a little email from management

Check this out:
Garbage pickup is every Tuesday morning. The garbage was not emptied today due to the following vehicle parked in front of the bin: (license plate # removed)
This creates a hardship since the bin is full. The trash company was called and they will come out tomorrow, Wed. to do a one [...]

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i love “good news”

I just got this little notice in the mail today:
Our records indicate you are due for your TB: Quantiferon Test on July 8, 2009.  Please visit the Occupational Health Services (OHS) Satellite Office before the test due date.
No appointment is necessary.
Failure to comply will result in a notification to your Manager/Coordinator and VP, and it [...]

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omgwtfroftlmao

It’s hot.  It’s really hot.  Check out this nonsense:

I’m going to go to Safeway and get some popsicles.

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was the toxic avenger really that bad?

“He was 98 pounds of solid nerd until be became…”
Sadly, I actually remember that tag line from a video store in Minnesota back in the mid-80s.  Who can forget The Toxic Avenger?

I came home, made some pancakes, and watched the tail end of Die Hard.  When that ended, with nothing else [...]

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a tribute to the late, great paul gleason

Paul Gleason is gone; passed away in 2006 due to mesothelioma.  Honestly, I had no idea that he had died three years ago at the age of 67.  I decided to write this little piece after watching one of the classics of American Cinema – Van Wilder.  In that movie, Paul Gleason plays a hardass [...]

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just changing up the lines won’t work

Last night our team captain said we were going to change the lines because of our current downward slide.  We’ve lost four games in a row.  But here’s the deal: three of those teams had ringers brought in, two games were missed by one of our better players, and our three shittiest players showed up [...]

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the old pro and crying, drunk women

Happy Hour last night turned into a weird night of drinking and drama, primarily fueled by someone I had never met before.
Things started out well, aside from one person flaking (I was really hoping to meet her).  For the first two and a half hours it ended up just being myself and M, a friend [...]

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a ‘great personality’ is cool, but…

Two friends of mine are banned from ever trying to set me up with someone.   A few months ago I wrote about one situation that upset me.  Well, a few days ago another friend tried setting me up with someone else.  That didn’t quite happen as her friend was unable to show up for [...]

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and now we wait for the 2009-10 nhl season

In case you missed it, the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup last night with a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit.  One of the greatest stories from this series is Marian Hossa.  He bolted Pittsburgh for ‘greener pastures’ in Detroit, figuring he had a better chance to win the Stanley Cup [...]

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lighthouses rule

I first heard this on Opie & Anthony this week.  It’s just wacky and hilarious.  Kids, there is some cussing in it.  Enjoy, Treemeister.  Not once, not never.

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