"Murphy was an optimist!"
Proposals – Love ’em / Hate ’em September 13, 2005 11:21 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeWhoopie! Just sent off another proposal. I fear it will be rejected purely on sticker shock but the price is right. I hate sending a proposal that my gut feeling says is going to get rejected. I want to please and I want to do the job. But I also have to feed my family.
Proposals are fun to write. I could spend a week drawing diagrams and making plans but when you realize that you aren’t being paid for this preliminary work and that you may not get the job it begins to feel like salt being poured into a wound.
Well. One down. One to go.
add a commentNational Vasectomy Awareness Week ( Sept 12-18 ) September 13, 2005 9:10 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeThat’s right! It’s National Vasectomy Awareness Week ( Sept 12-18 ) and IF I had $600 to spare and IF I had scheduled it 3 months ago (yes, that coincides with Evan’s entrance into this world) I would be participating this week. Instead I’m watching this video (link will resize your browser!) closely to see if my trusty Swiss Army knive and I can manage the operation in house.
Here’s another Dr. Snip reference. Dr. Wilson’s picture is just a little creepy. Someone should animate his lips and add the "we’ve got a bleeder!" soundclip from There’s Something About Mary
To drink or not drink and so forth September 12, 2005 9:38 pm
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeI hold in my hand a Guinness Extra Stout glass 12 fl. oz. bottle batch number BL059/A 795060 FL. It must be five years old at least. The layer of dust on the bottle looks like something out of a haunted mansion movie. I suppose I could stay up all night working as usual, or tonight I could relax while thinking about all the reasons I should stay up all night working…
Update: There she sits upon my shelf. To be opened on a better occasion. It is 3:30am and I work.
add a commentLive in a ditch; work at Sotheby’s September 12, 2005 9:17 pm
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeHere’s a blog about a guy that gave up all his worldly possessions to live in a ditch.
add a commentWhen he gets to work in the bids department of Sotheby’s he is always spotlessly turned out in a Gieves & Hawkes suit, a stylish tie and polished shoes.
New Orleans strip joint wants to get back to work September 12, 2005 3:17 pm
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeBig Daddy’s general manager, Saint Jones, and a band of helpers defied an evacuation order by arriving to clean up their premises in the historic French Quarter, which escaped largely unscathed from the floods.
There you go! That’s the New Orleans I know! Not saying I know the strip club side because I don’t. Saying, New Orleans doesn’t quit.
He was already had electricity from a generator, which was moving a pair of robotic woman’s legs, in stockings and pink high heels, waving invitingly on the street by the sign for Big Daddy’s.
Those used to be real legs until one day the girl accidentally fell off the swing onto the sidewalk. I recall walking past the joint one day in my early teens. My brother, a friend of mine and my father walked with me. As you came in line with the door you could see a mirror hanging from the ceiling at a 45 degree angle so that you could clearly see the backside of a fully naked woman. As we all stared my father deterred our interest by asking, "Boys. Did it ever occur to you that that might not be a woman?" We quickly turned our heads.
add a commentNot something you see everyday September 12, 2005 8:55 am
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Not something you see everyday
add a commentOf Grasshoppers September 12, 2005 8:40 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeStudent: I am failing to live to my own standards.
Master: You have standards?
Gravity is heavy today. September 12, 2005 8:39 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeGravity is heavy today.
add a commentRevelry September 12, 2005 5:57 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeTime to wake the doughnuts.
add a commentKids…Mess with their heads September 11, 2005 2:36 pm
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeSo we rearranged on room of the house in accidental Feng-shui. The kids returned home with the following responses:
Tommy: "I like it. I can sit on the couch and see my bus in the morning." Note. He always sits on the couch and watches for the bus.
Noah: "I like it. There are many paths around the house now."
Sarah: Stepped in the house. Spun around like she was in the wrong place. And stepped out without a word.
Amy: Slight concern in her voice. "Dad. Whatcha doing?"
I haven’t even run out of weed yet September 11, 2005 8:12 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeJacob Sullum sums up a New York Times article on New Orleans residents that do not want to leave.
Ms. Harris said she did not want to leave. "I haven’t even run out of weed yet," she said. [Source, Reason, High Ground in New Orleans Note: The New York Times article does not reference weed. Perhaps this was a little creative writing on Jacob Sullum‘s part.]
Frankly I’m appauled that they are confiscating weapons from people that have the legal right to bear those arms. I also recognize with what ease the military could eliminate these people.
"oh, we found his body in the backyard. Looks like a looter shot him."
"She drowned."
"Sorry, the body has not been recovered."
"You know. There were 4 of us with M16s and he went berzerk and started firing on us. We had to defend ourselves."
Still, to confiscate someone’s grandfathers side arm that he had in WWII or something similar … well, it doesn’t even have to have a history..this is just wrong.
add a commentMayor Nagin advises on the extent of the damage 08/29/05 September 10, 2005 4:09 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeI’ve been keeping this video open in a browser since the 29th because to hear Mayor Nagin speak of the damage awes me every time I hear it. Time to close that browser window and let it rest.
add a commentKatrina Timeline September 9, 2005 11:53 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeFor those still following Katrina, I found an excellent summary of the timeline of events.
add a commentKatrina was man made September 9, 2005 10:09 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeAccording to this evidence Katrina was sent by the Russians (yes, yes…I know) and we should expect another man made weather attack soon.
add a commentIt has been established that the former Soviet Union (fSU) developed and boasted of weather modification technology during the 1960’s and 70’s with deployment against the United States coming in 1976 with the audible arrival of the woodpecker grid. These weather operations continue to this day.
See the film September 9, 2005 9:23 am
Posted by djuggler in : Daily LifeCathy thinks that today is a good day for all your RSS readers to slip over to the site and see the webcam.
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