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The weather is amazing sometimes. All three of my restaurants are within 12 miles of the house. Today I worked at the one that is farthest away and when I finally finished with my paperwork this evening or at least the stuff that I didn’t put off until tomorrow, it was pouring the proverbial cats and dogs. The wind was blowing so hard that the rain was coming down sideway, thunder was crashing and the lightning just kept on doing it’s thing.

I waited awhile for the storm to abate before driving home and when I did, rather than going the back way up Hwy 78 like I normally do I went the expressway. About halfway home there was an accident off to the side that looked like it had involved a tractor trailer and at least one car. Several fire trucks were there as well as an ambulance and police.

By the time I was within two miles of the house everything was bone dry. Not a drop had fallen on my poor dying vegetables today. If the sky was going to open up the least it could have done is dumped a bit of moisture at my place.

Work itself was kind of a drag today. it certainly wasn’t my worst day but it wasn’t my best either. Speaking of my worst day there are several to choose from.

The first year I was working for the company I actually waited tables most of the time. It was eight or nine months before I ever started cooking. Basically the manager had fired his night shift cook and I decided that I was tired of dealing with assholes and told him I wanted the job. He gives me this training manual and say “OK, you are the cook, read that and be here to cook the shift tomorrow night”. It was interesting at first because I had to train myself. I think I did a damn good job of it.

Anyway, I had been cooking for a couple of weeks and Halloween rolled around. Being the Heavy Metal babe magnet that I am (or thought I was 20 years ago) I along with my girlfriend at the time (she worked with me as well) decided to dress up for Halloween even though we had to work that night. In my infinite wisdom (that all 20 year olds have) I dressed up as Alice Cooper, heavy duty make-up and all. Damn, I kicked ass. That costume looked great. Unfortunately for me it is extremely hot cooking in a restaurant for some reason and it was busy that night. It didn’t take long before all of that makeup started rolling down my face, along with the rest of my body. It was nasty, and I spent several hours in the weeds just trying to keep up. It certainly wasn’t my worst day ever either but it’s damn sure one of the funniest I can remember.

So what was your worst day at work?

Actually I don’t have that problem and if I did I would invent some sort of extension to grab ahold such as a girlfriend or a wife. Oh, wait. That’s right, I am married. See, even if both of my arms get chopped off in a freakish waffle iron incident I am good to go.

The wife sent me a link to this earlier, over at Nataliedee.

I have just recently started to use a plugin called Visitor Stats for Movabletype 4.0. The javascript sits right in the header of the site and loads before anything else and seems to be doing a pretty good job of tracking everything here. It matches AWStats almost perfectly and has been giving me a pretty good idea of who is coming and when. The problem is that right now it isn’t compatible with dynamic publishing so the last blog that I will move over to the new installation of MT will be this one.

There is supposed to be a version coming out that will be compatible, hopefully soon. At that point I will move the site. I may go ahead next week and prepare everything for the move though so that when I do switch it will be that much easier. I am looking forward to having this site speed up even if it’s just the tiniest bit.

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CNN is posting breaking news that Michael Vick has been suspended indefinitely, without pay. From Commissioner Goodell’s letter to Michael Vick (posted on the NFL website):

» “Your admitted conduct was not only illegal, but also cruel and reprehensible. Your team, the NFL, and NFL fans have all been hurt by your actions.”

» “Your plea agreement and the plea agreements of your co-defendants also demonstrate your significant involvement in illegal gambling. Even if you personally did not place bets, as you contend, your actions in funding the betting and your association with illegal gambling both violate the terms of your NFL Player Contract and expose you to corrupting influences in derogation of one of the most fundamental responsibilities of an NFL player.”

» “You have engaged in conduct detrimental to the welfare of the NFL and have violated the league’s Personal Conduct Policy.”

» “I will review the status of your suspension following the conclusion of the legal proceedings. As part of that review, I will take into account a number of factors, including the resolution of any other charges that may be brought against you, whether in Surry County, Virginia, or other jurisdictions, your conduct going forward, the specifics of the sentence imposed by Judge Hudson and any related findings he might make, and the extent to which you are truthful and cooperative with law enforcement and league staff who are investigating these matters.”

» “I have advised the Falcons that, with my decision today, they are no longer prohibited from acting and are now free to assert any claims or remedies available to them under the Collective Bargaining Agreement or your NFL Player Contract.”

Big news day, huh? I am glad to hear that the NFL is sticking by it’s morals and rules on this one.

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After the Cuban dictator’s 81st birthday on August 13th it was reported that his health has taken a turn for the worse and the Fidel Deathwatch is on again. Woo hoo! Perhaps this time it will turn out to be a bit more than rumors. There haven’t been any conifmations of it, but apparently denials are already coming out about his death, so who know?

Supposedly South Florida Police departments are calling in for reinforcements before any official announcement is made.

Even Val Prieto made an announcement earlier. and then came back on saying that nothing is official yet.

Update 5:35 PM EST – Val at Babalu Blog is reporting that although no announcements have been made several sources in different branches of the government are verifying that the story is true. As soon as I get confirmation (TV,Email,CNN) I will post it (if I am not too drunk)

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Lisa Nowak is claiming that she was not advised of her constitutional rights when she was arrested areested. It sure is hard difficult to type after two Tequila Sunrises. Methinks the wife is trying to get me drunk and take advantage of me. Little does she know that I can still flog blog drunk.

But then again, a break might be in order.

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Holder’s commenting on the grossest things to come OUT of dogs. I’ll have you know that #3 is 100% completely true. You think that stuff that’s inside diapers looks nasty when it’s wet? Wait till you see it come out of a dogs anus.

She wants to get rid of the ankle bracelet that she has been forced to wear because it causes abrasions and she cannot lace up her military boots…aannnd she might want to take a drive.

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I don’t get the opportunity to play many games, at least not here lately. I have my favorite stand-bys that I usually play with it’s nice to find a new one every now and then. When I do I like to support smaller and independent developers such as Phelios games. Phelios is an independent developer of Windows and Mac Games that you can find at their web site. My biggest issue with thinking about switching to a Mac or Linux desktop is the lack of games designed for those operating systems.

Apparently there are some developers trying to remedy this and Mac games are starting to be a bit more readily available, particularly now that you can run the Mac OS on i386 hardware. I have always like RPG games, and Phelios sells those as well so go check them out when you get the chance.

John Couey was sentenced to death today for the 2005 kidnapping, rape and murder of Jessica Lunsford. I had sent a twitter post when I heard but since it isn’t up yet I though I would go ahead and write a bit about it. At the time this horrible incident happened back in 2005 I posted a couple of times on the subject and was just disgusted and awed that this sick bastard could do something like this.

Justice has prevailed in the case and after an hour of deliberation a jury recommended 10-2 that Couey receive the death penalty. He is a previously convicted sex offender with a 30 year criminal history that told the police at one point that he would do it again.

In a recorded conversation between Couey and his Aunt he said he knew he was going to be given the death penalty.

About the only thing that could make this better is if her were to be made to suffer as his victim did before he is killed.

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