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Manic Monday

Sillon de Dentista
Photo by dmmalva

Well, an interesting day today.  Shortly after school started I got a call from the school nurse.  Seems the boy had an extreme toothache and had to come home.   Not a huge deal.  Spent the afternoon heading to the dentist to see what was going on.  Turns our nothing obvious was found, but if there is an infection or other problem it can take weeks or months even to show up.  The dentist “sealed” the tooth, and now the boy seems fine.  We’ll see how thing work out.

Went to get a new cell phone this evening.  We currently subscribe to Qwest wireless ant they are shutting down service on 31 October.   I am not too happy with the increase in cost, but it will be nice to have a new phone as I think mine is about 6 years old.

Dinner tonight was at the new Red Lobster on Powers.  I love new restaurants, always so clean.  Cost was a bit more than I care for, but the food was good and service excellent.

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The Stimulus

Got this in my E-Mail… Thought I’d share…..Longworth House Office Building (Congressional Offices)
Photo by cliff1066™

Just forgot the part about them taking it back–with interest next tax season….

Some time this year, we taxpayers will again receive an Economic Stimulus payment. This is a very exciting program. I’ll explain it using the Q and A format:

Q. What is an Economic Stimulus payment?

A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

Q. Where will the government get this money?

A. From taxpayers.

Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?

A. Only a smidgen.

Q. What is the purpose of this payment?

A. The plan is for you to use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

Q. But isn’t that stimulating the economy of China?

A. Shut up!

Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by spending your stimulus check wisely:

.  If you spend the stimulus money at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China.

. If you spend it on gasoline, your money will go to the Arabs.

. If you purchase a computer, it will go to India.

. If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.

. If you buy a car, it will go to Japan or Korea.

.  If you purchase useless stuff, it will go to Taiwan.

.  If you pay your credit cards off, or buy stock, it will go to management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.

Instead, keep the money in America by:

1. spending it at yard sales, or

2. going to ball games, or

3. spending it on prostitutes, or

4. beer or

5. tattoos.

(These are the only American businesses still operating in the US .)

Conclusion: 
Go to a ball game with a tattooed prostitute that you met at a yard sale and drink beer all day.

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You can never have too much Caulk

image Spend an entire day working on the house and getting it ready for winter.  Caulked all the windows (on the main floor),  and fixed/replaced a broken door in the basement (it’s only been broken since 2006).  Not exciting by any means, but great to have so much work done.

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Friday Night at the Movies

Up

Released: 2009

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Up

Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger, Elie Docter, Mickie McGowan,

Not a lot to report from today.  My wife stayed home from work today so I didn’t get too much done around the house.  Still a nice change from the “norm” though.  i did some home repairs in the morning, we went out to lunch and then headed to the store to pick up a few things.  Since the store was empty we ended up doing a lot more shopping than expected, but at least we got most of the Christmas shopping already done.

After shopping we headed home and I scrubbed down two of our bathrooms (I know glamorous) and waited for “the boy” to get home from school.

After, the boy got home we had a quick dinner of grilled pork chops and then we headed out to Peterson AFB, where they had a free screening of the movie “UP”.  The movie wasn’t quite what I expected, but it wasn’t bad.

 

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Much Better Day

Bowl of clouds
Photo by kevindooley

Well today was a much better day than the last few. Interesting what a simple change in the mundane routine of daily living will do. After taking the boy to the bus stop, I did my daily perusal of the job boards. Though there are a few jobs advertised, I’ve noticed the numbers continuing to drop and the requirements for even the most mundane job go increasingly higher, like needing a Masters Degree to change backup tapes on a server… incredible. After that I decided I was going out for breakfast, and I took my wife to "The Good Egg"… not great, but not too bad. My wife then went to work and I worked on a few things at home until it was time to get the boy from the bus stop. My wife and son went to "Old Chicago" for dinner with friends, while I had to go to a Scout Round Table (Monthly Meeting of Leaders)…I would have rather gone to dinner, but since I now help run the round table for all Cub Scout leaders I had to go. Anyway, it was nice doing something different… I may not be "out of the rut", but today got me closer to the rim.