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‘m in somewhat of a hurry this morning. The last few days I have been sleeping as late as possible, no matter what time it is that I went to bed. I guess it’s a combination of almost being time for my vacation, drinking a little bit Saturday evening and working out in the hot sun a couple of days this week. I know the day after I painted my parking lots all I wanted to do was sleep. That was a week ago and I am just now peeling. I’ve got that nasty leper look going on with my forehead and my shoulders. Yummy. Come on in and I’ll fix you some breakfast…

Yesterday was a working/non-working day. We had our annual ‘care & share’. What a misnomer. They are actually pretty cool. Last year’s was at the lake where my AVP lives. We cooked out and rode watercraft all day. This year was actually pretty fun. We had a scavenger hunt. You either had to bring stuff back or take pictures of the team doing stuff. There were three teams.

Among some of the items we had to bring back were a hurdle, real police badge, fire hose nozzle and the key to the city. We actually managed all of those items believe it or not. I’ll try to post more on that this afternoon when I have a bit more time.

I stepped out to pick up some ice for the barbecue today and was at the store when I got a Tweet that Teddy Kennedy is in the hospital with the symptoms of a stroke. Aren’t they the same symptoms as an alcoholic? Maybe I’m wrong. Hell, there weren’t any details when I first received the alert so I simply assumed the asshat had driven off of a bridge somewhere.
Anyhow, he was admitted to the Cape Cod emergency room around nine this morning. If I have time this afternoon I’ll post more.

I just recently mentioned that there was a banner ad running that stated Osama Bin Laden would be releasing a new message and sure enough Al Qaeda release an audio message purporting to be from Bin Laden earlier today.

“”We will continue, God permitting, the fight against the Israelis and their allies … and will not give up a single inch of Palestine as long as there is one true Muslim on earth,” he said in the message, posted on an Islamist website on Friday. “This is evidence that Palestine is our land, and the Israelis are invaders and occupiers who should be fought,” he said referring to Israel’s 60th anniversary. “The participation of Western leaders with the Jews in this celebration confirms that the West backs this Jewish occupation of our land, and that they stand in the Israeli corner against us,” he said. “They proved this in practice by sending their forces to southern Lebanon.””

One commenter at The Global Times (the only one) asked the question:

Why is everyone so afraid of this Great lion sheikh Osama bin Laden? This man is hiding deep in a dark cave. Why do Bush and Cheney and the Great lion Sheikh Osama Bin Laden want everyone to be very afraid? Come on people use your common sense why are you taking orders from someone hiding deep inside a dark cave. What kind of drugs you people on?

Really that’s more than one question. The fact is we should be very afraid of Osama Bin Laden as well as the rest of the Islamic extremists until we have wiped them off the face of the earth. We are in the midst of a holy war and unless we are watchful they will hit us again.
The other question, about Bush and Cheney wanting everyone to be afraid is easy to answer. Government wants to control you and the greatest things that politicians like Bush, Cheney, Clinton and Obama want is to control as much of or lives as humanly possible. As long as we keep voting these guys in to power they are going to keep assuming it’s OK with us. Democrat and Republican alike they are all about big government and big spending.

Day off!

Woo hoo…

I actually get two days off in a row this week. Heck, that’s four days in four weeks. I’m not gonna know what to do with myself…

Actually I will probably be doing some cleaning of the house and yard tomorrow after hopefully sleeping in. Tmorrow, today, what the fuck ever.

I received in the mail that bottle of mead I ordered a few weeks back. I should have ordered more but I’ve been conserving money for the trip to Disney in two weeks.

I have drank most of the bottle and lightweight drunk that I am I have quite a nice buzz on.

I was going to save it for the party this weekend but decided to enjoy it myself because that’s what kind of guy I am. Joke you if you can’t take a fuck…

Party?

Oh yeah. The lovely wife and I will be married 20 years on May 28th. Normally we’d hit the ren fest the following weekend and maybe have a cookout and a party to celebrate, but we will be in Disney World that weekend and the 28th is on a workday for most people this year. NOT a good time to partake in your favorite drink.

Memorial Day weekend, the weekend prior to our Anniversary, is not a good time either. Lots of folks are out of town and I normally work very hard on holiday weekends because all of the jackasses need to get a waffle and eggs in their stomachs before they grill out. WTF?

So this Saturday is our celebration of 20 years of blissful joyful eventful marriage.

All of the above actually.

If you know me then you are invited. If not, well, perhaps you should send an email prior to showing up so that you don’t get skewered for being a dick head. There’s only room for one of us.

I had originally intended on spending the evening writing but I didn’t get home from work until ten and watched LOST until eleven, all the while enjoying this fine bottle of honey mead. Since there most likely won’t be any left by the time Saturday gets here you can find more at their web site.

Apparently there is a banner ad running on some of the Islamic web sites known to post messages from Al Qaeda and Bin Laden.
Can’t someone find this piece of crap and put a bullet in his head?
According to CNN:

One of the nice benefits of my job is that they reimburse me for 100% of my gas, excepting of course when I am off or on vacation. Since I rarely do anything on my off days this ends up being everything I spend on it, which is around $60-70 a week.

So I stop at the Racetrac after my meeting this afternoon and I was only putting in about $13, figuring that I would fill up after I get paid tomorrow. Since I was paying in cash, which is something I rarely do, I had to prepay for the gas. When I went in to get the receipt all they gave me was this damned slip that said “Prepay Gars $13”. I asked for the gas receipt that showed how mu gas I actually pumped, since that’s what is required to turn in on my expense report.

“Oh, we can’t do that, the only way you can get that kind of receipt from prepay gas is if you sign up for our prepay card”

Thanks but no fucking thanks, I’ll just make sure NOT to stop at Racetrac anymore and take my $300 a month elsewhere.

Assholes.

This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Cindy

Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Davila
From Sierra Vista, Arizona

On the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States, Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Davila raised an American flag over Camp Korean Village, Iraq, he brought with him from Arizona.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Sierra Vista firefighter and emergency medical technician Chris Davila presented that flag to Fire Chief Randy Redmond as fellow firefighters looked on. Monday, May 5, 2008, was Davila’s first day back on the job with the department after being gone for nearly nine months, with seven of those months deployed as a Navy Reserve corpsman serving with a Marine unit near the Jordanian and Syrian border area in Iraq.
And, as luck would have it, on his first shift saw him responding to a blaze in Sierra Vista. “Right back to work,” he said with a laugh.
You can read the rest of PO 2nd Class Davila’s story here.