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| Friday, July 3rd, 2009 | | 12:54 pm |
Poll, and other stuff, too.
 Well, that last entry was kinda odd, wasn't it? To keep with the theme, I want to throw something out there. We have a smoking ban in Lafayette, and have had for over a year now, I think. There is a bowling alley that I frequent (anyone who reads this LJ knows that I love my bowling) which has a partially attached bar on the side. As such the owner has decided that the bar side is eligible for the exemption that bars have under the ordinance. The two businesses, however, are connected, and share power, air circulation, and food service counters with each other. The owner has decided that he is not covered under the ordinance and has decided to ignore it and let people and employees smoke in the bar. He has been cited at least half a dozen times, when I last checked a few months ago, and had refused to pay any of the tickets, saying he would wait for his day in court, and continues to ignore the ban, leading to more citations, etc, etc. Now I, personally, *detest* the entire concept of the smoking ban, as it is an infringement on the business owners property rights for legal activities. If they wanted to make smoking illegal everywhere, sure, go for it, I hate smoking as well, but do *not* nitpick where it is safe and where it is not. Either it is or it isn't. If smoking is so dangerous to us all, then GET RID OF IT! Don't sit around finding all sorts of minute ways to chip away at the freedoms of private citizens just to rack up extra income from citations, and setting up future infringements through the claims of the public health. Now, the bowling alley owner has already been given his date for his court hearing, but until then, instead of respecting the current system, he is deciding to ignore it. I understand trying to change a law you don't like, or getting himself added to the exemptions, but in the meantime, you gotta follow the ruling as it stands, don't you? Ban the smoking until the court either tells you that you are wrong, and you saved yourself from thousands of dollars in citations, or that you are right, and vindicated in your desire to reopen the smoking in your business. But you just don't take the kind of stupid actions he has been, claiming it's in the best interest of the business. It simply looks like he is being a dick to me. In addition, if he is wrong, he will now have to face a massive stack of tickets, possibly costing him far more than it would have to deal with the temporary pain that the ban would cause. That is all for this one. I think I am going to start just snarking about things on this journal, if only to keep it active, and to give me some more people to bounce it off of than at work. Though I do like the wide variety of political and personal types I have at work, I am shooting for a tad larger cross section, you know? Current Mood:  discontent | | 11:11 am |
This... disturbs me.
Not entirely sure why, well, really I do, as I am apparently a major hard-ass when it comes to things like this. As was my father before me, and his father before him, etc, etc.
It's a LJ entry by ToobSo she tries to steal, and you just go, meh, and let her go on her way, no biggie? I was sitting here, going, wha? How could you just... Why? I guess stealing = wrong just didn't stick with some people? I don't care why you are doing it, it's still wrong. I think of killing the same way. i would easily kill someone who was invading my home, or attacking my family, or even a stranger for that matter, and not blink an eye at the time, as it is a necessary act. I would feel guilty as hell for having had to do it, and I would always see it as something that was wrong to have had to do. Even if this woman was stealing to feed her child, it is still a wrong act. Necessary, at the time, to be sure, but stealing is still wrong, and she *must* expect to be punished for committing it. Even if the cops simply take her in, say "$12, you gotta be kiddin' me, and toss her out on the street, at least the experience would be considered a punishment of sorts. I know I would hate to be drug downtown and handed to the cops, even if I was released shortly after. I never claimed that there need to be a beheading for something like this, but please, do something to show this woman that people still take theft seriously. *sigh* I just happened to catch this at a bad time or something, I'm not sure if any of this makes any sense, but the situation just seemed like a no-brainer to me, and it doesn't go the way Toob takes it, that's for sure.</a> Current Mood:  uncomfortable | | Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | | 10:05 pm |
Star Trek.... REBOOT!
Ok, like so many of the people on my friends list, I have just returned from seeing Star Trek. And like so many of the other people on my FL, I did indeed love it soooo much. But, I would like to add that there has got to be a marketing guy or Board of Directors member or whoever gets to make these kinds of decisions, that is a freakin' GENIUS! My explanation will require a cut as it contains spoilerific material... ( The cut stuff is right here, Cap'n )So, I enjoyed that movie, though I think it got a bit too campy and pandering with some of the intentional call-backs and such, but overall, I left smiling, and looking forward to what they do with the "new" crew. Current Mood:  geeky | | Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | | 5:28 pm |
Gas around here is now at around $2.15/gal and I voted yesterday at the local Payless. It took around a half and hour and cost us the free Kung-Fu Panda Matinee, due to it being sold out by the time we made it there. Totally worth it. | | Sunday, June 15th, 2008 | | 10:01 pm |
Quick miscellaneous updates.
Fantasy NASCAR league: Currently in first for the Furry league, in the top 95% for the Yahoo main standings. Bowling: Has been sucking bad this summer, I'm hanging around the middle of the league thanks to some easy points, but overall, not too happy with my performance. House: Trimmed up the trees; cleaned up the gutters (and completely replaced the front ones, they have needed it for years); had a bug in the switch box of the A/C, resulting in a silly service call, and $100 lost, and we have a new door for the shed, I just need to figure out how to trim it down for a ginormous doggy door for an 80 lb. pup. Family: Trev is playing Viola, going to summer camp, and playing WAY too many video games. (P.S. I like Chowder, mostly, his new favorite show) He has also been accepted into the entire Excel program next fall, but I think he only wants to move up in the Math and Science classes, and wants to stay in the challenge level English classes. Jenn is having some nerve issues in her right arm, and is slobbering over the prospect of doing more work in the yard. Correction, over the idea of ME doing more work in the yard. :P Car/Van: Four new tires on the car, finally got an oil change (6000 miles, and 9 months since my last, it's at 165,000miles total), and am still loving the car, even after having it for 120,000 miles. The van now has a working turn signal, but needs some brake work, a new right side rear-view mirror, and an AC charge. That's not everything, but it will have to do. Current Mood:  contentCurrent Music: Virus Alert, Wierd Al | | 8:37 pm |
Bit breezy this evening.
Ok, since it was Father's day, we have been doing quite a bit of running around. I actually drug myself out of bed and went to church with the family. We went over to my Dad's for a bit of DQ Ice Cream Cake, and enjoyed the fine spring weather. 'Course, being as this is Indiana, that lasted all of a couple of hours. ( Fun-Fun Winds )Suffice it to say that we now have plenty of wood for the fire pit. Probably enough for us, my Brother, my Dad, and a bit left over for my Mom's fireplace, too. P.S. All evidence says it was purely straight line winds, nothing twisty. Current Mood:  impressedCurrent Music: Chainsaws and cracking wood | | Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 | | 4:23 pm |
| | Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 | | 9:04 pm |
My Personality | | Neuroticism | | Extraversion | | Openness to Experience | | Agreeableness | | Conscientiousness | |
| You rarely get angry and it takes a lot to make you angry, however you are poised, confident, and clear-thinking when stressed. You tend not to talk much and prefer to let others control the activities of groups. You prefer familiar routines and for things to stay the same. You can tend to feel uncomfortable with change. You do not enjoy confrontation, but you will stand up for yourself or push your point if you feel it is important, however you do not particularly like helping other people. Requests for help feel like an imposition on your time. You are well-organized and like to live according to routines and schedules. Often you will keep lists and make plans.
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Current Mood: complacent | | Saturday, April 19th, 2008 | | 10:17 am |
Ok, I know that I don't have very many people reading this, but I'm wondering how many of you have found the same thing happening to them. I heard on the Radio that people tend to have a set pattern to the Music they like, and that it is locked by the time they hit 30. Past that, you shun new styles/bands/songs, and keep going back to the "oldies" you always loved. And since I was cleaning out my MP3 lists this morning, I clearly saw this pattern flashing in Neon. Out of around 1600 songs I currently have in my collection, I would hazard a guess that I *might* have 30 that are less than 5 years old. If that many. So, does anyone want to help me with a little inner-experimental procedure? Drop me a few ideas for songs/bands/etc that are fairly recent, that I should maybe take a look at and see if I have truly become an old fogey, with heart turning to cold lifeless "this new stuff ain't music, it's noise!" stone. Current Mood:  contemplativeCurrent Music: GodSmack-Voodoo | | Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 | | 9:05 pm |
I came to bowl....
My team, apparently, was not so enthusiastic about the $400 we could of won. :P My games: 191, 246, 237, for a 671 series. Not OMG fantastic, but still, very good. My teammates rolled 600, 570, 555, 525 series. We won the first game by 91 (our opponents didn't find their shots until about the 6th frame, WAY too late to save them), but lost the other 2 by 97, and 41. Left us out of the running for the league title, though we will get point money for all of our wins through the season, it will be nowhere near the cash we handed the other team tonight. I am, to say the least, a bit ticked off. Plus, work has been so slow of late that I have had several unscheduled days off, burning up all of my vacation (I regen at the end of June, so it's not TOO bad), and knocking morale in my department down a couple of pegs. We finally got the ok on a job that we have been prepping for, and is the reason that we were so slow. We got so far ahead on all of our other jobs, so we would be clear when this one landed, that it left us dead for the 2 extra weeks it took to get that ok. Current Mood:  aggravated | | Sunday, April 6th, 2008 | | 6:32 pm |
Best Bowling Night... Ever.
Ok, so this has become my Bowling Journal now... I should probably start a new one for just normal day-to-day stuff. But then it would be inhabited solely by moths and dust bunnies, so maybe not. ( Bowling Stuff under here. )Other than that, it's been a great year so far. Money is not stressing us, Trev's been pretty good, still managed to get suspended off the bus for 2 weeks, but that has been it, and we are in the process of redecorating the house after 10 years of the same paint and carpet. (Living room got done this weekend) Now to start saving up for my Cons, and all will be well in the world. PS, anyone else like Frisky Dingo? I think I am adding that to my favorites of all time list. Current Mood:  jubilant | | Monday, August 13th, 2007 | | 4:43 pm |
Sweet and sour weekend.
Heh, call it sour, since I had to work a full shift on Saturday (gives me around 12 hours overtime for the week, nice for MFM prep)but Sunday was total sweetness. Cleaned up some of the house. As I have said before, I ENJOY cleaning my house, so getting that in made me feel good. Then I just kind of hung out with Jenn and Trev, watched TV, played some games, you know, that elusive quality family time thingy. Once 4 o'clock rolled around, Jenn and I dropped Trev off over at my brothers, since my nephew had been asking for him to come over all week, and hopped over to our Winter Bowling league's first week. I had a wonderful night, and though I don't think I convinced anyone that it wasn't intentional, I had to pull up a bit one game or I would have started out the year with a 210+ average. Kinda hard to live up to, dontcha know? I rolled a 205, 219, 160. I still start out with a 194. Ow. On the upside, I also took second in our No-tap last week, which paid for my bowling this week. Now, here's the real kicker, and why nothing they could throw at me today at work was gonna bring me down. The pro shop at Market Square Lanes has recently been taken over by a new owner, and he is a 25 year Veteran of the PBA class 1 Pro tour. He now bowls on the Seniors Pro tour, and carries a 230-240 average in many of the leagues he bowls in. This guy gives lessons at a rate of $100 PER HOUR, and has made his living through bowling since 1978. He asked me to bowl on his team (a five man squad) in one of the hardest leagues in the area. This is FREAKING COOL! It's like getting free advice, decades of bowling experience, a massive boost to the ego (hey, I have no delusions about this, I'll be the lowest averaging guy on his team, but still, awesome) and awesome access to equipment at cost, including some of his pro-tour quality equipment as he is given newer stuff by his sponsors. And he asked me personally after watching me bowl for several weeks on the PBA experience league. I know all of you non-bowler types out there could care less, but to me, it's a sweet offer, and I jumped all over it, once I realized he was seriously asking me to join his team specifically, and not just the league. Current Mood:  giddyCurrent Music: Preseason football | | Saturday, June 30th, 2007 | | 11:24 pm |
Alrighty, so I was browsing through FoodTV.com the other day (mostly drifting through Alton's Good Eats recipes) and decided to use some of the Pork steaks in a Slow Cooker Pepper Pork recipe, which sounded pretty good to me. Takes only a few minutes to prep, a few more 8 hours later to do the preliminary cooking, and then 6 hours of letting the slow cooker do the work. Perfect for me. :) I loved it, but then I cooked it. Sadly the rest of the house was not so sure. Trev liked it oK, but Jenn was just so-so on it. Bummer, too, it used fairly basic ingredients, and was easy as heck to make. I bet they would love a nice hard souffle, or something that would give me fits to make. :P Anywho. We just found out this morning that a friend of ours, a sweet older lady named Mary Elizabeth (or just Beth) passed away Friday night from complications of an illness she had had for years. She used to watch Trev for us now and then, and was just the nicest person you could sit and talk to for hours. She had been sick for a while, but we had no idea how sick. Oh, Anti-biotics seem to be doing the job, I feel a ton better, and I have gone through the house and trashed/cleaned/sanitized anything which might give whatever that was back to me later. Or to anyone else in the house either, of course. Tomorrow is gonna be hella busy, from yard work in the AM to a church function to helping someone move, then on to Bowling... long, busy day. Then back to work, and all the fun Mondays bring, yeah!. :P Current Mood: contentCurrent Music: Nieghbor's Fireworks Testing | | Thursday, June 28th, 2007 | | 1:25 pm |
| | 11:36 am |
Well, here I am, home from work, originally just because I had to burn off some vacation before I lost it at the end of June, but after having to put it off from yesterday (work decided they simply *could not* live without me yesterday) I stayed home today with a nice multi-orifice ick. I had a sore throat for a few days, but nothing else, really. Figured it was drainage or something innocuous like that. Sadly, my throat was inflamed enough that it closed off the drains from my ears, so they both backed up fluid, my sinuses plugged up, and now I am on a "cut-em-off-at-the-pass" regimen of Anti-biotics the doc gave me. (he basically said, "if you don't have a double ear infection starting right now, you will have in the next day or two, just warnin ya") And gave me a double shot of steroids (the insurance order the nurse used didn't go as high as the dose of the shot he gave me had in it) to bring the swelling down for a couple of days at least. I'm staying home and drinking enough water to float my dad's Bass Boat, and hoping that the AB's nip the infections before I end up with full blown (capital I > Ick. Oh, and I did this quiz, too....why not? Your Score: The Oracle 33% Extroversion, 80% Intuition, 27% Emotiveness, 71% Perceptiveness 
Heuristic, detached, and analytical to a fualt, you are most like The Oracle. You are able to tackle any subject with a fine toothed comb, and you possess an ability to pinpoint nuances and shades of meaning that other people do not have and cannot understand. Accomplishment and realization of ideas are, for you, secondary to the rigorous exploration of ideas and questions -- you are, first and foremost, a theorist. You hate authority, convention, tradition, and under no circumstances do you accept a leadership role (although, you will gladly advise leadership when they're going astray, whether they want you to or not). Abstraction and generalities are your interests, details and particulars are usually inconsequential and uninteresting. You excel at language, mathematics and philosophy.
You are typically easy-going and non-confrontational until someone violates one of the very few principles that you deem sacred, at which point you can fly into a rage. Although you possess a much greater understanding of process and systems than the people around you, you are always conscious of the possibility that you've missed something or made a mistake. You don't tend to become attached to particular theories, and will immediately discard mistaken notions once they're revealed to be incorrect (but you don't tolerate iconoclasts who try to discredit validated theories through the use of fallacies and bad data). Despite being outwardly humble, you probably think of yourself as being smarter than most other people. That's because you are. In fact, in your dealings with people your understanding of their motives is so expansive that you know what they're going to say before they say it, and in world affairs, you usually know what is going to take place before it actually does. This ability would make you unbeatable in debates if only you were a little less pensive about your own conclusions, and a little more outgoing.
Famous people like you: Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, John McWhorter, Ramanujan, Marie Curie, Kurt Godel
Stay clear of: Apollo, Icarus, Hermes, Aphrodite
Seek out: Atlas, Prometheus, Daedalus
Current Mood:  sickCurrent Music: Seeed - Ding | | Sunday, March 11th, 2007 | | 11:32 am |
| | Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 | | 3:46 pm |
| | Saturday, September 9th, 2006 | | 9:14 pm |
Yeah, it's just a blip.
My Personal Dna ReportI don't know that too many of you care about my Boy, but I think the next mega-post is gonna be on him, since most everything in life revolves around Work(money), sleep, Jenn, and Trev. Current Mood: nerdy | | Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 | | 6:25 pm |
Just a link to an interesting Website, if you are into this kind of thing. Heh, kinda surprising how many of these I seem to have been instinctively using at work of late. Ok, so now I am the second highest paid floor employee there, with a key to the building, able to darn near set my own Hours, have been shown the plan, and my place as a manager in it (two year plan, but it's nice to know whats in the works) and, of late, racking up more overtime than I did the entire 12 months previous. After reading this website, I suddenly have the desire to OWN this place a little while down the road. *cackle of unspeakable evil, so don't even try to put it into words, no seriously, it'll make your tongue fall out* 48 Laws of Power Current Mood:  predatoryCurrent Music: TMBG- Stomp Box | | Sunday, August 27th, 2006 | | 1:48 pm |
Greetings to all those who have actually kept my name on your friends/watched list, after a year of floating in he ether, I'm kinda surprised at the number of folks who have left me on those lists. Hm, seems that last time was a bit of a ramble, and it wasn't;' even a years worth. With a memory like mine, as I have said before, I'm not even sure how much of this will be accurate, though I would sign one of those lovely legal thingies that says "this is the truth, to the best of my knowledge" and all that. Lets see if I remember how to use this thing.... ( Is this thing on? )As I said, now we have also been figuring it up, with a 6 month budget assessment, and we have worked out payments we can make to both of our parents, for help they gave us during this nastiness (though in the end, it was only delaying the bankruptcy) and have begun to pay them back, We think we can have that done by Christmas. All around, this has been a life-saver, both mentally, physically (stress is not good for your body, either, folks), and fiscally, so I can honestly say that I have absolutely no regrets about filing, as hard as it was to admit defeat in the first place. As I said, I'm gonna have to do re-caps piecemeal, this one was long enough, and was probably the easiest to pull together. :P Laters. Current Mood:  grateful |
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