I guess we could call it camel day since they have a hump. No humping around my place that's for sure.
I guess Tony Stewart will try to race at Dover. That is going to be painful no matter what. At least they have a talented relief driver who is capable of doing well there...Ricky Rudd. I was a fan of his when he was driving for Bud Moore (who had a summer house on the lake right down the street from me). I just hope that Zippy can get the car to fit Rudd's likes for qualifying. I think it would be cool if Tony couldn't finish the race and Ricky could win it.
I'll be taking part of the day off tomorrow to wait for the washing machine repair guy. It's only 2 weeks old, but the timer thingy doesn't work right. It'll wash forever, but won't drain, rinse or spin on anything but normal. At least it does that.
My friend and co-worker is having a colonoscopy today. That's just a primer in case the IRS crawls up his butt with a big flashlight. I wonder what type of person in medical school one day wakes up and decides, "I want to be a proctologist"? You couldn't tell anyone about it or you'd be the butt of all the jokes.
Deductive Reasoning...
The sport of choice for the urban poor is BASKETBALL
The sport of choice for maintenance-level employees is BOWLING
The sport of choice for front-line workers is FOOTBALL
The sport of choice for supervisors is BASEBALL
The sport of choice for middle management is TENNIS
The sport of choice for corporate officers is GOLF
CONCLUSION: The higher you are in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
Big Race Weekend
Saturday is the Busch race at Charlotte and the Truck race at Mansfield, Ohio.
Sunday is the best day for racing for me. I haven't missed the start of the Indy 500 in many many years, and although I may not watch the whole thing, I will watch the end as well. Then the Coca Cola 600.
I heard Carlos Mencia (Mind of Mencia on the Comedy Channel) this morning on the John Boy and Billy Big Show. He can only get away with saying the things he does because he is a minority, but he makes me laugh. He said California was talking about sending the illegals back to Mexico and building a wall. "Who's gonna build it after that?" His plan would be to have them build the wall and then say, "It looks really good on this side...How does it look on the other side?". When they go over to see the other side, close the door. You probably had to hear him say it, because it probably loses something in print.
The other thing he said I thought was funny was the reason so many illegals are here is that they don't want to be around a bunch of Mexicans. Sooooo....we should let as many as want to come over here come and in about a year they will feel that there are too many Mexicans here and move to Canada. Then it'll be their problem.
Sunday is the best day for racing for me. I haven't missed the start of the Indy 500 in many many years, and although I may not watch the whole thing, I will watch the end as well. Then the Coca Cola 600.
I heard Carlos Mencia (Mind of Mencia on the Comedy Channel) this morning on the John Boy and Billy Big Show. He can only get away with saying the things he does because he is a minority, but he makes me laugh. He said California was talking about sending the illegals back to Mexico and building a wall. "Who's gonna build it after that?" His plan would be to have them build the wall and then say, "It looks really good on this side...How does it look on the other side?". When they go over to see the other side, close the door. You probably had to hear him say it, because it probably loses something in print.
The other thing he said I thought was funny was the reason so many illegals are here is that they don't want to be around a bunch of Mexicans. Sooooo....we should let as many as want to come over here come and in about a year they will feel that there are too many Mexicans here and move to Canada. Then it'll be their problem.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Sure Happy It's Thursday
It has been a hectic week. A lot going on with work. It'll be nice in a couple of weeks when the little *&%$!#+$ (Darlings) are out of school.
This is one verrrry cool video (it's clean). Even better if you are a Beatles fan. It's Chris Bliss doing a juggling finale to his show.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640
Since my friends may be getting a pool, I'm now having to lose a bunch of weight and get a new swimming suit. I don't know who Borat is, but he has much bigger cajones than me to wear this in public. Beth said I couldn't wear this to her pool. I really can't blame her for that. If you think this is bad, don't even think about me in it.
This is one verrrry cool video (it's clean). Even better if you are a Beatles fan. It's Chris Bliss doing a juggling finale to his show.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640
Since my friends may be getting a pool, I'm now having to lose a bunch of weight and get a new swimming suit. I don't know who Borat is, but he has much bigger cajones than me to wear this in public. Beth said I couldn't wear this to her pool. I really can't blame her for that. If you think this is bad, don't even think about me in it.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Sure Happy It's Thursday
I read this from another blog and I find it extremely funny...
If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman.He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility....
Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?"
A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away."
Q: "Officer -- who provided this description?"
A: "The officer who responded to the scene."
Q: "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?"
A: "Yes, sir. With my life."
Q: "With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?"
A: "Yes sir, we do!"
Q: "And do you have a locker in the room?"
A: "Yes sir, I do."
Q: "And do you have a lock on your locker?"
A: "Yes sir."
Q: "Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?"
A: "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."
The courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called.
If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman.He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility....
Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?"
A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away."
Q: "Officer -- who provided this description?"
A: "The officer who responded to the scene."
Q: "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?"
A: "Yes, sir. With my life."
Q: "With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?"
A: "Yes sir, we do!"
Q: "And do you have a locker in the room?"
A: "Yes sir, I do."
Q: "And do you have a lock on your locker?"
A: "Yes sir."
Q: "Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?"
A: "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."
The courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
No Acronym Wednesday
Indy Qualifying will be this weekend May 20th.
It will be insane speeds once again. I once had a dream to drive in the Indy 500, but that was a long time ago. About 10 yrs ago a friend of mine who wheels and deals with a lot of different vehicles had an Indy car for a short period of time. I was doing some work on the header and tailpipe for one of his race cars (exhausting work I might add), and sat in the Indy car when nobody was around.
I was skinny then, but my shoulders were too wide to really fit in the car, and my shoes were way too wide. When I pressed the clutch pedal, my foot would interfere with the brake and using my left foot for the brake, it would hit both the clutch and accelerator pedal. I guess the only way I'll get to drive at Indy, is maybe a tour bus when I retire.
It will be insane speeds once again. I once had a dream to drive in the Indy 500, but that was a long time ago. About 10 yrs ago a friend of mine who wheels and deals with a lot of different vehicles had an Indy car for a short period of time. I was doing some work on the header and tailpipe for one of his race cars (exhausting work I might add), and sat in the Indy car when nobody was around.
I was skinny then, but my shoulders were too wide to really fit in the car, and my shoes were way too wide. When I pressed the clutch pedal, my foot would interfere with the brake and using my left foot for the brake, it would hit both the clutch and accelerator pedal. I guess the only way I'll get to drive at Indy, is maybe a tour bus when I retire.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
T.U.R.D
Tuesdays Usually Really Drag.
Pretty good acronym for Tuesday huh? Thanks to my buddy Bill for coming up with that one.
Now all I need is one for Wednesdays and I'm set!
Well, I got my grades for this semester. Two more A's. YAY!!! I can hardly wait until it's over though.
I've never done very well in school and I'm very happy that I've been able to get straight A's. Part of it is only taking 2 classes a semester. When I went to school before, I was working 30-35hrs a week and taking a full load of classes.
I feel much better today than yesterday. I went to the doctor last week because of a bad spider bite and the medicine he gave me (had me buy) made me feel horrible.
I think that Alan Shore is my new hero. I really like his matter of fact dry wit, way with words, and how he can stare down anyone. I do smile more than he does, but he is the man!
Pretty good acronym for Tuesday huh? Thanks to my buddy Bill for coming up with that one.
Now all I need is one for Wednesdays and I'm set!
Well, I got my grades for this semester. Two more A's. YAY!!! I can hardly wait until it's over though.
I've never done very well in school and I'm very happy that I've been able to get straight A's. Part of it is only taking 2 classes a semester. When I went to school before, I was working 30-35hrs a week and taking a full load of classes.
I feel much better today than yesterday. I went to the doctor last week because of a bad spider bite and the medicine he gave me (had me buy) made me feel horrible.
I think that Alan Shore is my new hero. I really like his matter of fact dry wit, way with words, and how he can stare down anyone. I do smile more than he does, but he is the man!
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
No Acronym Tuesday
Well, I still don't have a Tuesday acronym, but I've been wondering about the boycott yesterday.
It wasn't all the illegal immigrants, it's the legal ones I don't understand. Why should we grant amnesty to illegal aliens when they are lowering the wages of americans or legal immigrants.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Tyson Foods Inc. said Friday it would close a number of its meat processing plants Monday in response to a planned nationwide protest by immigrant workers.The meat processor said nine of its more than 100 plants would suspend operations for the day because of an expected lack of workers.A nationwide series of boycotts and marches are planned for May 1 by pro-immigrant activists as part of an effort to urge Congress to grant amnesty to the estimated 11.5 to 12 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States.
"The meat packers are confirming what we know," says University of Maryland economics professor Peter Morici, "and that is that this large group of illegal aliens in the United States is lowering the wage rate of semiskilled workers, people who are high school dropouts or high school graduates with minimal training."In fact, a meat-packing job paid $19 an hour in 1980, but today that same job pays closer to $9 an hour, according to the Labor Department. That's entirely consistent with what we've been reporting -- that illegal aliens depress wages for U.S. workers by as much as $200 billion a year in addition to placing a tremendous burden on hospitals, schools and other social services.
There is a need for people who want to work, and I don't have a problem with immigrants coming here. I just want them to do it LEGALLY!!!!
Some of the signs I saw "This is OUR continent, not YOURS! bothers me too. This is the United States of America. Marching around yelling Chicano Power and holding a Mexican flag does not make me want to endorse amnesty for illegals. If you don't like it here, GO BACK TO MEXICO!
I ripped this off "Whose Paranoid are You?" blog. It's Theodore Roosevelt on being an American from 1907...
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
This is from Yahoo this afternoon...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of mostly Hispanic immigrants walked off the job and rallied in cities across the United States on Monday, wielding their economic clout to demand rights for illegal immigrants.
It appears to me that they have more rights than the homeless or low-income people here already. If they are illegal, then they are criminals, and should be deported. We are the only country in the world that allows this kind of behavior. I'll bet we look like France to the rest of the world.
A buddy of mine said he was going to tape a taco to his hood and keep driving North until someone asks what it is. Sounds like he, at least, has some kind of plan.
It wasn't all the illegal immigrants, it's the legal ones I don't understand. Why should we grant amnesty to illegal aliens when they are lowering the wages of americans or legal immigrants.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Tyson Foods Inc. said Friday it would close a number of its meat processing plants Monday in response to a planned nationwide protest by immigrant workers.The meat processor said nine of its more than 100 plants would suspend operations for the day because of an expected lack of workers.A nationwide series of boycotts and marches are planned for May 1 by pro-immigrant activists as part of an effort to urge Congress to grant amnesty to the estimated 11.5 to 12 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States.
"The meat packers are confirming what we know," says University of Maryland economics professor Peter Morici, "and that is that this large group of illegal aliens in the United States is lowering the wage rate of semiskilled workers, people who are high school dropouts or high school graduates with minimal training."In fact, a meat-packing job paid $19 an hour in 1980, but today that same job pays closer to $9 an hour, according to the Labor Department. That's entirely consistent with what we've been reporting -- that illegal aliens depress wages for U.S. workers by as much as $200 billion a year in addition to placing a tremendous burden on hospitals, schools and other social services.
There is a need for people who want to work, and I don't have a problem with immigrants coming here. I just want them to do it LEGALLY!!!!
Some of the signs I saw "This is OUR continent, not YOURS! bothers me too. This is the United States of America. Marching around yelling Chicano Power and holding a Mexican flag does not make me want to endorse amnesty for illegals. If you don't like it here, GO BACK TO MEXICO!
I ripped this off "Whose Paranoid are You?" blog. It's Theodore Roosevelt on being an American from 1907...
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
This is from Yahoo this afternoon...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of mostly Hispanic immigrants walked off the job and rallied in cities across the United States on Monday, wielding their economic clout to demand rights for illegal immigrants.
It appears to me that they have more rights than the homeless or low-income people here already. If they are illegal, then they are criminals, and should be deported. We are the only country in the world that allows this kind of behavior. I'll bet we look like France to the rest of the world.
A buddy of mine said he was going to tape a taco to his hood and keep driving North until someone asks what it is. Sounds like he, at least, has some kind of plan.
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