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I Hate Spiders

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This damned thing had made it’s web over my back door so I about crapped my pants when I went out for a smoke at 5 this morning. I figured it would be gone when I arrived home but amazingly enough it and the web were still there.

I have since partially dismantled the web hoping it would leave but it looks like it is enjoying the spot.

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Wednesday Hero: Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn

Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn

Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn
19 years old from Manchester, New Hampshire
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
November 7, 2006
U.S. Marine Corps

“I just can’t believe it,” said Nicole Cote, mother of L/Cpl. McCoughn. “It’s not supposed to happen this way. Your kids aren’t supposed to leave you.” McCoughn joined the USMC during his Senior year of High School. “He said he needed to do this. He said if he could keep one dad from going to Iraq and he could take his place instead, then he’ll feel like he’s accomplished something.”

Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn was killed on November 7, 2006 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He leaves behind his mother, father, step-father and two brothers.


These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Wordless Wednesday: Donald and Daisy

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Rest In Peace Jerry Reed

That good old boy Jerry Reed has died from complications from emphysema at the age of 71. Anyone whoe gre up in the seventies will remember Reed from Smokey and the Bandit as well as other films later on. He and Kris Kristofferson sort of paved the way for country music stars to get into Hollywood.

I was about 11 when Smokey and the Bandit came out I loved that damn movie. Of course Burt Reynolds was the coolest to an eleven year old but old Jerry, he sure could sing. Plus he’s an Atlanta boy. There’s not too many of us born and bred her that are still around.

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AP Photos and Video From Hurricane Gustav




Looks like New Orleans has escaped a direct hit, although Houma got hit pretty hard. From what I read earlier the 9th ward has some flooding but for the most part the city escaped with a glancing blow. The video has some photos taken in the New Orleans are before during and after the storm.
I just came across this story a few minutes ago. Four people fleeing Hurricane Gustav were killed in an accident on I-20 right near where I live the other night/morning. Unless I have to be at my Tallapoosa store I generally stay off of 20 so didn’t even hear about it until several hours later. I feel bad for the folks. From what I understand they had been driving for quite a while and fell asleep, although that’s just hearsay.



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I Can Be Such a ‘tard…

So I went outside to cut the grass earlier today. I did manage to get the back yard cut but that was about it.

Occasionally I will get busy doing other stuff and forget to eat. duh. When I don’t eat I can really tell. I start getting shaky and while I was cutting the grass I though I was going to pass out. Man, I can be a dumbass at times. I have my blood sugar checked twice a year when my cholesterol check is done and it’s always been fine but I do have diabetes in my family so it worries me.

Now that I’ve had a small bite to eat and a cool shower I feel much better but I think it’s nap time for bonzo…

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Wednesday Hero: Lt. Col. Nathan Blood

Lt. Col. Nathan Blood

Lt. Col. Nathan Blood
U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Nathan Blood, brigade effects coordinator for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division – Baghdad, says “Hello” to his 16-month-old daughter, Mackenzie, during a web camera communication.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look
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Suffer No Fucking Fools…

Today started out the same way the last couple of days have. Force myself out of bed, drink coffee and drag my sorry ass into work. I have not been the least bit interested in going to work and have pretty much felt like crap as I mentioned the other day. My ear still hurts and is slightly swollen around it. I’m assuming it’s infected. Nothing nasty coming out yet, which is a good thing.

Most of my employees know not to mess with me first thing in the morning and the one’s that don’t learn fast. It’s not that I am an ass or anything but even with getting up at 4:30 AM I am still groggy as hell two hours later. The older I get the longer it seems to take to get my day started properly. Should I sleep late and not be able to get my wake-up shower, I’m fucked for the entire day.

So I get to work and get my days started. First thing the tell me I’ve got a drifter that’s been in the store since 4PM the day before and I would probably need to run him out. The police had been up the afternoon before and I guess the Bremen PD has some sort of a budget that they can put drifters up in a hotel overnight if they don’t have any money. This guy had some so they just left his ass sitting there.

Fast forward 17 hours. I waited until about 8AM and asked the dude if he had someone he could call for a ride. He said he was waiting out the rain. Being as how he had been there 17 hours and not left I told him as soon as it let up a bit (it was pouring) he was going to have to leave. He started out with “I’m a paying customer…” which is when I interrupted him.

Just because you have paid for a cup of coffee or even a meal it doesn’t entitle you to sit on my property, my private property, for seventeen fucking hours, which I let him know. I also told him that if it was an issue I could just let the police handle it as I was sure they would offer him a ride somewhere and I left it at that and went back to cooking.

A couple of minutes later and I hear this fool running his fucking mouth and all of my employees and customer’s looking at him like he had lost his mind. He’s down on the far end of the restaurant being loud talking about it being public property and him being entitled, suing me, suing the police department, etc…blah blah blah. I stopped what I was doing and went on down and explained that if he couldn’t be quiet he would be immediately leaving, rain or no rain. So then the stupid fucker says “why don’t we go on out in the parking lot and see about it”.

YOU FUCKING RETARD. He just doesn’t know how much I would love to take him up on that but my company has a policy that ANYONE involved in a fight is terminated, no questions asked. Now if he came across the counter into the employee area I am reasonably sure I could beat him down without worry but you never know, so I told him “no thanks” and let him know that if he couldn’t keep his mouth shut I would have the law remove him immediately.

The day pretty much went downhill from there and while there was no further excitement it just dragged on and on. I have to work in my Temple store tomorrow and then I actually get a day off before the holiday weekend. I don’t have to cook tomorrow which means I can get some paperwork and whatnot finished.

Just another day in paradise…

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Pot Zombies…AKA Colander People….

There once was a man with a weird fetish. He liked to window shop for Colanders. In itself this seems a bit harmless until you add in the fact that he had to put them on his head and try them out for size…

…and then he joined the collective…

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Photo Despicably stolen from Colander Borg-Man

All was well until the rest of his family was assimilated…

…I was sitting here minding my own business wondering about what murdering bastard to write about when in walks another member of the collective….

Pot Zombie :)

Holy Crap said I in 100 words by god…!

Feeling Rough…

I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather the last few days. Today has been the worst. My throat is starting to feel swollen, my ears fucking hurt, I’m dizzy and my balance is off. I think I may have an ear infection. Hell, it’s even red on the outside. I darn sure hate being sick. Other than a few sniffles here and there I don’t think I’ve been sick all year. Maybe once.

Unfortunately I don’t have a day off until Thursday so unless it gets really bad the doctor is just going to have to wait until then, Hopefully I will sleep a little better tonight than last night. Every time I would shift and roll onto my ear it would start hurting again, the bastard.