Some people shouldn’t own dogs!

This past Friday I had to save a puppy that was out in the middle of a highway gnawing at roadkill.  Today, on my way out to dinner the same dog is now sniffing the road where the roadkill was.  It’s the cutest little white puppy, I had to stop and honk for 5 minutes before it finally headed back to its house.  I’m half a mind to just take the thing next time, I’m not really a dog guy but for Christ’s sake, you don’t buy a little lapdog like that and allow it to roam near a road where people commonly tap 3 digits on the speedometer!  Have some common frakking sense!  I could take much better care of that pup, those owners should be ASHAMED.

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I say God Damn!

Heading home from Easter dinner this evening, I ended up behind a Ducati and Harley who were going at it, at every stoplight. With one stoplight to go, a brand new Dodge Dakota SLT caught up to me in time for the last drag of the evening. When the light turned, and the bikes took off, I floored it. 350 cubic inches of Chevy thunder shook the ground and that Dodge gained NO ground on me until the very end of the merge, I won the race.

I don’t really like to drive the truck fast, it’s 20 years old, has 170K miles on the odometer, burns a quart of oil every 1500 miles, and generally – is made to haul. Still, coming up to that first light the Dakota tried to get past me on sheer momentum but the red light killed that plan. I wonder if the guy who proceeded to tailgate me before pulling off so I wouldn’t see him stop at his house (which I saw – and really don’t care) knew that his brand new Dodge was just held off by something that probably couldn’t even pass inspection.

Talk about being proud tho. I can’t wait until the weather really warms up and I can start to dig in to that truck and fix it up. Can’t see too many more drag races in its future without some significant repairs, but it’s good to know it can still put the young ones in their place. 🙂

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Haaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha

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BSG – 1-3

Just got back from Best Buy before, expected to pay over $200 to get all 3 full seasons of BSG, but was pleasantly surprised at the register when seasons 1,2.0,2.5, and 3 ran up to about $120.  Now I know what I’ll be doing this weekend.

The only one that was actually marked down on the shelf was season 3, the rest were marked at full price – same for the website.  If you’re a Battlestar Galactica fan who has been waiting for the right time to buy the DVD’s – go for it.

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Mmmm…stimulants.

So the President in his infinite wisdom decided that what the economy needs right now is more money in the hands of consumers.  To that end, he effected a new stimulus package which gives each American taxpayer who earns less than $75,000 a year anywhere from $300 to $600.  Now I knew about this when it happened, I read some newspapers and websites, as well as heard about it on the nightly news.  Even Rush Limbaugh had a segment about it.

All that said – why did the IRS need to spend $42 million dollars to notify me that I was getting $600 bucks?

Personally, I believe that if our dollar wasn’t worth less than a roll of Charmin on the world market, our Government had spending under control, and taxes were low enough – I wouldn’t need a $600 check from the Fed to help stimulate the economy.

But anyhow – that check should cover the new cylinder heads and gaskets for the pickup… so thanks George.

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Good deed for the day…

Saved a puppy this morning.

Was headed into work, when I saw this little white fluffy guy in the middle of the road snacking on roadkill.  Of course I stopped, I was surprised that nobody nailed him yet.  So I laid on the horn a couple times, and eventually the dog latched on to the dead whatever, and pulled it off the road.

Since I’ve personally seen people swerve to hit an animal on the shoulder, I knew that the dog was still going to get nailed.  It had a tag on it, so as I walked over to it to try and find out where it belongs, the owner popped his head out and started shouting for it.  I told the guy it was in the middle of the road eating roadkill, hope he didn’t think I was trying to steal it.

I turn around in time to see a big tanker truck blaze past my car with maybe an inch to spare.

Oi.

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Disclosure – 9/1/1997

9/1/1997

0024 Ah crap…  The network still won’t work.  Well I broke my first promise tonight, got a little bit tipsy.  Damned if you do, damned if you don’t, what can I say.  Frat parties are frikkin weird; they’re empty one moment, and the next thing you know they’re overflowing.  Word to the wise, avoid the punch, I think I saw them make some.

1349 Had lunch here for the first time, the food is horrid.  I had a ham & cheese, and a grilled cheese (that I REFUSE to finish).  Also got a brownie, an OJ, and a root beer.  I haven’t finished those either, there’s more water than orange in this ‘juice.’  Guess I’ll have to get my books tomorrow, everything is closed today.  <shrug>  Laura called me up at 9am, but I guess I slept right through the phone ringing.  That sucks.  Would have been nice to wake up to her voice.  I called her back, we chit chatted for a bit… and she started to cry before I hung up.  There’s nothing I can do about it.  I told her about the frat party last night, not like I can keep it from her.  I have one goal here, to get my ass kicked out.  If getting drunk like mad does it, then so be it.  I do not want to be here AT ALL.

Back then I still believed that honesty was the best policy, that honesty made everything alright.  Soon I would learn that if you don’t make the mistake in the first place, there’s no reason for everything to not be alright.

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Smooth move…

Feeling antsy right now… Maybe watching a movie about the last human on Earth (I Am Legend) is not the best thing to watch when I kind of feel that way.

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December 2001

Oh… why the hell not.

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November 1995

Can you do that again?

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