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Today Logan hit his first due date given to Amy. Later another doctor said April 3rd. She’ll probably land right in the middle. We’re just waiting patiently. Amy’s being good but she’s eager. I still have a boogie board to paint for the nursery.
I finally got my bonus today. Now I get to give it all to the hospital.
I pulled a muscle in my back getting off the sofa this morning (where I sleep every night since Connor kicked me out of the bed) and then proceeded to check my bank account for my bonus I was told should be in the bank. Huh? No bonus? In furry I almost quit my job. Then I found out I received bad information from the rumor mill that is my workpalce and that my bonus was approved, plus a raise, just not in time for this payroll deposit.
So the rest of the day was busier than any on record and in the middle of it I proceeded with the final interview for the newest Junior Sys. Admin position I’m hiring for. At least I didn’t have to pay for lunch.
So on the way home, down the country back roads, my back still in pain, plus I was hungy, and out of no where a loud explosion occurred on the right side of my truck. Did someone shoot it? That was my first thought but no. I ran over some piece of plastic that fell off the top of the work van full of illegal aliens in front of me. My back right tire was flat. But I was about a mile from home so I hobbled to the driveway.
A few minutes later I got out the jack and surprise, the portion of the jack handle that’s suppose to fit in the jack itself to crank it doesn’t fit. Not even close. I even read the instructions. Not something I’m known for. Ford obviously put their best Engineers on jack handles. Therefore I was off to Advanced Auto.
The clerk roaming the isles asked what I was going to lift. I said “my F-150”. To which he replied “this is the kit you need”. It was a 2-ton Hydraulic floor lift and two jack stands for $27. I’ll take it.
Well I shouldn’t have. I got under the rear end of the truck, positioned the jack to the axel and pumped it to it’s maximum height of thirteen inches. Which is about two inches too low for an F-150. So now I’ve got a jack to return, blown rear tire, my back still hurts and it hasn’t rained in two months but it’s going to pour tomorrow. Okay, the gods have spoken.
All this on a day I was excited about. I was expecting lots of money in the bank and steaks for dinner. Instead I got microwave soup and a flat.
I learned today…
“In a recent Institute for Traffic Safety study, listening to right-wing talk radio was found to be nearly twice as distracting while driving as listening to NPR.”
Hmmm…. Nothing bad can come from this. Attention Neocons: Please enjoy more right-wing ranting. You can thank Rush for the higher insurance rates.
Where would we be without the Internet? Still strolling through antiquated “modern” art museums looking at “interpretive” crap that could be mistaken for the homework of a 4-year-old, that’s where. Thanks to the web we can be introduced to art that would be worth traveling to see. Like the sidewalk chalk drawings of Julian Beever. “Striking” is my new word for the week and this art is the definition. Julian’s images can be over 30 feet long on the sidewalk but appear to be only three or four feet high in perspective. Crazy.
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/1124144/
Pat Robertson is quite simply the biggest jackass alive.
As of today a permit is required to get a keg in NC. It’s suppose to curb drinking by minors. They’ll probably be exclusively for restaurants. Whatever. Kegs were expensive anyway.
http://www.wral.com/news/10438844/detail.html?rss=ral&psp=news
From the Discovery article:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/11/28/sealion_ani.html?category=animals
“People should understand these animals are out there not to attack people or humans. But they’re out there to survive for themselves,”
– Jim Oswald, a spokesman for the Marine Mammal Center
I find it reassuring when a guy who is a spokesman for a Mammal Center isn’t aware that all people are humans.
This kid was on Ellen and given a Nintendo Wii months early. His mom didn’t shelter him and look at what a difference it made.
“A panel studying what to do with one of the largest pieces of land in downtown Raleigh meets Tuesday. It is the same group that helped create plans to rebuild post-Katrina New Orleans and post-9/11 lower Manhattan.”
http://www.wral.com/news/10143925/detail.html
Is this headline meant to impress or discourage? We all know how well the projects in Manhattan and New Orleans are going. Sounds like another great choice by Raleigh city planners.
Here’s the proof. Notice that her right side is much uglier. No doubt she’s two faced now. How much do I dislike this woman? So much that I went in search of this kind of trash on her: