What is it with bugs? I mean, they know they can’t swim (except for the ones that can, but I’m talking about the other kind), so why do they keep jumping in the pool? F*ckers. Are they suicidal, or just plain stupid? Bastids. I feel like one of these crazy old men, stalking the edge of the pool with my trusty net. Or in the water as the “bug whisperer,” helping the little assholes into the light (except the light, in this case, is the skimmer). Well, shit. It beats going to work and sitting in a dark, windowless cave trying not to slowly (or not so slowly) go insane. Today is worse than yesterday, as far as that goes. I’m filled with dread and depression (which is pretty irrational) at the thought of it. Gotta get my mind right – it feels like I woke up with someone else’s blues (sadly, I couldn’t find a good live version of that – maybe Vernon can dig something up).
Speaking of work, it’s a big day today, as we officially acquire another local hospital – adding about 800 employees to the fold (much to the chagrin of the union that, until midnight last night, represented them; the employees now become members of one of the three NY State Public Employee unions). Since I support the systems that get people hired and paid (among other things), this means that things will no doubt be all kinds of a pain in the ass for a while. This is only exacerbated by the fact that one of our team members just went out on maternity leave (leaving us with 3.5 people to support about 7,000 employees and over 80 applications, all written in-house). I’m trying to figure out a way to get knocked-up myself, but I guess I’m too damn old. Maybe I can take hormones or something.
There’s always an on the job injury. Perhaps you could trip over a misplaced keyboard.
I listened to CSpan for a brief time this morning. It was a call-in show and I usually don’t like to listen to them because too many mean and Koolaid drinking wingnuts call in. But, today they were talking about social security and everyone, save a lone twitterer, was complaining about cutting it. The host also said that Sen. Conrad presented a “left” leaning budget though I can’t imagine Conrad as a lefty. But, his budget proposed tax increases which now apparently means you’re a lefty. That’s when I decided to turn off the TV rather than throw a show at it.
I think I know what you were going for, pj, but I don’t see anything live.
So here’s someone who woke up with the blues instead. I can get you one about someone’s milk cow splitting.
Debt crisis? Possible cuts in Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid cuts? Not while there is more Casey Anthony minutiae to milk! Casey’s let her hair down today!
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Very sad. John Mackey has passed away at the age of 69.
For those who don’t know (or care, I suppose, as he was just a football player), he redefined the position of Tight End, and the John Mackey Award is given to the #1 Tight End in College Football.
While President of the NFLPA, he advocated for the vast majority of players and former players who aren’t millionaire superstars, and instead retire broke and broken. He suffered from dementia for many years, and was the inspiration for the ’88’ plan, which helped to provide at least some relief for players battling dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
🙁
Sad. I was trying to think if he was in the Colts Trivia quiz in “Diner”.
¿Now they’re wheeling out the losers from the OJ trial? Really? They must be desperate to keep anyone from knowing that they are going to cut everyone’s retirement and pensions and Social Security and Medicare. At least we’ll all have plenty of unimportant ‘travesties of justice’ to talk about in a few years when were living in the park scraping up money for cat fud (we may have to fight the kittehs for it) and trying to figure out how to stay healthy for 9 months until our new health care vouchers are issued. Now who’s rationing?
So, I googled “Andrew Cuomo Koch addiction” and came up with this and then googled “andrew cuomo koch brothers” and came up with this and this and I’m not surprised. Never liked him, didn’t vote for him, didn’t know this when I didn’t vote for him. Explains and totally supports the “Gov. Snotty” moniker.
What a P.O. :crap: he is!
He did insist that the surcharge on millionaire’s incomes be dropped claiming that renewing it would be a tax increase. How many hundreds of thousands does that pay back?
The Kochs can’t be that smart. If they were GP would market a TP with faces of the Koch brothers or souvenir rolls with the
fecesfaces of some of their favorite teabaggers. Extra Charmin’.