Why is it a few days before a week long vacation I get a ton of work. Happens every time.
So things are a little blog shorty until I get a control of some fires.
The one thing that has my brain twitching at the moment is I saw a spreadsheet from a guy that put a $20 bet on EVERY GAME against his Pittsburgh Pirates! He had a 18% Return on Investment over 162 wagers. My electrons in my brain are now active.
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Last night after supper I went to the computer and the internet was down. DAMN IT. I unplugged and plugged everything in and . . nothing. DJ knows that once we were without internet for 3 days and I got pretty testy! WHO'S ADDICTED!!! (no no no not you who).
So after staring at the wall for 3 hours I watched Stargate Universe and went to bed. Woke up and DJ turned on her computer, I say "Net's still down" and she says "I'm on it".
I walk into my room and from a distance I see a little orange light. IT'S THE WIRELESS SWITCH!! OFF! sigh!
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We signed (over 60 times) our papers for refinancing the house. 4.62%. I'll never go through US Bank again! Just too weird. Never actually spoke to anybody and when we called no one actually knew anything. We never seemed to have ONE person to talk to. All rather vague. Odd thing was was that it was all based in Nigeria and this guy kept called me "friend" and "Blessing me".
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FIRE FIRE!!!
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Recess is over - no fire I guess!
now I MUST work.
Rod
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Weekend update
I have a new site for voting on photos - if you feel like clicking your opinion and are not on my mail list go to MPI U B the Judge .
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And just to tout my own horn - My "A" game that I told you about (Bridgejumber System) won as the Giants beat up the Bears last night.
What you do not see is that on Josh's shirt is an emblem that says Colombus Fire Department. He ordered two shirts from an online Fire vendor and received two shirts with Colombus, so he calls and they say "keep the shirts" and he gets two corrected shirts in the mail . . . but, only the back of the shirt is corrected . . . not the front! He says "Where can I wear these???" I think he could sell them at Fireman's Park during Red Bud Days.
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I'm loving this time of year and have seen a few opportunities for photos - colors are not peaking yet for a few weeks but the fields are all a wonderful gold.
Sunday morning we went down town for the Fireman's breakfast and there was this huge flag so I snapped off a couple of shots and got this.
I'm thinking that if the flag fell we would have to have a Chilean-like rescue as citizens of Colombus would be trapped under it for days.
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In other news the Amish Snack Shack opened last Friday - Ice Cream, pastries, and a section with crafts. You can rent a little area sort of like the Antique Mall except with real crafts (not flea market stuff). The owners used to run True Value until 2006 and owned the building. More is going in and I think it's going to be a good place to hang up for a soda pop! They should get an old juke box with 1950s music!
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Two Guys and a Beer Landscaping were looking at the Tower Wall again and the biggest problem we will have is getting dirt and how to make the dirt stick into crevices - more on this tomorrow
Check out Tigers shot - not photo shopped at all - he totally flubbed it and the ball went at the camera
Well - gotta stop and put out some virtual fires!
Rod
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Jenny Josh and Caydence were over the watch the game yesterday and I took a few photos! 
Speaking of the Packers - at least Rogers rested his arm a little - I think with that potent running attack his arm might be in for a long long year. 
And just to tout my own horn - My "A" game that I told you about (Bridgejumber System) won as the Giants beat up the Bears last night.
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I'm loving this time of year and have seen a few opportunities for photos - colors are not peaking yet for a few weeks but the fields are all a wonderful gold.
Sunday morning we went down town for the Fireman's breakfast and there was this huge flag so I snapped off a couple of shots and got this.
In other news the Amish Snack Shack opened last Friday - Ice Cream, pastries, and a section with crafts. You can rent a little area sort of like the Antique Mall except with real crafts (not flea market stuff). The owners used to run True Value until 2006 and owned the building. More is going in and I think it's going to be a good place to hang up for a soda pop! They should get an old juke box with 1950s music!
Two Guys and a Beer Landscaping were looking at the Tower Wall again and the biggest problem we will have is getting dirt and how to make the dirt stick into crevices - more on this tomorrow
Check out Tigers shot - not photo shopped at all - he totally flubbed it and the ball went at the camera
OOPS
Well - gotta stop and put out some virtual fires!
Rod
Friday, October 1, 2010
Lists
Everybody makes lists. I tried to look up "lists' on wikipedia to see who made the first list but all I got was a list. I'll have to conclude that Craig made the first list.
DJ made a list last night continuing the art of list making and I hope that when the big FLASH hits us and we go into nuclear winter we will not lose the ability to make lists because I feel lists are what separate us from most animals which have opposing thumbs!
I mention lists because I found a list which is so true it's scary. You tell me if this lists does not have a ring of truth
1. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when
you realize you're wrong.
2. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when
I was younger.
3. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
4. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
5. Was learning cursive really necessary?
6. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on Hwy 51. I'm
pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
7. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you
how the person died.
8. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of
tired.
9. Bad decisions make good stories.
10. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment
at work when you know that you just are not going to do anything
productive for the rest of the day.
11. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue
Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.
12. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it
asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report
that I swear I did not make any changes to.
13. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I
know not to answer when they call.
14. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
15. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or
Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
16. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
17. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and
hunger.
18. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod
and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?
19. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up
to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers
and sisters!
20. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get
dirty, and you can wear them forever.
21. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car
keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the
Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3
feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!
22. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874
and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100
years for men to realize that their brain is also important.
And that is today list.
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The Brewer Starters in September had an ERA of 2.87 and in the last 20 games the TEAM ERA was 2.79. Carlo Gomez had an OBP of .434 Prince Fielder had a slugging Pct of .281 OUCH! Escobar had an on base Pct of .154.
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Remember the Bank Bailout? How 70% of Americans disapproved of it? While I was all for it? It was like finding a Bob Banker a hunter in the woods who had shot himself and was bleeding out. You see him and say, "what a fool" but ya gotta save him. But your buddy Ernie Foxpublican is wringing his hands saying he thinks it best to leave him and the wound will heal on it's own.
All you have is a dirty rag and Ernie says don't use it because he might get an infection and all of Bob Bankers kids will be forced to take care of him all of their lives. So you say, I'm in power now and I will wrap the dirty bailout rag and save his life.
WELL - seems that rag was not so dirty after all and in fact it looks like America will actually MAKE money. There was no infection at all and the kids are fine, all has been paid back (except for AIG) and America is financially viable.
If Ernie Foxpublican was in charge we would have at least 25% unemployment, there would be zero savings and retirement accounts as all banks would have failed and we would not be getting out of a so called recession but we would be in a very real depression.
Sometimes, while you might not agree with everything Obama is doing, sometimes, it's good to have a SMART President who is not afraid to make a tough decision.
TARP had it's problems for sure and did not always do what it was meant to do but there is solid proof that TARP saved the world from financial meltdown and cost the American Taxpayers basically nothing.
Stuff that in your pipe Fox News and choke on it.
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I shot this on the way home from Green Lake. Just before I passed the manure spreader.
Have a safe weekend and if you are on Tower drive Saturday, Elwood and I could always use some good dirt.
Peace out
Rod
DJ made a list last night continuing the art of list making and I hope that when the big FLASH hits us and we go into nuclear winter we will not lose the ability to make lists because I feel lists are what separate us from most animals which have opposing thumbs!
I mention lists because I found a list which is so true it's scary. You tell me if this lists does not have a ring of truth
1. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when
you realize you're wrong.
2. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when
I was younger.
3. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
4. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
5. Was learning cursive really necessary?
6. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on Hwy 51. I'm
pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
7. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you
how the person died.
8. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of
tired.
9. Bad decisions make good stories.
10. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment
at work when you know that you just are not going to do anything
productive for the rest of the day.
11. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue
Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.
12. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it
asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report
that I swear I did not make any changes to.
13. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I
know not to answer when they call.
14. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
15. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or
Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
16. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
17. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and
hunger.
18. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod
and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?
19. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up
to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers
and sisters!
20. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get
dirty, and you can wear them forever.
21. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car
keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the
Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3
feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!
22. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874
and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100
years for men to realize that their brain is also important.
And that is today list.
--------------------------------------------
The Brewer Starters in September had an ERA of 2.87 and in the last 20 games the TEAM ERA was 2.79. Carlo Gomez had an OBP of .434 Prince Fielder had a slugging Pct of .281 OUCH! Escobar had an on base Pct of .154.
---------------------------------------------
Remember the Bank Bailout? How 70% of Americans disapproved of it? While I was all for it? It was like finding a Bob Banker a hunter in the woods who had shot himself and was bleeding out. You see him and say, "what a fool" but ya gotta save him. But your buddy Ernie Foxpublican is wringing his hands saying he thinks it best to leave him and the wound will heal on it's own.
All you have is a dirty rag and Ernie says don't use it because he might get an infection and all of Bob Bankers kids will be forced to take care of him all of their lives. So you say, I'm in power now and I will wrap the dirty bailout rag and save his life.
WELL - seems that rag was not so dirty after all and in fact it looks like America will actually MAKE money. There was no infection at all and the kids are fine, all has been paid back (except for AIG) and America is financially viable.
If Ernie Foxpublican was in charge we would have at least 25% unemployment, there would be zero savings and retirement accounts as all banks would have failed and we would not be getting out of a so called recession but we would be in a very real depression.
Sometimes, while you might not agree with everything Obama is doing, sometimes, it's good to have a SMART President who is not afraid to make a tough decision.
TARP had it's problems for sure and did not always do what it was meant to do but there is solid proof that TARP saved the world from financial meltdown and cost the American Taxpayers basically nothing.
Stuff that in your pipe Fox News and choke on it.
------------------------------------------
I shot this on the way home from Green Lake. Just before I passed the manure spreader.
Have a safe weekend and if you are on Tower drive Saturday, Elwood and I could always use some good dirt.
Peace out
Rod
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