Here you can read/hear the ramblings of a pretty boring guy
We got some more news on A.L. (mentioned below)… She is not as bad as we had originally heard. Although, she is terribly injured she is in fairly good spirits and overwhelmed by the support everyone has shown her. She feels lucky (though I sensed some guilt) that she is still alive when no one else she was with walked awayL. Anyway, we are glad she is “well” but our thoughts are still with her and the other family members who were affected by this incident.
These two must have missed the last two videos when they were young….
Again not for the young ones… The exciting conclusion to part I… 1965 how did we ever make it?
Not for the young ones…
WOW … I didn’t know about half of this stuff and I have the Internet! Now we know why our parents/grandparents are so strange… it’s perversion!
We were notified today right before lunch that another friend of ours has been injured in Iraq by an IED. Due to the sensitive nature of this incident we will only call this individual A.L… A.L. is currently at Water Reed Army Medical center is pretty serious condition… Our thoughts are with her during, what we can only guess, is the beginning of a tremendous recovery.
We’ll once again work was a ball today… Not only did I get some great news (see “confidential” below), but once again I had absolutely nothing to do. I’ve said this to a bunch of folks but, my job is a waste of American tax dollars. My bosses keep telling me how important and vital I am but I don’t see it. I complete all the menial tasks they give me within the first 30 minutes at work and then try to be “creative” the rest of the day. The good news is that I get plenty of gym time, hey, I’ve lost 20 some odd pounds and my physical fitness score has raised 21 points just this year. I don’t know guess I should just sit back and enjoy the ride but doing “nothing” sure gets boring after a while.
My boss wants me to start working on my annual performance report… He states I have tons of “great” work to add to the report… Again I don’t see it. It’s terribly hard to write good things about yourself, especially, when you don’t have a job to be good at. I just hope he rates me slightly higher than last year when he gave me the lowest rating on a performance report I have received in 19 years. He wrote it to “motivate me to work harder at being proactive and forward leaning”… That report sure raised my morale and motivated me to work harder (at nothing).
We also had our last Basketball practice tonight. I should have cancelled or just called in “sick”. We’ve played about 10 games this year and we have not won a single game. The kids try but we just don’t have the team “chemistry” we need to click. Out of the three years I have been coaching kids at PAFB, this has been the most frustrating. I just hope that it is not that we moved up to the next level (7-9 yr olds vs. 5-6), because if so, my coaching “career” may come quickly to an end. Oh well, final game is Saturday and then off to Outdoor Soccer. I don’t think I will be able to coach this soccer season due to AF commitments. Who knows maybe the break will do me well and I will come back in the fall full of vigor.
In the Beginning was The Plan ………..
Then came the Assumptions.
And the Assumptions were without form and The Plan was without Substance.
Darkness was upon the faces of the Airmen.
And the Airmen went unto their Sergeants and said:
"This is a crock of sh!t and it stinks."
And the Sergeants went unto their First Shirts saying:
"It is a pail of dung and we can’t live with the smell."
And the Flight Sergeants went unto their Lieutenants saying:
"It is a container of excrement and it is very strong, such that none may abide it."
And the Lieutenants went unto their Captains saying:
"It is a vessel of fertilizer and none may abide its strength."
And the Captains went unto the Majors saying:
"It contains that which aids plant growth and it is very strong."
And the Majors went unto the Colonels saying:
"It promotes growth and it is very powerful."
And the Colonels went unto the MAJCOM Commander and said:
"This new Plan will actively promote the growth and vigor of the Forces with very powerful effects."
And the MAJCOM Commander looked upon The Plan and saw that it was good.
And The Plan became Policy.
And this, my friends, is how Sh!t Happens ……….
See http://360.yahoo.com/thuisd (must be a “friend” to view blog)
Some mature material– not for innocent ears _ Pretty Funny though!
https://home.comcast.net/~jfmelnick/fruitcakelady.wmv
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