Why are you posting, Cary? Did something happen at work?

Yes, something happened at work.

Friday, we were scheduled to have a new air compressor wired in. You know, cut off power to the building, the power company comes in, does it’s thing, and power is restored; and they all lived happily ever after.

Except the electrician decided that Friday was a bad day to play with electricity. So, he didn’t show up. Everyone else did, which would have worked out quite well, since the shop shuts down at lunch time on Fridays and they all go home. No power? No problem! No one was there to be interrupted, anyway!

The hook up was rescheduled.

For today.

Between 9 and 11, which is really convenient for everyone except those who depend on power for their jobs. Like, the designers, who’s computers are useless without excited electrons.

You wimp, I remember back in the day we could draw up the cabinets by hand, and the shop would build them no problem.

You wacko, I remember back in the day that could happen because the people building the cabinets were trained to read the papers and could actually communicate in the language they were written in!

I digress…

So, I head back to work at 11, and ready or not they promised we could punch in at 11. We’ll see.

I pray God’s blessings on each and every one of you, even if you don’t have the same political beliefs that I do.

My apologies to all the Navy types out there – especially Gawfer and Seaspook.

Happy Birthday, a bit late.

231 years, October 13th.

And, a free pass from any Marine/Navy digs for at least one week. No, really, I promise.

Yut, yut, Semper Fi, Ooh-Rah, devildogs!

Today, boys and girls, we learn what to do in the event an emergency vehicle with it’s light sna sirens comes towards our vehicle. Please note that these steps are assuming that you are driving on the right.

Step 1 – Make sure you can safely execute a lane change, signal, and move as far to the right as safely possible.

Step 2 – Stop your vehicle, and watch the emergency vehicle’s movements, as they may need to go where you are stopped, in which case you need to move your vehicle.

Pretty simple, yes?

Please notice that I said nothing at all about continuing on your oblivious way, blocking the emergency vehicle’s progress, nor did I mention stopping in the middle of the road with no warning or signals whatsoever so others around you have to take evasive action in order to avoid your vehicle. And I certainly didn’t say to use the emergency vehicle as a quick way through the traffic and lights ahead of you.

Can you tell I want to find a place where most people know how to drive, instead of just the fifteen or twenty percent of us here in the Valley of the Sun?

God bless you all, and please drive safely.

Go here.

Order a shirt (or two, or five) and Wear Red on Fridays – Support Your Troops!

I know you’re dying to know – I’m wearing Rolling Thunder again today. That is just the coolest name for a shirt, ever. According to information at the ordering point, Jarhead John himself came up with that name. What a marketing coup.

Anyway – God Bless You All. Even you – hiding behind your religion – get out from behind it and get into a relationship with Christ. You’ll be glad you did.

I’ve been busy, with work mostly, and I don’t get to read my blog comments and my normal blog circuit nearly as often as I would like to.

Quick note – turns out Mary can see into the future.

Haven’t had much response to the Baby Contest – looks like the picking’s are going to be easy. I’ll have to start hitting the traffic sites more often, and get some competition brewing. (Hey, gawfer – I’m still waiting on a certain transfer of credits to secure your date and time – are you still wanting that one?)

Internet access at work has been severely curtailed – I can’t access the blogs from my desk anymore, and there are only so many times you can play Minesweeper (Expert – 343 seconds). I may have to bring some of my PC games in to keep me occupied. Or, I could read – I’ve been working on a series of WWII histories, some reference level, some fictionalized accounts. Very interesting.

This last weekend I finally put the border up in the baby’s room. The guy who did the estimating of how much border was needed was off by seven feet. He’s the same guy who estimated the amount of gravel needed for the backyard. He’s going to have his figures double-checked from now on.

How have you been doing? Staying out of trouble?

I hope God continues to bless you and your family. Have a great week!

Disclaimer: This blessing was given in the hopes that God would, indeed, bless you and your family. It is the prayer of the person issuing this blessing that you are able to understand that a blessing is meant to do good for the one being blessed. If the receiver of the blessing does not believe in blessings, tough noogies. You got blessed anyway. Deal with it. In the meantime, figure out why your life is so mean spirited that you have to be upset that someone would wish you well in their own way. Could it be that perhaps there is a God, and since you have been insisting on no interference from this God, that the good things in life have been passing you by? Perhaps you should rethink your position.