Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Questions??????

1. After a tragic event, does life ever become normal again?

2. When your job puts you into financial limbo, when do you take your life off of hold?

3. What do you say to people when you realize they have used you for their personal gain?

4. What do you do when you feel your sibling is constantly looking down upon you?

5. Do you ever feel like your bad Karma has come back and hit you way more than you ever
earned it??

6. Will men ever realize that size 12 thru 16 women aren't fat, but the norm?


7. At what point will my son realize I am smarter than he thinks?

8. If a mime is arrested, does he still have the right to remain silent?

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Open Mouth - Insert Foot..........I am such an ass

At work today, I was talking with a friend when her son IM’d her …..simply the word “Loser”. We laughed and I mentioned that often when Peter calls me on the phone he will say “Hey Whats up ho?” A third person had joined the conversation and said that she wasn’t so sure she would like that. I told her it was all in fun and he knew when it was appropriate and when it was not. Then I proceeded to mention that I also will call him names, like, little prick, or gay boy……at that very moment I felt about the size of an inconspicuous dust ball. See…….. the third person who joined the conversation is gay. When the exchange of great wit was over I made a point to stop by her desk and apologize profusely.

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Trash Trash Everywhere

My drive to work today was long and slow. Rain and accidents made for a drive that allowed one to take in your surroundings. Not too bad across the bridge but malfunction junction was really an eye sore. As we cruised at am amazing 10 to 15 mph with occasional stopping, I took in the scenery. Yuck! There was not a place to look that there was not trash, and I don't mean paper and plastic. I mean trash! As I looked around I saw paper cups, plastic bags, a car bumber, 10 gallon buckets, insulation, clothes, coolers, cooler lids, styrofoam, a bed liner, a dead possum, an air conditioner, a bed mattress and all kinds of other crap. Now I thought that maybe some of the problem is because of the construction in the area, but I believe that all the junk out there goes beyond that. What a way to greet people into Tampa Bay...........Hi! Welcome to Tampa! The trashiest city around. Why would the mayor or other city officials not care that people coming into Tampa, by way of I-4, will see this. After all first impressions are just that, and they are hard to overcome. My first impression would be.....I think I should go home.......

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Jail Bird

Well Bernie Ebbers is to become a jail bird, guilty on all accounts. There was a slight uproar and round of applause at work when this was announced. My response was to ask if we could sentence him to the electric chair. As you can guess we are not fond of old Bernie here. We have lost jobs, morale, and pay raises thanks to him. There are still more jobs to cut. I expect this office will be gone in July. Well unless Verizon has something in mind but I am sure it is too early in the ball game to be saved by a decision at VZ. I can only hope that B.E. gets what he deserves, but I doubt it. Most rich peopple don't. They can still manage to buy their way out of it. As usual the hard workers suffer at the hands of the rich thieves. Where is Robin Hood??

As for me I guess I better bury my head back in the want ads. I would like to find something before I am escorted out the door.

Sunday, March 13, 2005

Then and Now

Yesterday I was doing yard work……..Yes I finally managed to find motivation to do something other than sit on my ass over a weekend..Anyway I cleaned out the garden in back, trimmed the vines, painted the new door frame and mowed the lawn. Well at least what little lawn there is. While doing the last of these chores the power drive on the lawn mower quit working and I had to actually push the mower. Well that really set me to working hard. As the catcher got fuller it became harder and harder to push and I had to take frequent breaks to guzzle some water down and to catch my breath. On one of by breaks I sat and looked at the lawn mower and remembered the old push mower we had growing up, before gas mowers were popular or affordable, and well before self propelled mowers. You know…….the ones on 2 wheels and a cylinder, that ya had to keep up a good speed with and that you often had to go over the same spot twice. I couldn’t help but think how pitiful I was for cursing the mower for being broken……my dad would go out and mow a lawn that was at least 5 times the size of mine and it was on a hillsdie in Connecticut. (A hillside that in the winter we would park the cars down on the road because if the driveway iced over the cars would be in the road by morning.) I remember that it only took one summer of that old push mower for dad to give in and get a gas, but still he had to push…… ….
I often think how upset we get, when our toys and tools of modern technology break. I will remind myself of the way it used to be done and be thankful that I get to do things the easier way 98% of the time.

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Quip

Just a quik one........something that irked me this weekend. I went to the store to go do my weekly shopping and as I came out of the store 2 girls got out of their Jeep. Nothing out of the ordinary you say? Well where they parked was...........this ignorant chic squeezed her Jeep in between 2 cars, on the blue lines, in the handicap zone. I was astonished! I stopped in my tracks. Knowing that if someone came out to get in the van, they would never be able to if using a walker or wheelchair, I said something to her. I got the response I expected.... a flip of the finger and F--- you! Not to be out done I proceeded to my truck, unloaded my bags, and thenwalked up to the front of the store to where the police were parked. I explained what transpired and he went over to the jeep and wrote up a ticket. Sweetie Pie...................your gesture and attitude just got expensive.