More lies from Moore

More lies from Moore

An article I am across today

vacation!!

I have the next few days off as I'm taking some vacation from work. I picked this time of year as we already get 4th of July off, so why not extend it and take off the 2nd and 3rd as well?

I walked into work this morning, knowing that I had a half day, then off for about a week. To my surprise, the guy the swings around and covers stores is there. I was told he wasn't available, and that Joe would need to cover the store by himself after I left at noonish. So I got the whole day off.

tonight, "Much Ado About Nothing" out in Spring Green, tomorrow night, Chicago with Holly. Tuesday fireworks at the lakefront. Everything else is wide open at this point.

I'm hoping to capitalize on my time off and get some projects taken care of. I've got a couple of computers on my bench to finish up, and hopefully I can schedule some clients as well.

What's new with you? Maybe it's summer, but it seems like some blogs I read have slowed down...mine was no exception. Drop me a line :)

Father's Day??

cat jokes

there's a meme on the internet now regarding cats....this is one of them

is this good or bad?

best of craigslist : Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It...

best of craigslist : Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It...

'nuff said

CrunchNotes » Nicely Done

CrunchNotes » Nicely Done

worth a laugh

came across this one tonight

that helpless feeling

Holly and I ventured down to Chicago Saturday night to visit a friend and have dinner at this cool little Italian place near our friend's apartment. Great food, great conversation and a chance to encourage our friend as she moves through some decisions in her life.

On our way home, we were westbound on Peterson Ave. heading back to the interstate, when at a stoplight, we saw a homeless man. He was standing in between the two westbound lanes near the stoplight, holding a sign that basically stated"I'm homeless and hungry...will you help me?"

I wanted to help him, but I didn't. I don't like just giving money; I'd much rather take him somewhere and buy him a meal. I noticed it disturbed Holly that there was a homeless man in the road...disturbed not by the man himself, but by the condition he was in.

it's almost three hours later, and I still feel the urge to drive back down to Chicago to find that man and take him somewhere to eat. I passed numerous restaurants on the way back to the interstate, and yet I kept driving. Was I worried about my safety? For Holly's? I certainly wasn't in a hurry to get home.

I felt moved to the point of compassion, but in the end, didn't move at all

a day off

slept in this morning, got up, started cleaning my apartment, which was much needed; more to clean still, but I've made a decent dent. Picked up a shelf unit to organize some stuff in my place.

Heard some cars buzzing the Mile...walked over to check it out. I know Sunday there's a charity letting people take their personal vehicle on the Mile for a donation of some sort...I guess it was also happening today.

Detailed my truck...and while I was doing that, one of my neighbors was on her way out...got to chat with her for a bit before she took off.

off to see Spiderman 3 tonight...Sandman!!!

what the future may hold

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord..
Jeremiah 29:11-14a

To Start my week, I'll be on my own at our West Bend store. It's a one man store, so I have the chance to be very busy. I've been told this is a test to see how well I've progressed, and to gauge my potential as a store manager with Hein. I'm both excited and anxious about it. Obviously, excited due to a potential promotion.

Anxious...let's explore that: I've only been in the electrical supply business for 11 months. I've learned a TON, but there's still quite a bit I don't feel I have a good grasp on. Enter my boss Ron. I emailed Ron a couple weeks ago, asking him what opportunities were coming within the company, and what I should be doing to position myself for those opportunities. Ron stopped by the store I work at in Menomonee Falls and we chatted about it. Basically, I'm in the future plans for the company.

We'll see how things go, and what lies ahead

can't sleep

I hate it when I can't sleep. I have too much on my mind and I'm worrying about all of it.

A shot of scotch to calm me down and hopefully dull what worries me.

overall thoughts from the last few days...

TMNT....I giggled through the entire movie...loved it..

The Gonzalez deal in D.C.: just another attempt to derail the Bush Administration. Clinton fired ALL 93 Federal prosecutors in 1993 without so much as a fart from Congress, yet Bush fires 8 for not doing their job and it's a witch hunt...hmmmm

Take me out to the ballgame: Opening Day is Monday!! I'll be there :P

I'm dual booting Windows and Linux on my laptop, with 2 Linux desktops and one Windows desktop.

more randomness to come

vacation destination

London perhaps?

hint: skip to step 20

oo oo...my turn!!

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some pictures

I mentioned a couple of posts ago that I was going to the Chicago Auto Show. Here's a couple of shots of me with cars I can't afford :)

meh

Forgive me Blogger, for I have sinned; it's been 10 days since my last post

Well, 31 has come...so far, it's just like 30

Spring could arrive soon and I wouldn't complain

I'm aching to see a live band...as luck would have it, I can do that next Saturday...

work goes well; Joe and I have a mutual respect for each other and a common goal. Makes going in to work easier :)

The Linux experiment continues...I've changed distros (type of Linux) so we'll see how this goes.

I'm trying to take my lunch to work....so far 3 days in a row...tomorrow will be 4 :P

Spent a good deal of last Sunday with Holly trying to get her car taken care of. It seems her oil pan cracked and was leaking oil. By the time church got out, it was out of oil. A couple of folks had noticed it, so she wasn't going to drive off....that would have been bad...I took a look and couldn't see an easy fix, so I took her home, and explained things to her folks while she changed. Her Dad suggested checking to make sure the oil filter was tight, so Holly and I headed back to the church to check. No dice...call AAA to get a tow truck...the wait is anywhere from 20 minutes to almost 2 hours. We run to grab lunch and wait. At about 3:30 the tow truck arrives. We follow him down to Wilde Toyota to drop the car off. Back to my place for a while then off to church for 4:12. Drop Holly off at home then come home and crash myself. Come to find out the oil pan cracked somehow and wouldn't hold any oil...I'm glad she was able to make it to church and wasn't on the freeway between Milwaukee and Madison when it went dry...

I think...thatisall

and so another year has past

31

huh...30 didn't feel so bad.

I wonder what this year will bring.

all good things come to an end

it would appear that Morpheus has died...Morpheus...that's my laptop.

All I know is that is he was running fine when I left my apartment to get dinner across the street, and when I came back...black screen. I've troubleshot everything, short of completely disassembling him, but I'm not sure that would help.

thank you in advance for your sympathy

100

to celebrate my 100th post, I'm letting everyone know that I've now gone Linux full time. I desired a new challenge on the computer front, and since I can't afford a new Mac and don't want Vista, I went with Linux. I found a nice primer on Suse (Soo-say) 10.2 that gives me all the functionality of Windows or OS X.

I turn 31 next Tuesday...go me