J_E_G.....From the land of OZ

Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Sure wish I could start off the new year with this as my back yard. So nice, calm and serene looking. So much better then the rat race I sometimes allow myself to fall into. I mean it's nothing serious, I just end up putting to much on my plate. Yep, so much I want to do or see and not enough time to do it in. Which is in a way why I didn't make a post yesterday. I ended up falling asleep sitting here at the ol computer. The night before last I wanted to watch the football game among numerous other things that I really didn't have time to get done. But wait there is time, all I have to do is just stay up later right. After all who needs sleep? Ok, so judging by the way I was dragging some serious ass yesterday I'd say I do. And really I knew that already, it's just that I hate to give up on the day with so much I'd like to get done.
Ok it's time to start getting ready for the big night. Well it would be time...if there was going to be a big night. My big night is going to consist of football on tv. Yep I'm staying in tonight. Primarily because there isn't much to do in this sleepy little town I live in, and I can't afford to travel to a bigger town where there might be something to do.

Right now I'd like to take this time to raise my glass to: Raymi, Anti, True, Bing, Melissa, Ciance, Patsy, Ryan, Kool Keith, Lura, Bobby, Kat, Candy, Stacey, Jamie, Petey, Karen, William. Here's to you all, may this new year usher in joy, happiness and much prosperity.

Yes in the immortal words of Spock himself...."Live long and prosper."

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY!!!!

Later.

Posted by J_E_G 5:11 PM

Monday, December 29, 2003

You know it's simply amazing how fast four days can go by when you're off work. Seemed like just one day had gone by and it was time to go back to work again. But I must admit for it being a monday following a four day weekend today went relatively well, we got busy and the time just passed right on by. Something else that's been rather nice is the incredibly unseasonable weather we've been having the last few days. It has seemed much more like early spring then winter with the temp's running in the upper fifties to lower sixties. And believe me I'm not complaining at all. However the bubble was burst tonight after watching the weather forecast. They say by the end of the week these nice temp's will be nothing more then a memory with the first real blast of winter due in then. Oh well, we can't have everything.

This is a pic of the side wall meeting the back wall in one of the rooms of the building where I work. I was trying to show the color scheme. I don't know who came up with the color schemes for this building, but with some of the color combinations they choose if you weren't sick when you got to this medical clinic you will be after being there a while. Sure Glad I won't be working there after we finish with this building.
Think I'll leave you with a kind of question of the night. You know how we have been hearing, mostly from the Bush administration that since we went to war with Iraq, and especially since we captured Saddam we are now safer in this country. So my question is....If we are truly safer now because of these things WHY are we now living under an elevated threat level????
Alright time to get ready to watch the Alamo bowl.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 7:51 PM

Sunday, December 28, 2003

So it's winding down, Christmas has come and gone and the first part of the holidays is about over. Tomorrow most of us will be heading back to work, fortunately it's another short week. I've seen some say Christmas was ok but they were glad it's over and I for one am one of those who feels this way. But wait, its not over yet, at least not for me. One of my brothers and his family came in from Colorado and spent some time at his wife's family first and so it was decided today we would have another big get together. Now I enjoy being around my family, to a point. But after so long of having all of them around adults and kids alike I'm ready to find a nice quiet place for a little time to myself. Something they just can't comprehend. Which is one of the reasons I've been up since six this morning. These few short hours before everybody else is up and about at least gives me some time to sit and think and do whatever it is I want to do. Oh well one more day and things should start returning to some sort of normalcy, whatever that is.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 7:40 AM

Friday, December 26, 2003

Spent most of Christmas day over at my brothers house. My sister and her family joined us in the afternoon. We actually all got along fairly well, well most of the time. One thing is for sure, nothing bothered the youngsters whose only care was which gift to tear into next. All in all the day went pretty good, although I kept waiting for the normal SNAFU to happen, which has a habit of visiting on these special days. My only complaint turned out was all day long and not a single football game, damn.
Ok that's it for now. Speaking of football the Insight bowl is on and it's time to root Kool Keith's Cal Bears on to victory.
Later.

Posted by J_E_G 9:02 PM

Thursday, December 25, 2003

MAY WE ALL BE GRANTED PEACE OF MIND AND PEACE ON EARTH!!

LEST WE FORGET WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

Posted by J_E_G 9:20 AM

Tuesday, December 23, 2003

It was a little bit better day at work. I starting to get a little better, my throat wasn't nearly as sore today as it was yesterday. Although I am not ready to proclaim myself well or even close to it, at least not yet anyhow. The last time I did that this shit pounced back on me.
I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas eve already. Am I ready for Christmas?....no. Will I be ready?....probably not. In fact I'm not sure what this Christmas will be like, because I can't afford to get anything for anyone. Sometimes I wish I could just go to sleep and not wake up till friday. I know that won't happen, so i'll just try to approach it as positive as i can. I have no way of knowing what it'll be like so no sense worrying about it. Right.
I would like to take this chance to thank all those who offered best wishes and good advice during my battle with the BUG. I really appreciate it and it does help.
Ok, I've got some laundry to finish up before bedtime sneaks up on me.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 6:41 PM

Monday, December 22, 2003

Real quick post tonight, I've not got much to say. It was a long day at work, a typical monday I guess, well except I still felt like crap. As I sit here now I feel as though I'm shaking off the cold, however the sore throat is still hanging in there. And if given a choice I'd rather have the cold. You never realize how many times a day you swallow until it hurts like hell every time you do. But I have a plan for this sore throat of mine. I dug through the medicine cabinet and found some left over antibiotics I got the last time I had a sore throat, and started taking them. I know, I know, you're not supposed to do that, but since my health insurance hasn't kicked in yet I've got to cut a few corners somewhere. With any luck at all this may work.
That's it for now, think I'll get ready soon and head to bed early. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 9:15 PM

Sunday, December 21, 2003

I was out taking advantage of the abnormally warm day yesterday to try and get a few chores done around the house when it hit me. The cold I thought I had beaten apparently launched a surprise counter-attack with a vengeance. So yeah I'm back to living on the CM, you know night care, day care, and every-time in between care medicine. And even though it slowed me down a little I kept on going, because hey cold or not life goes on. Besides I hate giving into an illness. Although I'm beginning to understand how Melissa over at Stray Bullet must be feeling. She too has been battling an illness that has been hanging on far longer then one would like. I will say this that even if the cold hadn't crept up on me again, watching my Kansas City Chiefs play like shit yesterday would have been enough to make me sick.
Got up fairly early mostly because I went to bed early but also it was time for another dose of let me breath again medicine. Anyway I've spent some time this morning watching the sunday morning news shows like Meet the Press. Although I really don't know why I continue to watch these shows. Reason being I end up getting so frustrated listening to the guests they have that I end up wanting to scream at the tv. Republicans or Democrats alike it doesn't matter, however it's the republican guests usually that leave me with these feelings. Actually after listening to especially the republican guests I'm left with an uncontrollable urge to find the nearest mirror to check and see if the word "stupid" is tattooed on my forehead.
I've run out of things to write about for now. Not sure if it will happen or not, but I hope to take advantage of this last decent day to get out and take some more photos to share.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 9:36 AM

Friday, December 19, 2003

What a way to end a work week with weather so nice you would rather be anywhere but work. Yep, it was a beautiful clear sunshiny fifty degree day today. It's hard to believe that just a week ago it was cloudy, cold and we were on the verge of getting a three inch snowfall. If only we could finish out the rest of the winter with this type of weather.
Like I said in my last post the building is starting to take shape and so the boss thought it was time to start doing some serious house cleaning chores, at least get the finished sections looking good. And he had a point, seeing how it was hard to tell where the mud outside ended and the freshly laid tile floor began. What? You really think construction workers stop to wipe their feet. So anyway the majority of my day was spent slinging a mop back and forth cleaning all the tracked in mud and dirt off the floors. Heaven help the first person I see tracking in mud next week.
It was such a nice day I didn't even get upset when I checked the mail box after work and my paycheck was not there as it normally is on friday. Maybe I didn't get upset but that's not to say I didn't get concerned. So i called up the manpower office to inquire about said missing check. They informed me I wasn't the only one to call with this question and assured me that they had been mailed out. Good possibility the mail has been slowed up due to the holidays. Well that warranted a big PHEW, it should be here tomorrow. I sure hope so as my damn house taxes are due this weekend. Oh well I'm not going to worry about that, instead I'm just going to concentrate on enjoying another nice day they say we are going to have again tomorrow. Hope everybody has a great weekend.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 9:47 PM

Thursday, December 18, 2003

Ok, I'm going to try again tonight. I actually wrote this post last night but it wouldn't publish to my blog, even though it claimed it had. Here's hoping it works tonight.
Well it worked, I went to bed earlier last night and I'm not near as tired as I was last night. It's amazing what a little more rest will do. Sure, ten hour work days will drain you somewhat but with a decent amount of rest it's not near as bad.
Tonight i think I'll talk a little about my job, because for a change I actually look forward to going to work. Unlike when I was working at the rock quarry, where at the end right before I quit I dreaded getting up and having to go to work. Oh sure, being the cleanup person and the helper can be tedious at times, still I have a chance to learn new things. But what I really like about this job is as time goes by you can actually see progress being made. You feel as though all the work you've done really does have a purpose. I can watch things coming together as the building comes to life. It's amazing to see the transformation of bare sheetrock walls and cement floors into an inhabitable work space of the soon to be medical clinic. i've captured a couple of examples click here to see what it looked like when I first started the job about a month ago, and now click here to see what that same room looks like today. Quite a difference, right. The job I used to have when I was at the rock quarry involved me drilling holes in the ground, loading them with explosives and blasting it and then the rock was hauled away. By the end of the day you really had nothing to show for all the work you had done. Not to mention the people I'm working with and for now are 1000 times better then most of the ones I worked with at the quarry. So yeah even though I don't particularly care for ten hour days, still I don't mind going in to work.
Ok it's time to rush some laundry through. One of the downfalls of working long days...I don't have as much free time in the evening as I'd like to have. Oh well that's life, no biggie really.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 5:20 AM

Tuesday, December 16, 2003

I'm sitting here relaxing, actually I'm battling the heavy eye lids and the eye lids are winning. I think the problem is that sometimes I like to stay up till midnight (like I did last night) and then get up at four thirty to get ready to go to work. I guess I just had to learn the hard way that four and a half hours of sleep and ten hour days at work are not a good combination. So I'm off to bed, maybe with a good nights sleep I won't be so tired and I'll be able to make a decent post tomorrow night. Till then later.

Posted by J_E_G 9:32 PM

Monday, December 15, 2003

I was surfing around while trying to figure out what to post tonight. As I was doing so, I happened over to Seduced's site, and while reading his post for today it got me to thinking. Oh, if you haven't yet, I highly recommend you head over there and read it. It is well worth it.
Anyway it got me to thinking about my post yesterday, and that it might make me sound as if I'm against the war with Iraq. I fully support the men and women of our armed forces and the missions they have been given. In fact I will always support any actions our troops are ordered into. It's sort of a promise I made to myself some time back. You see I grew up in the midst of the Viet Nam war, a very unpopular war (not that wars are anything to make popular). It was a war that was run by politicians and big business. That was a war in which we did not fight to win but rather fought to stay in. As often as I disagree with George Bush, I will give him credit for at least putting the handling of the war in the hands of the military. Ok, I'm straying from my point here. My point being, I was there when these soldiers, young and old alike, when returning from Viet Nam had to all but sneak back into their own country, had to hide who they were and where they had been in fear of being spat on and called killers. I mean what a way to treat a young kid of 19 or 20 who was lucky enough to survive a year in the hell hole called Viet Nam.
So yeah please don't think that in my last post I'm saying I'm against the action in Iraq for I'm not. What I wanted to convey in that post was that I thought it was possible our priorities were getting a little mixed up. And even though I may not be in total agreement George Bush's reasoning he used to start the war, now that we have people over there, in harms way, they (the troops) will get my full support.
That's what's on my mind tonight. I hope this post made sense, it's been a long monday and I'm tired. It's also getting late so I'm off to bed shortly.
Later.

Posted by J_E_G 10:03 PM

Sunday, December 14, 2003

By now I'm guessing everybody has heard the big news of the day, that Saddam has been captured. You couldn't help but know it, that's all that was on tv this morning. And it seems most everyone is happy about this event and jumping with joy from the Iraqi people to the Bush administration. Well you'll have to forgive me but I for one am not jumping with joy over this, I'll leave that to the deserving Iraqi people. Don't get me wrong I'm glad he got caught and will be punished for what he did. I just find it hard to be excited about catching a man who did nothing to us directly, while the man who did still runs free. Thats right Osama Bin Ladin, the man who organized and ordered the attack on our country that killed thousands of U.S. citizens is still on the loose. And we are nowhere nearer to catching him today then we were a year ago.
Appears to me that we, ahh I mean president Bush has gone about this ass backwards. Why is it we put the majority of our military resources chasing down Saddam and only a small percentage of said resources hunting for Osama. Could it be that Bush had this whole thing with Saddam planned from the time he first took office, you know kind of a revenge thing for his daddy. And that he couldn't let a little thing like going after the man who actually attacked us on our own soil get in his way. After all I can't help but wonder if we had committed the amount of troops to hunt for Osama as we did hunting for Saddam, that maybe we wouldn't have Osama in our hands by now making him pay for what he did. But hey these are just my thoughts, and I'll wait till they catch the guy who really matters before I do any dancing for joy. All I know is it's a strange strange world we live in now.
Oh yeah, one other thing I wanted to point out. If you saw any of the tv coverage like I did, then you saw all those Iraqi people celebrating the capture by firing off their weapons into the air. I couldn't help but think that maybe someone should give them a simple physics lesson. I mean, after all, what goes up must come back down. And I sure hope nobody was standing in the way when all those bullets decided to come back down to earth.
That's it for now. Later.

P.S. At first I was going to find and put a picture of Saddam up, but decided to post the one I did instead.

Posted by J_E_G 4:42 PM

Saturday, December 13, 2003

Woke up this morning feeling a lot better then I have in days. In fact I haven't even had to resort to the cold medicine all day, yay. Anyway I got up about six this morning, I know it's saturday, but hey, that's what you get when you fall asleep early on a friday night. Not only did I wake up feeling better but I also discovered upon looking out the window a fresh blanket of snow had fallen overnight. After about two or three cups of coffee while waiting for enough daylight I headed out to take some pictures of this new fallen snow. I wanted to get out while it was still fresh, before people, cars and sunshine could disrupt the sight before me.
While I was out walking around taking pictures I noticed a squirrel taking the treeway down the hill. I say that because it was kind of like his own little highway as he leaped from branch to branch tree to tree going down the hill. I tried to get a picture of him but the little shit was just to quick for me. Although he almost got his as he slammed on the brakes a little to hard and slid most of the way down this big limb. But he recovered and finished his journey with no further problems.
Needless to say it was a beautiful sight as most fresh snowfalls are, and amazingly enough it didn't really seem that cold out. But as is usually the case with things that have an up side you will eventually find the down side. Not to fear it was a job well done.
After shoveling off the driveway I came in and edited my photos and put together a little photo essay of my little winter walk. I tried to create one of those photo essay's where you click from pic to pic but I just couldn't get it to work. So I ended up putting it on another blog page. Just click the pic below to view the photos. Oh and the pic's are a little bigger than I normally use so it may take a little time to load.
Seeing as there's no football for me to watch I guess it's time to try and catch up on some of the chores I fell behind on while I felt like shit.
That's it for now. Later.

Winter Walk Photo Essay

Posted by J_E_G 4:32 PM

Friday, December 12, 2003

Yesterday was probably the worst day of my cold, in fact I trudged through work on autopilot. Good thing I'm not a surgeon or maybe an airline pilot, that would not have been good. When I got home I decided to surf through some of my daily reads before posting something. But after visiting a few sites it was like walking through a thick forest en-capsuled in a dense fog. It wasn't long before all the words on the page slammed together to form one large word. Frustrated I decided to lean back in my chair.....three hours later I was opening my eyes and shaking my head. All the while trying to figure out where the hell I was, what day it was and what time it was. I hate when that happens. The way my luck has been running I figured I probably slept through the night right there in my chair and was more then likely late for work as well. Thankfully that wasn't the case. It turns out all this extra rest I've been getting is helping, for today I feel a lot better. Phew!!
Other then that I really don't have much else to say right now. Oh, and sorry there's no pic's tonight, my photo hosting site evidently still has some issues it needs to resolve. That and I haven't really felt like getting out and taking any new ones. New pic's soon.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 6:48 PM

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

I'm going to see if I can hold it together long enough to do a sensible post. Yep, I thought this cold was getting better yesterday. Turns out it was just a little lull while it took a short elevator ride into my chest. So yeh I'm still feeling blah. And I hate feeling this way, no energy, I just want to sit around or maybe doze off and sleep a little. There's plenty of things I want to get done and things I should get done and I just don't have the get up and go to do any of them.
The one thing I wanted to talk about is role models in our lives. You know those prominent people who are supposed to be setting an example for the rest of us to follow. Once again I'm going to pick on my favorite people, those in the government. I mean who better to site as role models then the people responsible for creating our laws and the everyday running of our country. Unfortunately this is not happening, at least in my eyes it's not. Its ashame that these people who some look up to and should be teaching us how to live life right are really teaching us exactly the opposite. There are two instances that happened recently that drew my attention to this topic.
The first happened about two weeks ago when the House of Representatives was to vote on the new medicare bill. The vote for this bill was supposed to be limited by rule to seventeen minutes. Well after the first vote and it was looking as if it wouldn't pass the majority party (Republicans) decided to change the rules in midstream and extend the vote time limit. And not once but many times, by the time it was all said and done the vote took three hours. Enough time for the majority leadership to twist some arms and get some votes changed and the outcome was finally to their liking. The lesson here is if things aren't going the way you want to then its ok to change the rules till you get the outcome you want.
The second instance happened today, when the White-house made an announcement that it was going to punish those nations who didn't agree with us and send troops to the war in Iraq. Of course should they decide to go ahead and send troops they could then be considered for some of these high dollar Iraqi rebuilding contracts. Humm sounds vaguely like blackmail to me. Now the last time I checked blackmail was illegal, at least for you and me the common citizen of the country. However I guess if you are the president you can play with a different set of laws then the rest of us.
I will end this by saying I'm glad that the very impressionable minds of our youngsters are busy elsewhere being innocently ignorant to the examples and lessons coming down off of Capitol Hill these days.
So, it's time to end this little ramble session. Besides with the tiredness I feel battling with the cold medicine I took who knows what non-sense might start rolling out of my head.
So yeah, that's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 6:56 PM

Tuesday, December 09, 2003

Was going to post earlier but I couldn't get blogger to open up properly until just recently. I'm not sure what's been up with them lately. Well that and I've been asleep most of the evening. I'm not sure if I was just tired from work or if it's this cold or the medicine I've taken for it. My guess is it's a combination of all three, anyway it's been hard to keep my eyes open. I really didn't want to sleep the evening away but it's amazing how sometimes your body will take matters into it's own hands and force you to get the rest you need.
Went to work this morning with the threat of a winter storm warning hanging over our heads. It was supposed to start out as rain and change to snow ending this evening leaving us with 2-8 inches. So by nine this morning it was pouring down rain and then it changed alright but not to snow. Instead it switched over to sleet, covering everything with a coat of ice in no time. After i got home from work (a very slow trip I might add) it did finally change to snow. However all we got was a light dusting and not the 2-8 inches they had called for. I know one thing, I'm not looking forward to the drive to work tomorrow.
Oh and I'm still having trouble logging into my photo hosting site. So in order to put some pic's up tonight I've uploaded them to my yahoo account. I hope it works ok. Alright my body is telling me it's time for bed now.
Later.

Posted by J_E_G 10:46 PM

Monday, December 08, 2003

It must be Monday......
Oh what a day, it must be Monday. What else could explain it. And believe it or not it wasn't that i had a bad day at work. In fact work went damned good today even though I was dragging my ass around like a lead weight. It all started about two hours before my alarm was supposed to go off. I could feel the changes starting and by the time I got up the changes had taken place. My head was stuffed up, my chest felt tight and I could feel a cough coming on. It's official, I now have the bug that's been going around at work. But like I said work went good despite feeling like crap all day. Then this evening I was going to make a quick post complete with pic's. But due to some issues with my photo hosting site (they won't let me log in) there are no pic's tonight. That's ok I thought, I can still do a post even if it is without pictures. But guess what, yep, when I tried to do that I couldn't get blogger to open right for me. So yeah, the only thing I can think to explain it is....it must be Monday. Oh well, tomorrow's another day, and after a dose of cold medicine I'm off to bed to try and be rested enough to be able to face that new day.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 10:39 PM

Sunday, December 07, 2003

I took a break from blogging yesterday to relax and watch some football. And with the season winding down there wasn't that many games on, but what a day of football it turned out to be, especially last night. But wait I'm getting ahead of myself let me start at the beginning.
Yesterday was a special day around here because my K-State Wildcats were to play in the Big-12 championship game against the number one ranked Oklahoma Sooners that evening. Well when I got up yesterday morning I happened to mention to a few people that I felt something special in the air and that K-State was going to beat Oklahoma. Some called me foolish, some called me crazy, figuring I must have totally lost my mind and were ready to deliver me to the nearest mental health facility to be checked out. I just replied ok yeah whatever. I suppose they had a point, after-all the Sooners were the number one team in the country and undefeated, and being touted as possibly the best college football team ever. So of course there was no way lowly K-State who had lost three games in a row was going to upset the Sooners, right. Well the only thing wrong is someone forgot to share that plan with my K-State Wildcats. That's right the Wildcats showed up with their A-game in hand and walked away with a Big-12 conference championship in hand. And the best thing of all is they didn't just sneak past them in an upset win, my Wildcats went in and kicked some serious ass last night. Kinda like left Oklahoma wondering what hit them. But the one question I am left with is, is a 35-7 ass-kicking really an upset?? So yeah there are a lot of happy people around here today walking on air.
Ok, time to kick back and enjoy what's left of this weekend and get ready for another week of work.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 5:40 PM

Friday, December 05, 2003

Got home from work around four-thirty this afternoon and sat down to relax a while before trying to come up with todays post. That was my first mistake for before I knew it I was right in the middle of an unscheduled nap. Guess I was tireder then I thought I was. Not surprising though, since it was after midnight when I went to bed and was back up at four-thirty to get ready for work. Speaking of work, since I am a temporary hire on this job, I have been working week to week not knowing if this would be my last week. And with this being friday I was going through my usual wondering ritual, hoping that I would be coming in to work on monday. I got some good news today, when I asked them if they wanted me back on monday they came out and told me to expect to be round till the end of the job. Phew, that's a relief.
Ok, seems there is a little more clarification needed, this time on a different subject. Appears as though Candy is a little confused as to whether I am a guy. So here it is, yes Candy I am a guy. Click here to see a pic' of me taken earlier this past summer. Hope this clears things up for you Candy.Well not much more to write about tonight. Think I'll just kick back and enjoy the classic rock coming from the on-line radio station I have playing in the background.
That's it for now. Later

Posted by J_E_G 10:26 PM

Thursday, December 04, 2003

Earlier I said I couldn't think of anything to write, but thanks to a comment made by bob to my post yesterday I now have something in mind. Really what this is meant to do is clarify some things for a certain few who find their way here. This is not meant for those who visit here on a regular basis for I believe you have it figured out already.
Ok so what started this train of thought? Well it started when I saw that bob posted a comment that went something like this "christ this dribble you write is worst than death itself". Well here's my answer to that. First of all I think you meant worse then death itself, but let's not get picky. I'm sorry you think my writing is dribble. No wait, I am not sorry, nor should anyone who publishes a blog ever be sorry for what they write. Granted this may be dribble, but it's my dribble. However as far as it's being worse then death itself, not ever having experienced death before I'm afraid I am unable to make the comparison. Maybe you have and can, I don't know. Has this comment made me mad? No. Has this made me want to pack it in? No. I will continue on in the way I know how.
Ok, so here is the clarification I was talking about. I started this blog to have a place to write and share the photos I have taken. This is not some fancy creative site I know, but it is mine. I did not create this site seeking fame or fortune nor was I seeking a pulitzer prize with this. Though i sometimes wish I was a creative writer, I am not nor do I pretend to be. It should be clear to most after a few seconds of reading that this was not put together by a creative writing genius. And bob, if that's what you or anyone else who finds their way here is looking for may I kindly direct you to the list of links I have on the left side of my site. Go to anyone of those sites and I assure you you will receive your fill of great sites and creativity. As for me I will keep writing the way I know, even if it is dribble and trying to take and share my pic's. That is all I have to say on this and I apologize to those of you who didn't need to see this.
Later.

Posted by J_E_G 10:12 PM

It was just another same-o-same-o day today, except I think the sun has gone on strike around here. And as I sat here thinking of what to write, nothing came to me so I just threw together this photo post with some pic's I took after work today.

Looks like they've given up and headed for the winter home down south.

Come on boss, don't you think we've reached capacity on this dumpster.

DAMN I sure hope that suckers not loaded.

Over the river and through the woods..... Or in this case, over the creek.

Hey hey that's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 8:05 PM

Wednesday, December 03, 2003

Got up this morning and looked out the window expecting to see a blanket of newly fallen snow on the ground. And what did I see? Nothing I tell you, oh sure, the ground was moist from last night's rain, but not one flake of snow had fallen. In fact it didn't even get cold enough for the rain that had fallen to freeze. You know, you would think I would have learned my lesson by now not to believe anything the weather man says. Oh well at least the drive to work was easier then I was anticipating.
Ok, it's time for me to clear something up and that is I like it when it snows. There's nothing more beautiful and serene then the sight of freshly fallen snow. The things I don't like about it is the nasty driving conditions and the super cold air that usually follows a snowfall.
And look the Harlem Globetrotters are coming to perform in our fair city. I went into the local grocery store and while waiting to transact some business at the customer service area I spotted this life-sized ad for the Globetrotters. But I wonder if they are really still the kings of comedy on the basketball court as they were in the day of Geese Ausbie, Marques Haynes and Meadowlark Lemon. I do remember laughing my ass off watching these guys play basketball. I really couldn't rate them now since I have never seen any of the newer versions of the Globetrotters. And since I won't make it to this performance I still will have not seen them. Oh well, thats life.
Ok it's time to run now, got to put some laundry in the washer so I'll have something to wear to work in the morning.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 7:09 PM

Tuesday, December 02, 2003

Today was a gray cloudy wintry looking day, and although the temperature hovered in the mid-forties the strong north wind kept it feeling as though it were in the twenties. Not exactly good conditions for working outside, however my boss didn't see it that way. So we spent the morning taking down fencing and rolling it up. Then spent the afternoon carrying mirrors from a storage facility into the new building, about fifty of them one at a time. Really it wasn't to bad and not hard work at all. And as long as we kept moving we managed to stay warm.
I took todays pic as I stood out in the front yard after work today. As I was standing there i could here the honkers far above me. I looked up and saw a small flock high-tailing it to the south. And these have not been the only ones either, the last few days the skies here have been cluttered with flocks of geese haulin ass in a southerly direction. I sure hope this isn't a sign of things to come. Oh well, I guess time will tell.
Right now it's starting to rain and it's supposed to change over to snow later tonight. That means driving to work in the morning could be a real adventure. One of the things I don't like about winter and snowfalls is having to drive on it. And it's not me I worry about, it's the other's who like to drive like the road is not covered in snow. Guess I'll find out in the morning, I will let you know how it goes.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 8:28 PM

Monday, December 01, 2003

So Monday has come and gone and for the first day back to work after a four day weekend it wasn't to bad. Come to think of November has even come and gone. Damn in a few short weeks Christmas will be upon us. I sure hope I'll be ready for it. I did get a start on it over the weekend by getting my Christmas tree up.
So what did everybody think about the great Thanksgiving Day visit by president Bush. I think it was a good thing he did, but I also believe it is something he should do as commander-in-chief. I just have a little problem understanding why it had to be such a clandestine trip, and why he had to make such a production out of the visit. I mean why all the secrecy? After all he travels with more security then you can shake a stick at. Also if things are going as great as he says they are in Iraq what was there to worry about, right. Now I'm sure the troops appreciated the visit, but i can't help but wonder what they thought when they heard what he had to say about his trip had someone found out he was making the trip. I will say this, it was a real display of bravery on his part to say he was prepared to turn the plane around if he thought his secret had gotten out. Another statement made by Bush that I'm sure the troops in Iraq got a kick out of was, I didn't want to put MYSELF or anyone who was with me in harms way. Hummm, it didn't seem to bother him any when he ordered the troops in to fight the war. I tell you that's quite an example he set for everyone with those statements. I remember that president Kennedy once wrote a book entitled Profiles in Courage, I wonder what the title should be if President Bush were to write a book. Oh I know, how about Profiles in Courage As Long as I'm Hiding Behind a Desk in Washington. Yeah, I think that would work.
Oh, I almost forgot about the why make a big production out of his visit. That one is simple. It's an election year isn't it. I personally believe if this wasn't an election year we wouldn't have seen his ass anywhere near Iraq. Of course, I could be wrong....it wouldn't be the first time.
It's time to kick back a little, do some reading before calling it a night.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 7:59 PM