I had a friend a few years back and his purpose in life was to save enough money so that he could retire, move to Amsterdam and live out his life in the land of clogs and coffee houses. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for October, 2007
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According to Reuters this is the world’s first known case of a woman giving birth to twin grandchildren. The kids are healthy and have left the hospital. That’s like something you might hear about backwoods North Georgia or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What a name for a site. Shoplift.com Surprisingly enough I found out that it’s not a site with tips to get a five finger discount but Shoplift.com IS one of the Internet leaders to get brand name merchandise at great[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the things that was really nice when I worked in our IT department in Norcross is that I had access to some cool stuff. I was normally able to access the PCs in my house from work and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I needed a break from blogging and since I had to go pick up that Avon stuff (in a minute…) I decided to head down to about the only place in town where I can actually sit down and have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seven Mooresville schools are on partial lockdown while police search for a suspected killer. “ ” Authorities are searching on Bluefield Road at Cornelius Road, which is near Lake Norman High School. Principal Ben Allred said the sheriff’s office told[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After that first glass of iced coffee I decided it wasn’t quite sweet enough so rather than taking a spoon and stirring it up I decided to shake it up. It’s got a lid, right? That was a damn mistake.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apparently the guy I wrote about last week has turned himself into authorities. Darren Tuck is the guy that gave police a tape depicting the rape of a 3-yearl-old girl, saying that he found it in the desert. The police[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apparently the health department is starting to crack down on some things with restaurants. December 1st a bunch of new regulations go into effect and we are having a huge meeting about in on Thursday. Some of the stuff really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have gotten several calls from one of my stores tonight. My “new” manager is apparently cutting costs and trying to save money by just not pulling food to the floor. You know, unimportant stuff like coffee and mayo. Fuck.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m such a chicken about flying that I have been seriously considering going to Puerto Rico next summer rather than trying to get up the guts to try and fly to Hawaii. Either way I am going to try and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Man, I was sleeping good this morning. I didn’t want to get out of bed today, that’s for sure but I told the girls last night that they could wake me up if they wanted. They decided that they wanted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anniversary Furniture?
on October 2, 2007
at 9:39 am
I think the wife and I have two different viewpoints about what we are going to do for our 20th anniversary next May. She wants to redo the entire bedroom. New furniture, paint, all that good stuff, and I want[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just got an email from Simon and Schuster about The Mist. The Stephen King movie based on his short story is due to be released in theaters next month. I am looking forward to going to see it as this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Viagogo is an online partner selling Konzert tickets to the hottest shows in Deutschland (Germany) such as Nine Inch Nails and Gwen Stefani. Neither band currently has a tour in Germany coming up but there are several really good bands[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Christine Anne Piesyk has gotten hold of the list of the 100 top banned books in schools and libraries in America and there is some discussion going on at Clarksville Online. So what’s on the list? It’s not just the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s funny how the girls are. Last year I bought one of them this mat that sits on the floor and includes a pen filled with water that you draw on the mat with. The year before that it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in August we went and did the yearly thing spending a small fortune on school supplies. Pens, pencils, paper and notebooks and as usual we had to send all of it in at one time. This is supposed to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know this guy that I used to work with and we used to be pretty good friends. He has kind of gone off the deep end but I think he’s starting to get it back together again. I wouldn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I guess it’s time to go crash. Unfortunately tomorrow is another day at work. I am not looking forward to it for reasons I explained the other day. I will go spend some time over at the store with my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That’s just so not cool. It’s one thing for people to find racial discrimination that doesn’t exist, such as the investigation I went through a few months back, but it’s an entirely different thing when morons are propagating this type[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t know what the heck I have done but for some reason during the last month Windows Explorer crashes on me at random times when the computer is getting serious usage. Right now I have Firefox open with eight[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wordless Wednesday
on October 3, 2007
at 12:56 pm
Not much to say for this one except that she was glad to see her boy… Took this one on Family Day when we drove up to Parris Island
I had a waitress walk out mid-day at the store with the new manager. The manager refused to come out on the floor and help her, leaving her by herself to cook and wait tables when there should have been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been using CouponChief since I found out about them a few months back and as I am seriously frugal at times finding coupons and deals are a wondrous thing. Obviously it doesn’t take much to impress me. Anyway,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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