Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Fun day...
So Memorial Day was fun!!!
I woke up in the morning and took a shower. I then got dress and went outside to hung up the American Flag. I come back in and my wife says..." Whats wrong with your eye"
I tell her its a little itching and hey let me get the eye drops and it will be fine...
Several hours later I'm sitting in the ER at John C Lincoln and waiting to see the doctor. Within a couple of hours of dealing with my eye issue it had swelled up and according to my wife I had a blister on the white part of my eye.
So the doctor looks at my eye and says "That doesn't look good!"After 2 hours of trying to figure out what the hell is wrong wife my eye and popping the blister like thing, they think its Pink Eye!
So the doctor's said I can't go back to work till I have an eye doctor check out my eye.
So tomorrow I go; Its going to be a fun day...
I woke up in the morning and took a shower. I then got dress and went outside to hung up the American Flag. I come back in and my wife says..." Whats wrong with your eye"
I tell her its a little itching and hey let me get the eye drops and it will be fine...
Several hours later I'm sitting in the ER at John C Lincoln and waiting to see the doctor. Within a couple of hours of dealing with my eye issue it had swelled up and according to my wife I had a blister on the white part of my eye.
So the doctor looks at my eye and says "That doesn't look good!"After 2 hours of trying to figure out what the hell is wrong wife my eye and popping the blister like thing, they think its Pink Eye!
So the doctor's said I can't go back to work till I have an eye doctor check out my eye.
So tomorrow I go; Its going to be a fun day...
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Go Suns! Beat The Mavs...
So the Suns won a great game last night! I think it will be a great series and probably 7 games.
At the begning of the year I only expected the Suns to make the playoffs, nothing more and nothing less...
But with all the challenges they have become battled hard soldiers and who knows they could go all the way!
I really like are chances against the Mavs, I think it would be difficult for anyone to beat the Suns in a 7 game series...
At the begning of the year I only expected the Suns to make the playoffs, nothing more and nothing less...
But with all the challenges they have become battled hard soldiers and who knows they could go all the way!
I really like are chances against the Mavs, I think it would be difficult for anyone to beat the Suns in a 7 game series...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Congressman William Jefferson
Can I get 10 grand with my Klondike bar?
It amazes me today what people think they can get away with...
If you need a good laugh...
It amazes me today what people think they can get away with...
If you need a good laugh...
The struggles within...
So its been an interesting week or two back at work....
Frustrating... I'm really trying to be focused and trying to be productive at work, but I continue to run into a lot of road blocks. Besides the general physical issues of trying to focus on work while my knee hurts...
Understand that these are frustrations that have been building for months and maybe even years, these are not random or just the normal minimal bullshit that we all deal with on the day to day basis that all our jobs have. I think the month that I had off just gave me time to reflect and realize the issues that I have aren't just the normal daily crap we all deal with but major structural issues that effect the major structural pillars of my work environment...
I'm increasing becoming more frustrated with the lack of good business decisions made by my direct bosses...From one of them being completely checked out, to the other one being a completely self consumed, immature, and simply an idiot. I'm tired of seeing them keep chasing the same issues and complaining about the same results and doing nothing to change the way they attack the issues, yet somehow they are expecting different results. Sounds like the definition of insanity, even if I do say so myself...
Then there becomes the poor decisions made by their bosses...I happen to know both of them outside of work they are both great guys, however inside work you couldn't have two different men. One is a great guy and does everything he can to help resolve the issues he can; unfortunately he's the only one at that level that can seem to get anything done and he's so overrun he can't focus on the issues he needs to. I don't even want to go into the major issues with the other manager, I could dedicate and entire blog to this guy and I'd have probably 200 people that would love to donate material to a site...
So when you do the right thing and bring your concerns forward in a positive way with ideas for solutions you get looked at like your fast spreading form of Cancer.
It's so funny to see so many people who are supposed to people in the know and have the ability to make decisions, but are so afraid, I'm not sure afraid is the right word, they are just not willing to step up and make a decision and just want to keep things the status quo.
So here I am....
Its hard because I really care about what I do and I have high expectations for myself. I want to the best possible job possible; but I have to deal with the reality of the situations, and I know I'm not willing to comprise myself.
So as I see it have a few choices...
1) I can continue to fight and try to make a difference.
2) I can simply give up and just keep my head low and not bother to say anything...
3) Give them the Bird!
So which do I choose...
Frustrating... I'm really trying to be focused and trying to be productive at work, but I continue to run into a lot of road blocks. Besides the general physical issues of trying to focus on work while my knee hurts...
Understand that these are frustrations that have been building for months and maybe even years, these are not random or just the normal minimal bullshit that we all deal with on the day to day basis that all our jobs have. I think the month that I had off just gave me time to reflect and realize the issues that I have aren't just the normal daily crap we all deal with but major structural issues that effect the major structural pillars of my work environment...
I'm increasing becoming more frustrated with the lack of good business decisions made by my direct bosses...From one of them being completely checked out, to the other one being a completely self consumed, immature, and simply an idiot. I'm tired of seeing them keep chasing the same issues and complaining about the same results and doing nothing to change the way they attack the issues, yet somehow they are expecting different results. Sounds like the definition of insanity, even if I do say so myself...
Then there becomes the poor decisions made by their bosses...I happen to know both of them outside of work they are both great guys, however inside work you couldn't have two different men. One is a great guy and does everything he can to help resolve the issues he can; unfortunately he's the only one at that level that can seem to get anything done and he's so overrun he can't focus on the issues he needs to. I don't even want to go into the major issues with the other manager, I could dedicate and entire blog to this guy and I'd have probably 200 people that would love to donate material to a site...
So when you do the right thing and bring your concerns forward in a positive way with ideas for solutions you get looked at like your fast spreading form of Cancer.
It's so funny to see so many people who are supposed to people in the know and have the ability to make decisions, but are so afraid, I'm not sure afraid is the right word, they are just not willing to step up and make a decision and just want to keep things the status quo.
So here I am....
Its hard because I really care about what I do and I have high expectations for myself. I want to the best possible job possible; but I have to deal with the reality of the situations, and I know I'm not willing to comprise myself.
So as I see it have a few choices...
1) I can continue to fight and try to make a difference.
2) I can simply give up and just keep my head low and not bother to say anything...
3) Give them the Bird!
So which do I choose...
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Hoffa
So can someone help me understand why we are wasting so much money on someone that's been dead for over 30 years...
I'm trying to understand what good can come of it...
Sure, closure for the family would be nice...
But at what cost...
I think we can all safely say that the FBI could be doing better things with their time and the tax payers money!!!
If you want to read more about Hoffa on your own here's a link...
I'm trying to understand what good can come of it...
Sure, closure for the family would be nice...
But at what cost...
I think we can all safely say that the FBI could be doing better things with their time and the tax payers money!!!
If you want to read more about Hoffa on your own here's a link...
Kids today...
I'm not sure where this came from or who the author was but it is funny and true....
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning .. uphill BOTH ways, through year 'round blizzards. Carrying their younger siblings on their backs ... to their one-room schoolhouse, where they maintained a Straight-A average, despite their full- time, after-school job at the local textile mill .... where they worked for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving to death!
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that...I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter .. with a Pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!
And talk of about hardship? You couldn't just download porn! You had to steal it from your brother or bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! Those were your options!
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics sucked ass! Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! ... Just like LIFE!
When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!
Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and
walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little bastards!
And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire . imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. That's exactly what I'm talking about! You
kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled.
You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning .. uphill BOTH ways, through year 'round blizzards. Carrying their younger siblings on their backs ... to their one-room schoolhouse, where they maintained a Straight-A average, despite their full- time, after-school job at the local textile mill .... where they worked for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving to death!
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that...I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter .. with a Pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!
And talk of about hardship? You couldn't just download porn! You had to steal it from your brother or bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! Those were your options!
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics sucked ass! Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! ... Just like LIFE!
When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!
Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and
walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little bastards!
And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire . imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. That's exactly what I'm talking about! You
kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled.
You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Congrats to my brother...
So my brother's blog was listed as one of the most influental blogs in local politics for Arizona...
He does a pretty good job...Check it out I guarentee it's worth your time...
Its called Bear Droppings...
http://geistbear.blogware.com/
He does a pretty good job...Check it out I guarentee it's worth your time...
Its called Bear Droppings...
http://geistbear.blogware.com/
Are you kidding me???
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/17/unmarried.ap/index.html
Is it me or is this just plain stupid...Last time I checked we lived in America...
I can't believe that a community would try to pull this crap! I can understand trying to filter out certain elements in an attempt to keep the community safe, but this not the way to do so...
I can't wait for someone to sue this city... For once they deserve it...
Is it me or is this just plain stupid...Last time I checked we lived in America...
I can't believe that a community would try to pull this crap! I can understand trying to filter out certain elements in an attempt to keep the community safe, but this not the way to do so...
I can't wait for someone to sue this city... For once they deserve it...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Two blogs to one...
So you're all lucky... No post in months and 3 in one night!!!
So I was reviewing my blogs and a thought came to my mind...
What stupid idiot decided it was a good idea to have two blogs when I could do it all the same in one.... Ooops that stupid idiot was me...
So going forward I'm going try to correct that issue...
So I was reviewing my blogs and a thought came to my mind...
What stupid idiot decided it was a good idea to have two blogs when I could do it all the same in one.... Ooops that stupid idiot was me...
So going forward I'm going try to correct that issue...
My Right Knee
So I've had issues with my knee over the past two years and have seen proably 5 different doctors trying to find out what the issues are...
They've all had theories...
So finally I see one of the best doctor's in Arizona for orthopedics and he decides even though I can't walk physical therapy for two months would be the best thing for me.
So my question to the doctor, "What happens when I come back two months from now and I still am having issues with my knee?" and his answer was, "Well then well cross the bridge when we get to it."
So after two months of physical therapy that was just bandaid for the issue, the doctor finally agrees to do a knee arthroscopy.
So they go into my knee and what's supposed to be a 45 minute procedure turns out to be a 90 minute procedure. The doctor comes out and talks to my wife and says "Well we found significant more damage than we where expecting, the MRI didn't show any indications of issues we've found, no wonder your husband was having so many issues with his knee."
So lets just recap...
5 Doctors, 2 months of PT, 2 x-rays, and 1 sonogram...
So now I'm waiting to meet with the doctor for my last and best hope. I've been told by my doctor that if all I want to do is walk around the rest of my life, I don't need another surgery. Of course anyone that knows me, that's not going to work.
So now I'm preparing for my next surgery...
Its called a Osteochondral Allograft, basically what they are going to do is take off my knee cap, and implant a cartlidge from a cadaver and then put my knee cap back on, sounds fun doesn't it?
Well yes and no...from what I've read its has a 85% success rate which is great news, the bad news is I'll be out of action for at least 6 months and proably the most challenging part of the whole process is after the next surgery I won't be able to put any pressure on my right knee for 6 to 8 weeks which is present a lot of issues for me.
So wish me luck and I'll post more about as things develop...
They've all had theories...
So finally I see one of the best doctor's in Arizona for orthopedics and he decides even though I can't walk physical therapy for two months would be the best thing for me.
So my question to the doctor, "What happens when I come back two months from now and I still am having issues with my knee?" and his answer was, "Well then well cross the bridge when we get to it."
So after two months of physical therapy that was just bandaid for the issue, the doctor finally agrees to do a knee arthroscopy.
So they go into my knee and what's supposed to be a 45 minute procedure turns out to be a 90 minute procedure. The doctor comes out and talks to my wife and says "Well we found significant more damage than we where expecting, the MRI didn't show any indications of issues we've found, no wonder your husband was having so many issues with his knee."
So lets just recap...
5 Doctors, 2 months of PT, 2 x-rays, and 1 sonogram...
So now I'm waiting to meet with the doctor for my last and best hope. I've been told by my doctor that if all I want to do is walk around the rest of my life, I don't need another surgery. Of course anyone that knows me, that's not going to work.
So now I'm preparing for my next surgery...
Its called a Osteochondral Allograft, basically what they are going to do is take off my knee cap, and implant a cartlidge from a cadaver and then put my knee cap back on, sounds fun doesn't it?
Well yes and no...from what I've read its has a 85% success rate which is great news, the bad news is I'll be out of action for at least 6 months and proably the most challenging part of the whole process is after the next surgery I won't be able to put any pressure on my right knee for 6 to 8 weeks which is present a lot of issues for me.
So wish me luck and I'll post more about as things develop...
So Life's Been Busy....
So as my brother says....
When are you going to get off your lazy ass and post something...
So its not that I've been lazy....
However I have been busy... Things are going well...
I have a wonderful family and a great wife, so yes for those of you keeping score. I am married again and this is wife number #2. Did I ever think it would happen again, yes. Did I ever think it would happent his quick, no. However I am please to say its amazing....
I've known her for 4 years and we kinda of just ended up at the same place at the same time and things just connected. So over the last several months everything in my life has seemed to fall in to place. All the pieces in the puzzle where they're supposed to be...
So naturally since everything is going well something has to happen...
And that thing is my right knee....
When are you going to get off your lazy ass and post something...
So its not that I've been lazy....
However I have been busy... Things are going well...
I have a wonderful family and a great wife, so yes for those of you keeping score. I am married again and this is wife number #2. Did I ever think it would happen again, yes. Did I ever think it would happent his quick, no. However I am please to say its amazing....
I've known her for 4 years and we kinda of just ended up at the same place at the same time and things just connected. So over the last several months everything in my life has seemed to fall in to place. All the pieces in the puzzle where they're supposed to be...
So naturally since everything is going well something has to happen...
And that thing is my right knee....
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