Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I Got A Owwy
I don't know how I do it, but I somehow manage to injure myself doing the most mundane and benign things. Last year I severely pulled a muscle stretching in bed. Yesterday I hurt my shoulder trying to flush the toilet. It wasn't one of those normal handle flushing toilets, but a push button one. I had to push so hard I injured something in my shoulder. I'm gonna tell people I hurt it when I had to knock some punk out.
Labels: life happens
Conspiracy Theory
Turns out Elvis was involved in a cloning experiment that went horribly wrong. This poll proves it. Be sure to vote in my latest poll. You can vote for as many as you want, but only vote one time.
Labels: polls
Sunday, April 27, 2008
My Love/Hate Relationship With Wal-Mart
Inspired by Joanne's recent Wal-Mart post, I've compiled a list of Wal-Mart likes and dislikes.
Why I love Wal-Mart:
They let me sleep in their parking lot when I travel across country.
Almost always low prices, always.
Why I hate Wal-Mart:
They're killin' the little man.
Money spent at a Wal-Mart leaves town in the next electronic transfer, while money spent at a Mom-and-Pop shop circulates the town many times over.
They often force suppliers to sacrifice quality or safety to meet their low price demands.
They practice gun control at some stores but increase selection of firearms in cities where they know they will sell better.
Something in the environmental controls makes many of the cashier's glazed over and useless. Or maybe they're just not making enough to care.
That alarm that goes off at the door when I didn't swipe a product properly to deactivate the security thingy even though the sign says I only need to do that with electronics and jewelery.
Hmmm... I didn't realize there were going to be so many reasons why I hate Wal-Mart when I started this list. Did I forget anything?
Why I love Wal-Mart:
They let me sleep in their parking lot when I travel across country.
Almost always low prices, always.
Why I hate Wal-Mart:
They're killin' the little man.
Money spent at a Wal-Mart leaves town in the next electronic transfer, while money spent at a Mom-and-Pop shop circulates the town many times over.
They often force suppliers to sacrifice quality or safety to meet their low price demands.
They practice gun control at some stores but increase selection of firearms in cities where they know they will sell better.
Something in the environmental controls makes many of the cashier's glazed over and useless. Or maybe they're just not making enough to care.
That alarm that goes off at the door when I didn't swipe a product properly to deactivate the security thingy even though the sign says I only need to do that with electronics and jewelery.
Hmmm... I didn't realize there were going to be so many reasons why I hate Wal-Mart when I started this list. Did I forget anything?
Labels: rants
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Work Boots
What do you think? Are they me? Bates M9 Tactical Boots. I hope so, 'cause I've been wearing the 6 inch version of them for over a year. They were my "dress shoes" when I used to work at a credit union. I don't know why I couldn't just wear sneakers. It's not like the members could see my feet anyhow. I've ordered work boots from WorkBootUSA in the past and I've been very happy with their policies and shipping times. 
The Secret of Life
...is a box of Thin Mints Girl Scout cookies.
Labels: secret of life
Friday, April 25, 2008
Songs About Rain
What's with all the songs about rain on the country stations right now? Do the DJ's think they're being so clever to play songs about rain when we're having rainy weather? I've heard "The Thunder Rolls" 3 times already. Not to mention a couple songs that they prolly had to dust off the phonograph to play. Oddly, I haven't heard Gary Allan's "Songs About Rain" yet.
Labels: weather
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Wal-Mart Cake
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Empty Holster Protest by Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
This week is the national Empty Holster Protest for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. Students and faculty across the nation, including me, are wearing empty holsters on college campuses to protest the fact that in most states, licensed and trained concealed weapons holders are forced to disarm when entering a college building or dorm. The protest comes a week after the anniversary of the Virginia Tech Massacre. Based on a recent survey conducted for my statistics course, the majority of those surveyed believe such an event could have been shortened or even prevented if people were allowed to carry concealed for protection.
Hiatus
I know, I know. I've gone from posting 5-7 times a week to nothing. But I've been busy moving to my new diggs and my parents got re-married on Saturday and I was the maid of honor/photographer. Plus, it's finals next week and as any of you former college students know, the profs like to fit in a couple extra lesson and one final paper/project before exams. Don't they know ALL the other teachers are doing that too? Anyway, I moved out of my apartment in Murderville and I'm now at a county park in Pinconning on Saginaw Bay. I'm staying in my parents RV. It's so nice and peaceful, at least for me. My neighbors get to put up with all my noise. Oh, and it's cheap too!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Watermelon
Monday, April 14, 2008
The Worst Thing About April
The worst thing about April is April showers. Apparently I'm the only one who hates giving an interest free loan to the gov't. And there's at least one April birthday and (s)he's not too happy about it.
Labels: polls
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Tornado Warning
I was always taught in school that a tornado watch was when conditions were right for a tornado and you should be on the lookout. A tornado warning, on the other hand, was when a tornado had actually been spotted on the ground. Friday, in the Tri-Cities area, they interrupted the radio to issue a tornado warning until a certain time. The weatherman used the term tornado warning several times, but only that conditions were right for a tornado until such and such an hour. He never made mention of any being seen. According to several definitions, a warning can be issued when one is supposedly about to occur. How is that so different than a tornado watch as defined when conditions are favorable for one to occur? I could find no reports indicating a tornado actually formed in the area. Those weather people should be ashamed, scaring me like that and interrupting my regularly scheduled program.
Labels: weather
Saturday, April 12, 2008
3GB Social Networking
I'm the newest member of the up and coming social networking community 3GB. They've got blogs, MP3s, photo hosting, chatrooms and all sorts of cool stuff. Why not join 3GB community at www.3gb.biz and add me to your friends so I can measure my self-worth.
This brings me to a good topic. In case you don't already have one, have you ever thought about creating a junk email account? Not just a folder, but a whole email account that you can use when you don't want to give out your real email to a company. Mine's 1gbjunk@gmail.com. I check it every once in a while in case I've gotten something useful. But it's mostly filled with emails from free things I've signed up for like 3GB or offers to enlarge my penis.
This brings me to a good topic. In case you don't already have one, have you ever thought about creating a junk email account? Not just a folder, but a whole email account that you can use when you don't want to give out your real email to a company. Mine's 1gbjunk@gmail.com. I check it every once in a while in case I've gotten something useful. But it's mostly filled with emails from free things I've signed up for like 3GB or offers to enlarge my penis.
Labels: et cetera
Friday, April 11, 2008
Good News
Well, you can all congratulate me. I got the security guard job. I guess the guy wasn't as sexist as I thought. I applied on Tuesday and he called me on Thursday. That was a pretty fast background check if they did one. Musta not found out about all those people I killed in Vegas just to watch them die (just kidding). In fact, the very first thing he said to me when I called and said I was inquiring about the job was, "Are you a felon?" Not, "What's your name?" Or, "Do you have any previous security experience?" Must be a lot of felons applying for security positions.
I pick up my uniform on Monday. I get a cool shirt w/ patches and a badge. And a nightstick too! How cool is that? The pay isn't that great, but it's a job I thought I'd really enjoy and it will provide experience for my future career. If it had been anything else I wouldn't have given the ad a second look. The ability to thump drunk idiots with a nightstick is worth it.
I pick up my uniform on Monday. I get a cool shirt w/ patches and a badge. And a nightstick too! How cool is that? The pay isn't that great, but it's a job I thought I'd really enjoy and it will provide experience for my future career. If it had been anything else I wouldn't have given the ad a second look. The ability to thump drunk idiots with a nightstick is worth it.
Labels: work
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Rewards Points
I received a rewards email from American Express showing me all the cool things my rewards points could get me. The first item on the list, a 40" HDTV. At 232,000 points, it's redeemable at a full 30,000 points below normal. What a steal! And yes, I earn 1 point for every dollar spent, so I'd have to spend $232,000 before I could even think about getting this free TV. I don't think I've yet even earned a cumulative $232,000 in my short career. If I were able to charge $232,000 to a CC, would I really need a free TV? Maybe for the 2nd vacation house in Cabo.
Labels: monay monay monay monnnaaay
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Workforce Woes
I had a job interview today and yesterday. That makes a total of only 4 sit down interviews in 5 months. I estimate I've applied for over 50 jobs so far. Tuesday's interview was for a security guard position. I had to wear jeans to it as all my slacks are up north. I was overdressed compared with the interviewer, who was dressed in a t-shirt, jeans and suspenders. It was all extremely informal. The interview was held at his trailer where he lives. The stench of cigarette smoke was overwhelming. He lit up once while I was there. The interview only consisted of filling out paperwork for the background check and W-4's and a description of the job. They didn't even want my work history or a resume of any kind. There was another applicant there (a male) and after looking over his paperwork, the interviewer asked for his shirt size 'cause he was looking pretty good for the job. How's that? You only know his name and address at this point. Well, I could tell he was racist. Might as well be sexist too.
Today's interview was for a teller/receptionist position at a credit union. When she called me to set up the interview, the woman only said it was a teller position. I had forgotten all about the receptionist part (it's hard to keep one employment advertisement straight from the thousands of others I've looked at). If I had known it was for a receptionist position as well, I would have used my nice phone voice during the interview instead of letting my nervous dying rabbit voice take over. I also wouldn't have said my greatest weakness was stuttering. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I had to wear jeans to this interview as well. I went to Kohl's beforehand to buy a pair of slacks, but the cashier took so long with the people in front of me I was going to be late. I chose to show up in jeans instead of arriving late. I was slightly embarrassed. The interviewer said she was surprised by my informal attire and that no one had ever shown up in jeans before. I apologized and explained the situation. She said she was glad she mentioned something. All in all, the interviews could have gone a lot better, but I think that after all my interviews. Keep your fingers crossed.
P.S. Don't forget to check out my latest Wordless Wednesday
Today's interview was for a teller/receptionist position at a credit union. When she called me to set up the interview, the woman only said it was a teller position. I had forgotten all about the receptionist part (it's hard to keep one employment advertisement straight from the thousands of others I've looked at). If I had known it was for a receptionist position as well, I would have used my nice phone voice during the interview instead of letting my nervous dying rabbit voice take over. I also wouldn't have said my greatest weakness was stuttering. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I had to wear jeans to this interview as well. I went to Kohl's beforehand to buy a pair of slacks, but the cashier took so long with the people in front of me I was going to be late. I chose to show up in jeans instead of arriving late. I was slightly embarrassed. The interviewer said she was surprised by my informal attire and that no one had ever shown up in jeans before. I apologized and explained the situation. She said she was glad she mentioned something. All in all, the interviews could have gone a lot better, but I think that after all my interviews. Keep your fingers crossed.
P.S. Don't forget to check out my latest Wordless Wednesday
Labels: work
Where In The World Is...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
What the Hell?!!
Look at this on my BF's blog. A bunch of grown men in their 30's going out and camping in the middle of a Michigan winter for no damn reason. Things like this are the reason you only see men with missing fingers and not women.
Labels: ponderables
April Poll
Sunday, April 6, 2008
x=who gives a flying f^(k?
So as my sister already knows, I've been toying with the idea of joining the Army Nat'l Guard after college as an officer. They offer student loan repayment up to $10k and other incentives while in college. That's worth wearing the ugly dress uniforms. But before I could qualify for those, I have to score well on the ASVAB. So tonight I decided to brush up on my Algebra. I have a headache already. Algebra is the bane of my existence. I wish I had a natural talent for understanding it like my sister does (she was breastfed) so I could better cope with all the algebra I use in my every day life...that was a joke. Do I really care when one bicyclist travelling 10 MPH will meet up with another bicyclist travelling 6 MPH who left 3 hours earlier? Not so much. I don't need to know how to figure out compound interest. There are hundreds of online calculators that do it for me better/faster and they figure in inflation. Is it really that important to know how long it will take 3 people to fill up a pool together if person 1 can fill it alone in 30 minutes, person 2 in 45 mins and person 3 in 90 mins? Just let them fill it. It takes as long as it takes.
I even bought an Algebra For Dummies book the last time I was taking a college course. It was too confusing. Thank goodness SVSU isn't making me take Algebra II. I don't know how I lucked out with that. I guess they realize that Algebra doesn't have that much to do with a Communications major, but then again, they are making me take biology and geography. Go figure.
I even bought an Algebra For Dummies book the last time I was taking a college course. It was too confusing. Thank goodness SVSU isn't making me take Algebra II. I don't know how I lucked out with that. I guess they realize that Algebra doesn't have that much to do with a Communications major, but then again, they are making me take biology and geography. Go figure.
Friday, April 4, 2008
If Our Government Were a Horse You'd Shoot It
So the gov't gave me my tax refund today. I gave them a $657 interest free loan last year. I even claimed 3 exemptions on my W-4 (when I can only claim 1 on my taxes) so they only withheld 7% of my income for federal taxes, and still I paid too much. We should get interest on our refunds since they get interest and penalties if we underpay too much. Only the government can get away with stuff like that.
On a related note, the rebate checks we're all supposed to get, the government is spending $42 million to let us know the check is almost in the mail. Did everyone else get the letter from the gov't informing you of the rebates? Thanks, Uncle Sam, but I already heard about it on the news and Internet. With all the technology at their disposal, do they really have to send snail mail letters? Why not just send the damn check and spend the $42 million on something useful, like more $400 hammers and $700 toilet seats?
Not that the letter informed me of something useful like this, but in case you were wondering, I pulled this from MSN Money indicating when you could expect a rebate check:
On a related note, the rebate checks we're all supposed to get, the government is spending $42 million to let us know the check is almost in the mail. Did everyone else get the letter from the gov't informing you of the rebates? Thanks, Uncle Sam, but I already heard about it on the news and Internet. With all the technology at their disposal, do they really have to send snail mail letters? Why not just send the damn check and spend the $42 million on something useful, like more $400 hammers and $700 toilet seats?
Not that the letter informed me of something useful like this, but in case you were wondering, I pulled this from MSN Money indicating when you could expect a rebate check:
For taxpayers who file by April 15 and get their tax refunds deposited directly into a bank or other financial account, the IRS will send stimulus payments from May 2 through May 16. For taxpayers who file by April 15 but don't choose direct deposit, the IRS will mail checks from May 16 through July 11.
Labels: rants
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Tax Rebate
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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