Playing around with this Movember thingy... let's see if I make it to Thanksgiving

wow... sad to hear... I didnt know this about her. RIP.

I am starting to really come to dislike my job. Why?... not because of the tech aspect.. thats cool... its because of the schedule. My mornings are spent piddling around the house, doing laundry and cleaning up this or that while watching the Today show... then I work in the afternoon to night time, getting home after everyone is asleep. I miss practices, homework... Band Booster meetings ( oh boy).. helping with projects for school, dinner.. just hanging out time. I dont get to see any friends because I am at work. I cant tell you the last time my phone has rang with a friend just saying hey or wanting to grab a bite or whatever... i guess they assume I am at work. sad thing is... I am. Not that i expect that sorta stuff on a regular basis. We all got families now. I understand that. I appreciate that. just sucks when I leave work every evening and realize that EVERYONE is already asleep most likely... i get home and everyone is asleep. I spend some time watching Sportscenter and catching up on Kappa Kappa Psi crap and go to sleep. I spend a lot of time talking to myself now... I think I am annoyed that I am going to miss Halloween with the kids sitting around at work... I think that i am missing the kids growing up while I jerk around at work... oh well, at least I am helping provide for them and that they are getting to do things... and i am grateful Jessica takes care of business while I am not around to help. Starting to ponder changing jobs.. but I have somewhat crappy seniority builtup at my job.. oh well... could be worse. So maybe I will just shut up and get over it...

Hard to believe NBA started tonight. This won't be over till JUNE.... my C's will be an afterthought this year... will take a look back at the Hornets and start on that band wagon while seats are plentiful to find...

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Quoting a dear friend here... "WAY beyond Bizarre.... Wayyyy".... my reaction? "WTF?!?!" are you serious?...  This is just good for Halloween. You have been warned... i read this and went back/forth between laughing so hard i was in tears to being incredulous that this type of stuff is happening...

Ouch... as someone who is a member of an organization frequently confused for this type of organization (or interestingly enough, have members who wish to emulate these organizations) i somewhat agree with this article, and also disagree... I think that the groups are 95% positive in their missions and goals... and the hazing is a blight that will eventually be cycled out as soon as all the old people die off, unfortunately. The stepping is cool and a source of pride and I often enjoy the step shows, as long as they dont dissolve into something they should not be....

I have been switch to a new medicine to take daily to maintain my blood sugar levela and it has made me somewhat nauseous all the time. Initially for a couple of days it was really bad and has gotten better since then. I now only seem to go thru occasional bouts of it now... but i must admit that once i took the medicine my levels dropped almost 100 points immediately and i did feel better overall.... I must admit that I fear and now loath the upcoming Halloween and all the candy. It severely tests my resolve and I always end up giving in to eating some candy somewhere. My problem is that it seems to have become almost addictive to me.. the taste.. i think because I hardly ever taste it, it is almost like crack or something (not that I really know what that is like, to be honest... but from what I gather). And I dread my kids coming home with mother loads of candy... and the candy buckets at work... and virtually NONE of it that I can eat without feeling bad for hours afterwards. I wish I could simply tell my kids to not bring it home. To give it to charity or something. But that aint happening.. I wish I could get them to understand that all that candy will eventually lead them to be in the same situation as me. But it seems they are doomed to fall into the same trap unless I become the big bad mean Daddy....

The fall has been somewhat quiet... Soccer and usual random Saturday stuff has been the norm... as the weather cools we hope to maybe go hiking again or get out for some leaf viewing in the hills. On a slightly long range note, 2014 is looking to be somewhat eventful with Grandma already arranging a July 4th cruise AND a trip to Great Wolf Lodge in Gatlinburg... That is summertime events.

Just perusing the headlines recently.... The Telegraph .... wonder if all those people in Germany who fawned over Obama would do so now?.... Los Angeles Times... The rich people and Obama/Congress who pushed for this either dont have to use this and are not subject to it... or the poor people simply are not going to pay or ignore it and do what they have always done... leaving the middle class to pay MORE for their healthcare to cover for it... remember when I couldnt order a simple T-SHIRT from the Obama campaign? Was that simply a prediction of the healthcare.gov website debacle ? ...if they have THREE YEARS and a half billion dollars to make a website and cant do better than this, what is to be expected of the final product?.... even The Huffington Post is sporting stories speaking against Obama now and Democrats are starting to seem nervous about this implementation ...

Ryles had a "dance" on Friday evening at her school. Well.. i-man did too. Smdh... the days of cute pix and stuff are seemingly on the verge of being over....

http://www.tigernet.com/update/player/ESPN-Clemsons-Dramatic-Stadium-Entrance-Will-Give-You-CHILLS-12331

So I am sitting here with The Imperial Death March playing in my mind over and over. I read about Syria this and Syria that. Republicans Democrats Progessives Conservatives NeoCons Fairies... hell.. everyone is expressing doubt about all this. Everyone is pointing fingers at each other. Evidence points to nerve gas being used by BOTH sides... The enemy is suddenly our ally. Obama is wanting to shoot rockets at Syria in support of people who we are using drones to kill 10 miles away across the border.... The world is saying dont shoot!!!.... Obama seems to be under some sorta mind control.... and yet The Imperial Death March still seems to be playing subtly in the background... why do i sense somewhere Senator Palpatine is laughing.

by the way, The Imperial Death March is also called "Darth Vader's Theme"

It just seems like this is some sorta movie where someone is pulling puppet strings on Obama, Putin, Assad and others... to start a war.

So School started the other day... and it really seems to be a different stage. A different much bigger school. Far more students (1400 kids)... and different schedule of classes including band... We think Ryles will be doing archery this Fall with I-Man doing soccer as well...

A great win last night.... I am interested to see how the rest of this season plays out. I have been tasked to escort the visiting bands this season, which has its pros and cons. Pros?... i get to go to the games for free, field pass thru out the game and a parking pass in the Brooks parking lot. Con's?... well... i kinda am expected to be there. This season is pretty doable because the games are actually very spread out between Thursday night games, Away games and off weekends. The atmosphere last night was pretty electric....

Something to think about....

For the past couple of days I have had jury duty, for the first time ever. This has allowed me to be home in the evenings for a change, even if only temporary...Homework... Just Dance!!!.... playing their instruments... dinner...a normal evening or three, for a change.... now back to the grind. It was an interesting couple of days at the ole courthouse. Kinda funny how the Prosecutors and Defense lawyers all seem to be buddy buddy and know each other and stuff... didnt seem like Law and Order at all...  funny how all of a sudden I-Man seems to be "ok" with wearing a polo shirt to school. He used to NEVER wear a polo shirt. Now he gets it out himself and puts it on....

I must admit that rain has been a rather regular event since May. And I for one am glad... also glad it has been probably the coolest Summer that I can ever remember. I suppose its that global warming that will next provide us with an exceptionally cool winter. Well... not sure I want that but I think it may be coming. We are also due for another ice storm event so I need to look at generator possibilities to cover our bases. Anyway I am happy we had a creek this summer and not a dry sandy trail with water dribbling thru it...

i typically ignore the Yankees/Red Sox games because ESPN is so blatantly in the tank for and seeming to care/show anything that involves these two teams... or currently Dodgers. But this game tonight has been highly entertaining....

Sitting here winding down on a Sunday evening....

Tux the Battle cat is annoyed...