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Avatars galore, pt.2

P.S. The dachsund is for Val, since I couldn't find a cocker spaniel or a beagle...Cute doggies!

Avatars galore!

In case you were wondering, since I have Yahoo e-mail, I started using my avatar for this blog. And before you ask, that was the closest I could get to myself, short of getting a digital camera. So, now you have some sort of image to associate w/ my inane information.

Hmmmmmm...

Not much happening today. Sorry for it being an uninteresting day. Of course, I have no control over what happens during the day, but I am apologetic nonetheless.

I'm out...

I feel happy! I feel happy! I feel...Oof!

Well, bloggers, another birthday has come and gone, and I have attained the age of 28. I'm not quite sure what to make of it, especially this morning. I feel like an old person. My neck hurts, my back aches, and my leg muscles are tight and hurt. Boo hoo....OK, enough blubbering from me.

However, on the flip side, I got some cool things for presents. I got 2 shirts from my wife, and my mother-in-law bought dinner. One shirt is a white HomestarRunner shirt, which I am wearing right now, and the other is a Pink Floyd shirt, with the prism from Dark Side of the Moon on the front. Rock On! The only downside was that it was Saturday, and as such, all of the usual Saturday stuff had to be done. But, it was still lotsa fun. I enjoyed it.

On a side note, most of my -in-law's have birthdays in March. 1 brother, and a grandma have a birthday this week. 2 brothers had a birthday last week. So, a busy birthday time!

Have a great day! I'm out...

Blah Thursday...

A slow day today. Except for neck pain, it has been fairly uneventful.

Thanks to Leah for the cute card and pictures, and the $5 for a "quarter-pounder" on her. Thanks, Lemur!

Incommunicado...

Good day, citizens! Sorry for having been unable to post for a few days. Blogger.com was experiencing some technical difficulties the past few days.

So...........Val and I went to see a play on Saturday that was a spoof about Star Wars and George Lucas. It was so hilarious, I laughed until I got a headache. I think the title was something like "Star Wars Episode MCCLXXIVIIII: The sequel to the prequels that were the sequels" It was great. Unfortunately, it ends this Saturday. If you wanna catch it, it's playing at the Desert Star Theater in Sandy. Here is their website, I think. I can't get to it here at work, so it may be wrong.

Also, last night Val and I went to the Republican party caucus for Centerville. It was very educational. It changed my opinion of the political process. I had thought, along with most of America, that "normal" people didn't have much say in what happens in politics. However, last night changed that opinion. All you need is to be a registered voter and show up once every 2 years to participate. The voters elect their representatives, and it goes from there. People do have a say in what happens, and it puts a personal face on what is going on.

That's it for right now. I'm out...

P.S. The "finish the rainbow" thing from the earlier post was me completing the rainbow of colors on the post. My first paragraph was in red, the 2nd in orange, etc. I was just finishing the rainbow.

Sorry for the confusion. "I won't inflict myself upon you any further." :)

Snow tires?

Well, I was .5 hr late this morning, and Monday I was .5 hr late. What really bites about all of this is that it hasn't been my fault. This morning traffic was glacially slow due to the heavy snow that was falling. On Monday, they closed I-15 south and moved/merged 5 lanes of traffic into 2 on to I-215. I wonder how my employer is going to look at my recent tardies. I called my supervisor to let him know, both times, that I was going to be late, and the reason for my tardiness. I just think that I shouldn't be held responsible for situations that are out of my control.

I can hear the accusations now: "You should have left earlier." I left 20 minutes early this morning, and Monday I left 10 minutes early. "So-and-so is never late." Yeah, well he has no traffic to deal with. He's supposed to be here @ 5 AM.

I understand that a standard has to be set to be able to hold everyone accountable, but if it isn't your fault, should you be held responsible? What if the situation is out of your control? I throw the BS flag, 15 yard penalty, as my supervisor would say.

Monday War Questions...

On a very happy Monday topic, one of the questions I asked my co-worker John was if he thought we were gonna nuke Iran. He snorted, and didn't really answer. My mind wonders if we shouldn't have gone into Iran instead of Iraq. We knew that Iran had nuclear power-generation capabilities, but not weapons technology. I suppose we can't go into every country that has nuclear reactors, and bomb them because we think they might obtain weapons tech, but where do you draw the line? I think it would have been better if we had gone and pre-emptively hit Iran, but even then, it would have been wrong. They hadn't started producing nukes yet, so what else could we do?

I don't know anything about what neo-cons believe, but I do understand that Pres. Bush seems to have acted on unreliable intel that was given to him by others. But, wouldn't it have been better to deal with the threat that had the most probable chance of manifesting itself? Better to deal with a threat that is already manifesting itself than a shadowy hint. Iran already had the reactors, and just needed to go in, give the finger to the U.N. , start them up, and buy the technology that they needed from someone. Again, which is more dangerous?

Now, I'm not advocating that we start wars with suspected problem nations. But if someone already has half the capability to make nuclear weapons, and all that is keeping them from making nukes is some hardware and their honesty, shouldn't we be doing something about that?Instead of toppling an, admittedly, despotic ruler and having no viable solution for rectifying the problems inherent in Iraq, shouldn't we stop a country that has more aggressive capabilities?

Now we have 2 messes that need fixing. How many more lives will it take to fix them?

OK, I'll get off my soapbox. Thanks for listening.

Finish the rainbow!

Hmmmm.....

Just not much happening today. Although I will say that working for a living this week has been difficult. I'd much rather have 3 months of vacation so I could stay home more. But, I suppose that's something that most people want. I'm out...

A few cards short...

Check this out first...

This guy has always seemed a bit...off. Too hi-energy, too derogatory, too weird. But, he's a good salesman, and all the people I know who have bought computers from him swear by them. I think this whole thing is kinda sad. Maybe he was a nut before, and it's only now coming to light, or he finally shot his mouth off too much. Regardless, all of the Totally Awesome computer places are closing down, which seems to be a very short-sighted move, in my relatively uneducated opinion. If I'd been CrazyDell, I'd have sold my interest in the company to an interested party for a large dollar amount and a guaranteed long term percentage of future profits. But, it's not my call. Unfortunately...

So much to do, and so little time...

I'm really sorry for not posting as much as I said I would. Last week was one of the worst here at work that I could remember, and since then, I've been trying to be more responsible here at work. That means that I sometimes forget to post in the afternoon.

There isn't much going on here in our corner of the Fauver empire. Life just seems to be getting busier and moving faster.

I can't really think of anything else to talk about right now, so I'll go. But, as always, if something comes up, I'll let you know...