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| Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | | 10:17 am |
Stolen from a guy on Youtube (wish I had said it)
Big discussion of the 2nd Ammendment and some fellow posted this. I always read the Second Amendment this way: "Since we just used guns to start a bloody, gruesome revolution to depose an unjust government, we reserve the right to hold onto said guns in case the next government is equally unjust so that we can depose it in the same bloody, gruesome fashion if need be." | | Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | | 4:12 am |
I hate to just add a funny....
But I am going to. Bloggs return soon... As soon as I can get the stress level from "The anurysm should hit any second" down to "I'll bet this will wear off after a trip to the Gym." Till I can talk about the situation with some detachment... have something funny to read. Think before you speak.. . Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak - the last one is great! Have you ever spoken and wished that you could immediately take the words back... or that you could crawl into a hole? Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did.... FIRST TESTIMONY: I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly, 'How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?' I turned around and walked back out and never went back. My husband didn't say a word... he knew better. SECOND TESTIMONY: I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using. After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store. He asked if he could help me. Without thinking, I looked at him and said, 'I think I like playing with men's balls' THIRD TESTIMONY: My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts. As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help. I replied, 'No, I'm just looking at your nuts.' My sister started to laugh hysterically. The boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away. To this day, my sister has never let me f org et. FOURTH TESTIMONY: While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some pent-up energy and ran amok. I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons. I told her that if she did not start behaving 'right now' she would be punished. To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening, 'If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!' The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange. Even the tellers stopped what they were doing. I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow. The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me, were screams of laughter. FIFTH TESTIMONY: Have you ever asked your child a question too many times? My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly. One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch, in between errands. It was very busy, with a full dining room. While enjoying my taco,I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, she was clean. Then I realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while. I asked him if he needed to go, and he said 'No'. I kept thinking 'Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me.' Then I said, 'Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?' 'No,' he replied. I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse . Soooooo, I asked one more time, 'Danny did you have an accident ? This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled 'SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!' While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing, he calmly pulled up his pants and sat down. An old couple made me feel better, thanking me for the best laugh they'd e ver had! LAST BUT NOT LEAST TESTIMONY: This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks. What happens when you predict snow but don't get any!? We had a female news anchor that, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked: 'So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?' Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard! Told you these were funny. Jack | | Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 | | 3:47 pm |
Mem, of J
Swiped from XX-JF Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own journal, erase my answers, and enter yours. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real. . .nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question. Have Fun!! 1. What is your name: Jack 2. A four Letter Word: Junk 3. A boy's Name: John 4. A girl's Name: Jane 5. An occupation: journalist 6. A color: Im a striaigh guy... I don't do color 7. Something you wear: jumpsuit 8. A food: jello 9. Something found in the bathroom: I don't spend alot of time in the bathroom looking for things. 10. A place: The capital of alaska... Can't spell it but it starts with J. 11. A reason for being late: Jumper cables missing and my batteries dead. 12. Something you shout: Jesus F**King Christ on a Pogo Stick 13. A movie title: Jumper (cause Anakin Skywalker is gonna need the work after RotS) 14. Something you drink: Juice 15. A musical group: Jimmy eats world (I think that is a band) 16. An animal: Jaguar 17. A street name: Juniper 18. A type of car: Jetta | | Friday, June 13th, 2008 | | 7:21 am |
I've figgured out the 2008 election... And it's GRIMER THAN HELL!!
McCain. Republicans don't like him. He loves to raise taxes and to spend money. ALot of Republicans won't vote for him. Obama... Alot of the hillary supporters won't vote for him. Alot of biggots who happen to agree with his tax and spend views won't vote for him becuase he is black... I think Both parties are trying to throw the election... I think they want the Libartarians to win the white house... Or the Constitutionalists? Or the Greens? Or an Independant. Why!!!??? I think both parties see a disaster on the horizon. Something so horrible that it will make the 1930's look like christmas morning. And neither party wants to be rememberd as having the Herbert Hoover of the 21st Century. I suspect the crisis will be 12 dollar a gallon gas. That will shake this country up like nothing else has or will. Now you can join me in the bomb shelter... be sure to bring your tin-foil hat. Jack Current Mood: political | | Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 | | 11:35 am |
| | Friday, May 9th, 2008 | | 7:36 am |
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952. | | Thursday, March 13th, 2008 | | 5:45 pm |
Wow, 5 weeks allready.
Where did the time go? Well, the Convention, the Irish Fest, the Remodeling the bedroom, the work, the getting the rest out of the way out of debt, the new friend (Diane), the weather, the gaming... It has all kept me pretty busy. Of all these, the one that merits the most mention is Diane. She is the cousin of Bethany, the reason I moved to texas in 1989. She has a husband that she loves very much who is in the Army in Iraq for a while. So we have become very good friends and keep each other company alot and do alot of stuff together. I am looking forward to the next 1.5 years. She worries that us doing so much together might stop me from meeting a romantic partner and that is so cute. Everything else is going SMOOTH. The money I am not paying to get out of debt is about to go into savings at a VERY good clip... This year when I go to Origins I will be going with enough cash to get EXACTLY what I want. I may be getting a motorcycle soon, I may be getting a New PC with enough power to make all the other PC's in the house piss themselves in fear. Life is good. Jack | | Thursday, February 7th, 2008 | | 9:12 am |
Things are good... Been off LJ a lil bit.
My ISP had a funky issue and some websites were not connecting. LJ, MySpace, Flkr, don't know any more... But I wasn't able to read anything for a few days... Nor Post. Well, my new diet is working great guns. Have dropped about 9 pounds in 2 weeks and I don't feel deprived of food or anything. Work has been going good. Had my 9 year anniversary and creeping up on the big 10. My profit sharing isn't what I would like it to be but hell, Im workin on it. I got my vacation requests in... I'll make Gen-Con and Origins this year and won't go into debt (or further into debt) for either of them. Got ConDFW (was a hoot last year) and North TexasIrish Festival in a few weeks. Debt. I have had a bit of a setback on my get out of debt plan, but I will be able to handel it. Im still making progress, just not the great guns I was making b4. I should still be 100% out in early March... Woot. And saving up cash for a good bike. Workout program hasn't started yet. Bad jack. Life is good. | | Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | | 7:34 pm |
| | Sunday, January 27th, 2008 | | 5:04 am |
My new life started Thursday.
I been sicky sick a few days this week. Sinuses got infected I think. Antibiotics are helping a bunch. Few more days to go on those. Time for a change in the state of the Jack. I laid down some dietary principles while I was sick and started living by them on thursday and here they are. Rule 1. One fried (non breaded) meat every other day. Rule 2. One starch (bread, chips, non fried potatoe) every 3rd day. Rule 3. One Fried starch per week. (gawds I miss french fries) Rule 4. I can have grapefruit or celery with peanut butter whenever the hell I want. Rule 5. (pending next weeks meeting with the gym owner) 30 mins of stationary bike 3 times a week, free weights after till I "FEEL THE BURN". Basicly I am just gonna eat smarter and gawds I am gonna miss some combinations but I am getting ready to drop about 100 pounds and get my blood sugar under controle and get some endurace back in my lungs. I may never again be able to do full contact martial arts but that doesn't mean I have to let myself go the way I have since 2000 and my shoulder injury. I guess I need to go buy a scale or something. Jack | | Friday, January 18th, 2008 | | 12:48 am |
TGI FRIDAY.
I have gotten a little strange this week. OK... Maybe I should explain that. I have changed schedules for one week from A-3 (8 PM to 6 AM) to A 2 (4PM to 2 AM) due to some staffing issues on the A 2 sched. Long version is "you can't deny someone's vacation request because the dept is short staffed due to injury." You can deny due to conflicting vacations, but not because the only other guy on shift is on light duty. So A2 needs an extra bod to cover a vacation and I have been HAPPY to fill in the role for a week. It is nice. A 2... the work comes to me... A 3... I gotta go find the work. A 2. Lots of peeps to talk to. A 3. Nobodys around so I wind up singing while I do my work and the 5-6 other peeps in the building think my cheese has slipped off my cracker because I am singing sea chanties at 4 AM. SO... Tonight the warehouse closed up early... I never get to go home early on A 3. On my way out of the building I saw one of the operations managers and expressed glee at the rare treat of getting out early. I asked if it would be innapropriate for me to start skipping in joy on my way out to the car. He said, Go ahead, and I did. Fruit of the looms in a wad update. I got to thinking about a wal mart term for an act of violence commited on the property. We call it "code brown". Wal-mart's policy is basicly "nobody can have a weapon on the property, ever." Which is cool for when the 22 year old kid gets a write up for (whatever) and blows his stack and the only thing he can grab is a nearby iron bar cause he can't bring his gun to work. It is alot less cool when the 22 year old goes home after getting fired, gets a gun comes back to work and the only thing we can do is hope that he runs out of bullets b4 he gets to the managers that we like. We will be a building with 754 helpless sheeplike victems because we obeyed the rules and left our weapons in the car (or at home) and now we die like swine. In my opinion, having a policy that recognizes that acts of violence occour but making it impossible to defend against them is irresponsible. I basicly wrote that down. I was going to polish it up and make a proposal to EAR (echelons above reality) management that "texas says you can carry, by gawd, thats good enough for wal-mart". But someone found my rough draft, printed a copy and handed it over to managment. I think Mgmt's first reaction was "OMFG we got a lunatic on the loose." and everyone is suddenly being very nice to me. Which is kinda cool. But now that they realize I am just trying to pitch an idea to someone REALLY HIGH UP THE FOOD chain, I think I am getting less intrest. LOL. I gotta pitch it to EAR cause they are the ones that set the policy. Even if 100% of the hourly and mgmt people in my warehouse love my idea, it don't mean squat cause nobody here gets to set the policy. If I talk with someone who doesn't set the policy, I am just flappin my gums. Anyway, I am off work early... I am gonna Grind Lineage two for while b4 bed. Jack | | Friday, January 11th, 2008 | | 6:50 am |
Got the giggle at work over this one...
This probably won't mean much to most of you, but for those who see the irony in it, Enjoy. Read a bit about Sam's Club last night and its emphasis on selling TV's in the electronics Dept. The announcement was made my Sam's Clube Senior VP of Electronics... Seong Ohm. Electronics.... Ohm... Watts in a name? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... | | Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 | | 9:34 am |
happy new year.
Allrgy symptoms aside, things are looking up for this new year. I am 2/3rd out of the debt that I got myself into, should be out 100% by March. And have enough saved up for a new motorcycle. My house looks a lil nicer without all the storage in the kitchen (still working on it, but progress has been made) my room looks a lil nicer with a semi real bed in it. My online game is still a ton of fun and my friends there are tighter than ever. To mis-quote the purple freak from Minnesota.... "Ain't nothing but the elevator gonna bring me down." Jack | | Thursday, December 27th, 2007 | | 11:01 am |
My strange strange body.
Setting the wayback machine for late 1992. I was getting ready to get out of the army and the Air Force base I was stationed at was giving away free flu shots to all us in the funny green suits so why the hell not. Well I spent 2 weeks pretty damned sick but I got better. I also had a recurring phlem issue that I had never had b4. The phlegm lasted for 2 years of throat clearing non breathing right discomfort. But since I was an early 20 something I was able to power through that without much difficulty and one day in 1994 I took a deep breath of air and realized "I can breath 100% fine... Woot". Well, last month I got the flu again and every since my recovery.... the phlegm ball is back in my throat and it won't go away. Not willing to commit myself to 2 years of this crap, I went to the DR today and was told "phlegm is the only symptom??? You probably got an allergy." Me: "But I didn't have an allergy 3 months ago and I didn't have an allergy in early 1992 or after 1994. Whassup with that?" Dr: "Well, apparently getting the flu gets you weak enough for your minor allergy symptoms to appear." How cool is that... I am allergic to something, other than Pennicillin and Tide (lye), but my health is strong enough to just blow it off most of the time. Also I talked with the DR about taking care of my High blood pressuere. Untill recently my opinion of hypertension was "the sooner the anurysim, the better" and didn't mind walking around with a 190 over 135. Now I do. With my hurt back from Sept I have to be careful about it, but I am about to start working out (as soon as this anti allergy med gets rid of this phlegm ball) and I want the Dr to see the X rays they took to make sure I can do free weights. Jack | | Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 | | 2:58 pm |
Cyclops is still sore.
It has been over a week since I got the acid in my right eye and it is still a we bit tender. My eyes don't get irritated at dust, but my right one does now. My eyes do get irritated at ciggarette smoke... my right one goes right off the chart. In other news... life is good. Last week I killed over a grand in debt, did some home improvement/repairs that I have been putting off forever, rented a U store it space, put a bunch of junk that has been lieing around the home in the U store it space, Used my 20% bonus at wal mart to get a new Futon, assembeled it and so for the first time since 1998 I am sleeping on a real bed that is my own. LOL. The way I have re-arranged my room I have a ton more elbow room and everything is still accessable. Still havn't gotten the promotion at work. I blew the interview when I had it a while back. I was sick when I interviewed and didn't do well with some of the questions... I.E. "So, what do you think might be your biggest drawback to taking this job." "Well, sometimes people piss me off, and so I find ways to make thier life miserable till they quit." What was I thinking? Oh, that's right, the flu meds and pain were thinking for me that day. Sigh. Oh well, next time I interview and he asks "what is your greatest strengh at this job" "People skills. People like me and I like people." MWAHAHAHA. Glad they don't hook me up to a polygraph while we interview. Jack | | Friday, December 14th, 2007 | | 9:47 am |
Near misses. (one scared cyclops)
At work last night I was doing a special project to keep the battery room from exploding spectacularly... Long story... maybe later. So, while I was under a rack cable tieing cable out of the way a fleck of dust or rust hit me in the eye... Because of where I was (the battery room) everything there is coated in vaporized/re-crystalized H2SO4. When the fleck hit my eye the water of my eye, re hydrated the crystal and OUCH... A short sprint to the eyewash station and 20 mins later, a stagger up to the guardshack, a request for saline eyewash (the station was cold tapwater, the clorine wasn't helping much) and the paperwork begins. Well, here it is 7 hours later and my vision is fine, the eye barely tingles and it really does seem that I was more scared than injured. THANK Goodness. Also last night, I was attempting to convice a co-worker of mine that if he wants me to do him small favors (like changing the propane tank on his forklift) he should ask me for my spare tank, not switch the tanks when I am not around. That pisses me off. So I was trying to find a way to start this conversation with something other than "How stupid do you think I am?" so I asked a rather non confrontational Ops manager about "how do you convice a co-worker to stop being a lazy fucktard without sarcasm and intimidation?" (not a direct quote, but close). So the ops mgr says I'll talk to him, and I say "no, i don't want you to change the situation, I want to learn how to deal with people without the use of thinly veiled threats of violence" (once again, not a direct quote) and Ops agrees to advise and be passive while I handle the situation. So Ops goes and talks with my (and co-workers) sup about what I said. Sup talkes with OUR Ops (who is hurt I am going outside the chain of command for help, EVEN though I didn't go for help, specificaly asked for no help, just advice) and with co-worker (who is hurt I am trying to get mgmt involved when it could be resolved just between us... which was what I was trying to do, just looking for advice, that's all). Now it is all resolved.... I am gonna do the tiny chore that Mike is too lazy to do for himself but I am going to be asked to do it and I will be told "thank you" for doing it. I kinda like that little chore, it is an excuse to leave the building for a few mins and get some good brisk night air. We all win. People skills are overrated... I feel like I am about ready to give up on all this "people skill" crap and go back to the shipping dock where promotions are handed out to people who can keep the others in line by intimidation, force of will and aggression. They can love me, or hate me, or fear me... I dont care, so long as they do what has to be done, I won't have to chew thier asses like a rotwiler with a pork chop. Everything I really needed to know about leadership I leared from George Scott Patton Jr and Attila the hun. jack | | Friday, December 7th, 2007 | | 7:21 am |
Remember, Remember.
Was just thinking of my favorite Pearl Harbor day memory. No shit, there I was... Misawa Japan, 1991. Me and a few GI's went celebrating Pearl Harbor Day by getting heavily shit faced. Yes, even I took part in the drinkage that day... Well, Tom had a few Japan National (JN) friends who were drinking with us... Well every now and then one of us GI's would lean back and bellow at the top of his lungs "Remember Pearl Harbor." and one of the JN's would lean back and bellow "rember pearr habar" at the top of his lungs, which was funny, but ruined the whole effect. My Paternal Grandfather had a Pearl Harbor story to tell. For those who don't know their history of the pre WWII era extremely well... Roosevelt knew the war was about to start. He knew the attack on Pearl was coming. The Cryptography section at the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) had broken the Japanese diplomatic code and knew that the JN negotiators the govt had sent were instructed by their government to negotiate to get Steel and Petroleum and they could negotiate to one price and no further. FDR knew that if we didn't start selling steel and petroleum we would be attacked. The Japanese mindset was that if they eliminated our Pac Fleet then asked to negotiate again we would have to. They did not want a war, they wanted Steel and Oil. FDR wanted a war. He knew the attack was coming, he could have put PacFlt on high alert, could have intercepted the attacking fleet on the open sea, could of done alot of things differently, but that wouldn't have gotten the US's collective fruit of the looms into a wad big enough to get into a war with Germany. Pa Jack was on board the USS chenango (I probably misspelled that) an escort carrier at the time and it put into Norfolk around Thanksgiving of 41 and the crew was not allowed leave but the officers were off the ship for a meeting while the crew replenished the ship ASAP. After 24 hours of getting more fuel, more food, and the officers back, the ship put to sea and headed south. After passing Florida the skipper got on the 1MC (Public address system) and announced "now hear this, we are heading into the pacific theater of operations. We are all going and a hell of alot of us are not coming back." The Chenango was in the panama canal when the attack happened. Apparently hating FDR runs in my family. I hate him because he created a system of dependancy on federal goverment that this nation may never shake off. He took a nation of rugged self sufficent people who would take care of themselves, THEN take care of those around them and transformed us into the nation we have today that counts on the federal goverment for care from womb to tomb. Case in point... There was a recent armed attack in Omaha Nebraska. Many people got shot, I hear 9 died plus the shooter. Because of the FDR mindset this nation is in, the standard responces are "We need more restrictive gun laws" or "the police should have stopped that", instead of "some armed citizen on the scene should have been able to stop that b4 the death toll got that big." The police do not stop crimes. They arrest people AFTER crimes have been commited. Laws do not keep us safe. Laws give the police a legal means to arrest people AFTER the crime has been commited. Armed, Trained, responsible citizens keep themself safe and the people around them safe. If we had more of them, we would all be a bit safer. Jack | | Friday, November 23rd, 2007 | | 8:03 am |
Global Warming UPDATE
It isn't even december and yesterday they got a snow in Big Spring Texas that allowed the children to build snowmen. This doesn't happen every year and it certinly doesn't happen in November. So if you still think there is such a thing as global warming... Look on your globe for Big Spring texas and then come to grips with the fact that "no, this globe isn't getting warmer." Jack | | 7:45 am |
10 down... 10 to go. (hours that is)
Put in a full night at the warehouse last night and it wasn't too bad... Got some stuff done, didn't get sick, didn't hurt my back... I have really lowered my standards about what makes a good night at work. LOL. Actually I even got to work a lil on an evil plan of mine. (I am really lowering my standards about what I call evil now too.) About 5 years ago I saw a co-worker named Trichia. I thought she was pretty. I didn't know anything else about her but I thought I would try to learn more. Right off the bat from her, I got nothing but impolite, cold, monosylabic answers to polite, friendly banter. Oh well, not that friendly a gal, I'm OK with that, she is still pretty and I can still be polite and professional and friendly. Well, it is 5 years later and now I kinda make a game of it. Just to see how polite and professional and friendly I can be and still get impolite, cold and monosylabic back. NO, I don't think she is gonna come around, NO, if she did come around, I wouldn't be interested, no, really, stop laughing. Today she dumped a pallet of some 100 pound objects that had to be stacked up over my six foot two head. (she is about 5 foot two.) and it was right near my duty station. So I went and helped. And what did I get for my effort and feat of strengh? For the first time, I got about 15 seconds of conversation. She actually offered an unsolicited opinion!!!! A sentance that was not a "Yes" or "No" came out of her mouth at me!!! Without me even asking she said "This is the only item in this De-pall(etization) station that allways does this to me." I figgure annother 5 years and I might get 2 connected sentances that are about hateing work. I WIN!!! Yeah, I really gotta raise my standards about what makes for a god day at work. Jack | | Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 | | 9:13 am |
Sorry about yesterday's postings. Just cutting/pasting from annother guy's blog isn't very damned creative of me. But sometimes you get a message from something and you just GOTTA share it. If anybody is interested I would post a link to his blog and you can go read some of his tales firsthand. Some of them (about the nigerian space program) made me laugh so hard I had tears running down the sides of my face. Jack |
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