of posts up in the morning, if I am not too brain dead.

It’s Been A While…

rmiles7721May 2, 2007Technology

…since I have been over to CouponChief, but I always find something cool when I am there. This post IS sponsored by CouponChief.com

The reason I like going over there is that whenever I am shopping for something on the Internet, I want to find the best deal that I can. CouponChief always has great coupons and coupon codes for me to use. For instance with Mother’s Day coming up I know that I need to get my something. I don’t know what yet but they have some pretty good deals for ProFlowers at the site like a free vase and six free roses with the purchase of a dozen Mother’s Day Roses.

One place that I like to look for stuff is at Overstock. We found a 19″ flat screen for my son about three years ago for less than $400. At the time that was great. With coupons from CouponChief you can get free shipping on orders over $50, up to 75% off on watches, and great deals on jewelry. The wife doesn’t wear a lot of jewelry, so that option is out but if it weren’t that’s where I would go.

Granny Panties

rmiles7721May 2, 2007Uncategorized

When I went to Wal-Mart the first time this morning to drop of my prescriptions, I was in line behind this older lady. Now of course I enjoy looking at the ladies, but this one was a bit older than I was or at least she looked to be about 50 or so. At one point she bent slightly over to show me this view of her granny panties sticking out with the signature of sluttiness tattooed above her backside. I thought my fricking eyes were going to burn out in horror. Damn.

I have nothing against tattoos, I even have a couple of nicely placed ones myself. I can see where having that tattoo right above the ass could be considered attractive on a fine young thing, but even fine young things have to grow up eventually and then it becomes stupid looking.

I had this girls working for me when I ran the store in Carrollton, she was pretty young and extremely naive. She wanted to get HER NAME tattooed above her backside. I asked her if that was so guys would know her name when they looked down. She didn’t get it. Last I heard she was pregnant too.

Maybe I am just getting old and jaded but I don’t think so.

Medieval Times

rmiles7721May 2, 2007Entertainment

Speaking of the dinner shows that I want to go to eventually, there is another that looks even better than the pirates one. Medieval Times Dinner Show is in Kissimmee, Florida and it looks to be every bit as spectacular as the other one. MapleLeafTickets has discount tickets to this show as well and since tax is included in the advance ticket purchases it’s a darn good deal.

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* photo courtesy of medievaltimes.com

You get to feast in a castle while Knights on horseback joust to the death. I love the Renaissance festival when it comes to Georgia, and this is a permanent place that you can get to year round and visit. Very nice. The victorious knight becomes the King’s champion gets to select his Queen of Love and Beauty from among the castle’s fair maidens.

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* Photo courtesy of medievaltimes.com

Medieval Times has several locations around the country so be sure that you know when you are buying discount tickets from MapleLeafTickets.com that you are getting tickets for the Kissimmee Medieval Times dinner show.

All of the pageantry that you would expect from a show of this caliber is there. Beautiful dresses on supple maidens, proud knights, and strong horses all combine to entertain you to the most. As I pointed out earlier, the knights start out jousting on horseback which eventually evolves into close combat on the ground with authentic period weaponry.

Pirates Dinner Show…

rmiles7721May 2, 2007Entertainment, Travel

…in Orlando is one of those things that I found interesting but was not able to attend when we went to Orlando two years ago. Since it was us with all three kids I figured that it would be much too expensive and the youngest would not have enjoyed it quite as much as the rest of us.

Basically the world’s largest and most interactive Pirate dinner show’s premise is that everyone has been invited to the King’s Festival and everyone is the Princess Anita’s royal guests. Princess Anita is abducted by the dastardly Pirate Sebastian the Black and the adventure is in getting her back.

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You eat on a model of a fully rigged pirate’s galleon and there is plenty of flying and acrobatics up in the rigging, plenty of swashbuckling swordplay and dueling. There are also six other seating “ships” surrounding the main one in the “lagoon” and each one has their own pirate mascot to cheer on. You could also have the chance to interact in the adventure as well. You do have to make reservations for the Pirates dinner show as it’s not something to just show up and plan to get in, even in the off-season months.

MapleLeafTickets has discount tickets for the show at something around 45% off normal gate price. That price also includes all the sales tax as well. Some of the other ticket places that I checked out don’t include the tax so you may think you are getting a great deal until you get to checkout. You just have to make sure and let them know that you have pre-paid passes when you are making the reservations.

This post is Sponsored By Maple Leaf Tickets.

Site Down?

rmiles7721May 2, 2007Technology

Dammitall. My site was down when I tried to post that last one. It was about 1:15 this morning, so I am just going to bed and will look at it when I wake up if I have time before I go see my doctor.

Looks like it’s back up. That’s cool. I’ll post these and hit the sack.