“Why do I do the things I do?/Was I born this way or am I self made fool?/I shoot the lights and I curse the dark”
Posted on January 6, 2008 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, And your point is?, Adult swim | 1 Comment
It Ain’t Easy Being Me by Chris Knight. I don’t know when or where I discovered this guy but he is right up my current musical alley–incredibly poignant lyrics and that modern alt-country sound. Check out the video, especially if you have a high speed connection and/or read the lyrics.
These lyrics really match how I […]
Parenting–the best job you’ll ever have(?)
Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, Adult swim, The Daily Doodle, Parenting | 1 Comment
Well, I guess we have arrived. That’s right–we are now residents of ‘terrible twos’ land and boy, is the weather bad. Obviously, Maggie won’t actually be two years old for another few months but if there is any truth to the idea of the terrible twos, she sure is evidence of it.
Everything–and I mean EVERYTHING–is […]
Almost done
Posted on June 23, 2007 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, And your point is?, Adult swim | Leave a Comment
Well, I’m almost done with my hunter’s safety class. It has indeed been a very long week; I look at Erin and Maggie and they feel like strangers because I basically haven’t seen them all week. I don’t know what I would do if I had to work a second job at night. It would […]
Read More..>>What a week it’s going to be
Posted on June 18, 2007 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, The Daily Doodle | 2 Comments
Well, I am taking the third (behind the first, buying a gun, and the second, working on marksmanship) step toward becoming a real hunter: I am taking the hunter’s safety course for the state of Idaho this week. Time wise, it’s pretty demanding: M-F 6-9pm, Sat 9am-12pm, and again on the following Mon 6-9pm. I […]
Read More..>>Didn’t make it
Posted on June 14, 2007 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, Adult swim | 4 Comments
Some of you know it is that time of the year for me to find out if I have been selected for promotion. This is the third time I have been up for this one and it is a very difficult promotion to obtain. If I had stayed in Asheville, doing the job I was […]
Read More..>>*“Rolling in the muck isn’t going to get you cleanâ€
Posted on March 22, 2007 - Filed Under Whine with my cheese, Adult swim | 2 Comments
*Jake’s brother, after having made a fantastic boo-boo.
My job really sucks sometimes. Actually, it isn’t the job: I love the students most of the time, the work itself takes me out my comfort zone and is very challenging, and I have a finished product every six weeks. The problems pretty much center around my inability […]
