Ideations? Again? Now?

Bosun, we shall beat to quarters! Get the stun'sls and t'gallents off her. Prepare to cut across their quarter and rake them as we bear...

Why do I feel so shitty? I just don't know. Money? Not right now. My boat/ No, pretty much caught up and have her squared right now. Work? Nah, it's okay right now... I'm handling things okay...though: it looks like I'm is be de' manager-person again, at least for awhile. Had a good talk w/ the boss man and he asked me if I could help. I replied I could. I shall endeavour to do my best for King and company! :-) Actually, things are going well and people are working together. I DO have good people and they know their jobs--it took some time for things to fall into place when we started here, but working well now. Still, I need some beer. And a couple vicodin would be nice.

So much BS!

Wow! Our government sure puts out some BS! For that matter, am I alone (I know I'm not) in being tired of Orwellian double-speak coming from this administration and our congress. What lies. America these days is all form and no substance. Okay, there are still some good Americans, but SO MANY of them care only for their latest gadget, their new car, etc. Let's play xbox or watch MTV or the "Hitler Channel" and its History of Ketchup (or whatever blah non-historical crap they're showing).

It's sad. People talk the talk, but they don't walk the walk. I worry for our country. Health care... what a complete load of unwanted shit. Oh, we want health care, we just don't want the government involved and we don't want to pay for it--people here all want something for nothing--the bigger better deal it's called. No one is ever happy w/ what they have and they always have to be better than the Jones.

Why is that?

Snow? Dammit NO. It's only friggin' October.

Yes, I saw snow today. No, I was not amused. No, it wasn't sticking, but dammit, it's too early. I am only today reveling in getting my other car back from the shop after almost a WHOLE year. Yaaaaay! And it runs good too. Well, it does need some power steering fluid. So what. Not about to kill me like the other one.

So, anyway, stereo is not workign right either, but it's been so long since I was driving it (16 months) I forget how to use the overly-complicated stereo. Printed off the instructions again, so maybe I can get it. Have to register it tomorrow in PA. Ack, so much to do. Tied. Have to carry some of Wee's shit down and then take the beastii out for their evening constitutional. Speaking of constitutionals, I was listening to the satellite radio and am about fed up w/ frigging corrupt dickhead politicians who won't listen to us and keep trying to insert a public option thing in their health bill. What bullshit! How does a putz like Harry Reid get re-elected?

AND, I am told that idiot Arnold signed some bill so that when you buy gun ammo, you will have to fil out some kind of FFL paperwork. What a frigging ass-clown! He's not a republican, he's some kind of liberal hack. Just another Hollyweird ding-dong.

The Desolate World

Desolation, some people can't deal with it. Out West,t he world can be very desolate. To many, who no no better, it seems a horrible place, dry. barren. brown. But to some, to a few, it has a majesty found no where else. To see far away. To feel the world as a primitive place, stripped of it's camouflage. Stripped to the world. Sometimes I miss the desolation.

Cold it is

Damn, it's been pretty much a cold summer and it seems like Fall is already here. Trees are turning in places... cold at night. I like the Fall! I just hope this doesn't mean we'll have a shitty-ass cold winter >:-( Winter is my least favourite season.

What's new? They're having a neighborhood yard sale this Saturday. So, Wendy will be selling stuff I paid big $$ for, for pennies. Joy. Yes, I AM a tightwad--so hate me, I guess.

Hoping that my other car will be done soon. It's been at the Mech's since LAST November... I even bought a new rear-end. I hope he can get to it. I need to go to the boat and can't w/ the one I'm driving--no oil pressure (go Lucas oil treatment!) and needs tires, PLUS it gets 10mpg, YES, 10! A frigging H1 Hummer prob gets better gas mileage. I shoulda went for the cash for clunkers thing, but... I didn't want a damned payment. New car would be nice, but ya know, not having another $300. bill each month is nicer. I will say this: yeah, I'm poor, but I don't have $50K in credit card debt like everyone else I know my age. D'OH!

Need to go take trash out and go to bed. Crap to do in the AM before work. Pay rent and meet someone. Oh, I put my check in and after the $200. the bank stole form me and paying my rent, I have a dollar, as in $1.00. Neat huh!? I DO wish to see banking reform happen and a banking customer Bill of Rights. Frigging thieves!!

Trust and having one's back

Actually, short of my dogs, I really don't have anyone that has my back. My brother maybe, but he lives thousands of miles away. I thought I did here, but not. Hell, I have lots of friends, but non I trust to really get drunk or something w/. Hell, my first WWII event, I got WASTED on beer and moonshine... they really messed w/ me while drunk--guys in my own UNIT did this. It sucked and while I was drunk, they ripped me off, so I won't get that way EVER again at a reenactment. Just can't trust people. And in life, you have friends, but anymore, people are only out for themselves. I get tired of people sitting there and giving me shit. One reason, I prefer dogs--they're loyal and they aren't back-stabbing snake-fuckers like many people nowadays.

In lighter news
My tomato plants actually have some red tomatoes on them... the cherry ones are almost gone though. The peppers got knocked off in a storm my wife says and so, all I have left are some bigger tomatoes. Good enough.

Migraines and such

So, today was a migraine day. Didn't much start off that way, but work, idiot co-workers and being called a liar tends to do that. Anyway, it was just a shitty day w/ a line being drawn downwards and covering the right side of my head and that arm. Maybe it's not a migraine, but I've had them and it sure felt that way to me.

Back in Cali, my doctor felt that truck driving was causing me to get migraines. I know there were a couple of times she had to inject me in the back of my head and neck before I could function. It was so bad, she thought I should seek re-training... and the state agreed!! However, I had to have a way to live while I went through the training. Since my wife doesn't work, nor drive (don't ask, just don't), that was kind of out of the question. Then, I went to work for this place. It was fun at first, although I DID still have a lot of migraines when I first moved here. When Wendy moved here, she kinda of helped me do stuff to make them stop, but before that, there were a number of times Kent would come home and I'd be laying on the floor w/ a bag of ice under my neck and one on my head :-O Sucks, it does.

I still wonder if there was someway I could have done the re-training... trucking is a dead-end field these days—it's not like the old days where it was a good profession. Well paying AND one you could count on. Now companies go under at the drop of a hat and you never can plan. Hell, looks like Roadway/Yellow Freight is gonna go belly up or so I read... :-O Scary!!! What would I do IF I did get re-trained? Damned if I know. HR maybe. I like working w/ people and helping them. I wanted to do that here, but the boss's wife said never. C'est La Vie! Besides, as a manager, I was told often that I took the driver's side waaaay too often. I've always been one of those people who believed that if you lookout for people, they'll look out for you. Mostly it's true, but there are scumbags in the world. Still, there's more good people than bad ones. People like to feel they're part of a team, not just a number or the owner's property.

Anyway, I felt I should blog this while I remembered it, not like anyone cares about my bloviations.