Reality Me

Month: June 2004

  • A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…

    A New Day!

    Let’s start the day off with a PayPal donation link:

    This Morning

    Alarm had me up at 4:15 and I was so close to staying up. Doused the alarm and work at 7:15. Now for morning ritual stuff.

  • Two Political Links

    http://www.musicforamerica.org/

    Music for America is an independent nonprofit political organization getting 1 million new voters fired up to participate in the 2004 elections. Through live concerts and an interactive website, we are connecting culture and politics, exposing political hypocrisies, and igniting a grassroots movement.

    http://www.fundrace.org/ See which of your neighbors is contributing to what candidate.

  • My text vanished?!

    My text vanished?!

  • Wife and I had quality time. Good conversation. …

    Wife and I had quality time. Good conversation.

    The 5 Love Languages as defined by Gary Chapman are:

    1. Words of Affirmation

    2. Quality Time

    3. Receiving Gifts

    4. Acts of Service

    5. Physical Touch

    My love language may very well be Acts of Service but I’m not sure yet; it could be Words of Affirmation. Cathy’s is definitely not Acts of Service. I suspect Cathy’s love language to be Quality Time.

  • Knoxville Traffic

    this is an audio post - click to play


    My grandfather used to tell this joke:

    I was riding in the car with a friend of mine once and we came to a green light and he stopped. The light turned red and he went through it. The next light was green and he stopped. When it turned red he went through it. I was getting nervous so I asked my friend if he ever had any driving lessons and he said “Sure! My brother taught me how to drive.” So I said “Well surely you know that green means ‘go’ and red means ‘stop’?” to which he replied “of course I do but my brother might be on that other street!”

    To put a little cheese on the top my grandfather would add:

    My friend’s name was ‘Red’ and in response I blurted out “Right on! Red!” so he turned right at the red light and from that day forth it’s been legal to make righthand turns at red lights.

  • David Hasselhoff Arrested

    David Hasselhoff Arrested

    David Hasselhoff was arrested over the weekend on suspicion on driving while intoxicated, police said Monday.
    The arresting officer was heard saying “He truly believes that he wasn’t driving and told me that ‘Kit’ must have had too much high octane gas. As I put [David] in the cruiser he turned toward the car and yelled ‘I told you not to sniff jet fuel!’ I swear the car backfired at that point.”

  • Interview

    btw, scored an interview. Didn’t think it prudent to make it for today so I made it for Thursday.

  • Must calm

    Mind racing. Thoughts on:

    * dwindling money in checking account

    * dying transportation

    * ability to fix all problems but lack resources

    * job submissions and how stinking long it will take for one to turn into anything

    * $0 and lots of attempts at bigger $$ vs $7-9/hr and no time for submissions and interviewed vs $40-65/hr out of town

    * yard work

    * home repair

    * doing things that make me feel good

  • DAMN this situation I’ve put myself into. I am a b…

    DAMN this situation I’ve put myself into. I am a bane to everyone that comes in contact with me!

  • Photoblogging

    Check phlog.net for new pictures. Hopefully blogger.com will add photo bloggimg soon.

  • On the drive to the Ranch

    this is an audio post - click to play

    Audio blogging is way too fun!

  • Good smells

    My wife put on some patchouli on similar scent last night and it still lingers in the house wherever she had been. It’s a wonderful smell! Of course she put it on just before heading out for the evening … hmmmm

    I typically am turned off by perfumes but she has nailed this one. It’s distinct too. I can’t smell it without having vivid images of this wonderful person. I have jars of my grandfather’s cologne (from 1965!) and it’s a similar pleasure. The smell is absolutely unique to him. I’ve pondered trying to ebay the unique jars of cologne (jars are in the shapes of cars) but I think they are much more valuable just being able to share moments with him periodically.

  • Productivity

    Cover letter written! Resume printed. Time to deliver (40 minute round trip drive).

  • Time wasted?

    I’ve piddled away an hour blogging, reading email and getting an RSS Aggregator working. Now that its time to get serious I expect that Amy will awaken and I’ll have to be upstairs until the rest of the family comes around.

  • The Next Project

    Here’s what comes next. The French Drain This trench needs to go down another 3 feet (1 m) and be dug across the full 44′ (13.4 m) length of the house. Living on a hillside the heavy rains had started to leak through the walls. The trench in its current state in conjunction with the waterproofing inside the house has stopped the problem; however, it would be a mistake to not fix it correctly. This is a hazard, an eye sore, and a lot of work!

    Estimated project cost: $1000

    Needs: Backhoe, 20 tons of rock (20,321 kg), 20 tons topsoil, tar for waterproofing the wall, pvc pipe pre-drilled, lots of burlap, hammer drill

    My hopeful goals are to take advantage of the trench being open to run an additional sewer discharge along the front of the house as well as an extension of the incoming water so that an additional structure (be it a shed or a stand alone garage) can easily tie into having water–hmm, that may be to code though and would require a permit and inspection. Crud!