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Man was that fun or what?

December 27, 2008 // Posted in family and friends, holidays, legal, sports  |  1 Comment

I don’t know about you but I had a great Christmas.  My mother is the best.  She got me everything I need to go paint ball shooting with my buddies.  My father sat there and kept saying “You’ll shoot your eye out.” real smart like.  As if I have to tell you but he was referring to the movie ‘A Christmas story’.   I saw a lamp like the one in that movie in a catalog somewhere.  I gotta find it and get it for Dad for next Christmas.  That would be too funny.  Oh it was in an ABC Distributor catalog and I think they have a web site too.

Guess what my father got me?  You guessed it, a shirt and matching tie.  I’m surprised he didn’t buy me a suit too.  What really surprises me is he didn’t give me a law book.  He keeps nagging me about becoming a lawyer but that’s just not me.  I like what I’m doing and if I want to be something else when I grow up, then I’ll figure out what that is on my own but for now, I’m happy and that’s the main thing that matters.

Merry Christmas to everyone

December 24, 2008 // Posted in family and friends, gadgets, grown-up stuff, holidays  |  No Comments

Well Christmas eve is finally here and we all know what that means.  It means the fat man in a red and white suit will break into every ones house that has a child in it, eat your goodies, leave a bunch of toys and then ride off into the night on a sleigh pulled by 8 tiny Reindeer tonight.  They better be pretty good sized Reindeer to pull around a fat man and a sleigh full of toys, you know what I mean?

Anyway, he quit coming to my house a long time ago.  My father said he doesn’t visit grown little boys, ha ha ha! That’s okay because I can buy myself all the gadgets and toys I want for myself.  After all, I might be a grown little boy but that’s better than being an old man before my time.  OOPS, I shouldn’t go there.  My father just might read this.

Anyway, here’s wishing you and your family a VERY MERRY CHIRSTMAS!!!!!

Salvation Army

December 21, 2008 // Posted in community service, faith, grown-up stuff, holidays, legal, news, work  |  No Comments

I have always thought of the Salvation Army as a wonderful organization that helps those that need it the most.  I try to find change or even a dollar bill or two to place in their kettle but after this story, I’m not so sure about them.

See there is a man that has been a part of the Salvation Army for I believe it said about 20 years.  His wife was also a member of the Salvation Army.  What I didn’t realize about them is they are a church.  They have rules.  This man that has given his life to the Salvation Army lost his wife.  Now he has been lucky enough to find love again but there’s a problem.  She’s not of the Salvation Army.

If this man marries this woman he loves, he loses his home which is owned by the Salvation Army, he loses his vehicle which is also owned by the Salvation Army and worst of all, he loses his job with the Salvation Army.  Once you are a member of the Salvation Army, you are not allowed to marry anyone that is not also a member of their organization.  In other words, they are there to help others but not their own.

Now this man has to pack up his household belongings along with his teen aged daughter and will be homeless for Christmas because he made the mistake of falling in love with someone that is not a member of the Salvation Army.  This is so very wrong.  I bet people will not look favorably on the Salvation Army because of this.  I know I don’t but who do you hurt if you don’t put your money in the kettle anymore?  You hurt those that are innocent in the whole ordeal, just like this man, his daughter and the woman he was lucky enough to find and found love again.  For that, he’s being punished.

The Salvation Army sound more like Scrooge than the Spirit of Christmas Present.  Bah-Humbug to them.  If this is what grown-up looks like, then I want no part of it.  I hope he gets a lawyer, and one that does it for free too, and sues the socks off of the Salvation Army but unfortunately I believe he had to sign a contract saying he would only marry within the ‘Church’ so that means they win already.

So now what?

December 18, 2008 // Posted in community service, faith, holidays, work  |  No Comments

Christmas is just a week away.  I can’t seem to find the Christmas spirit I’m supposed to have.  Why?  Maybe it’s my job.  Retail management takes the joy out of Christmas.  People don’t realize just how hard this job is on the people that work in the stores.

People let their kids run wild in the stores, tearing the toys off the shelves, running through the store yelling “I want this” and then crying when their mother takes the toy away from them and just putting them anywhere they are instead of putting them back where they belong.  Then when the people get to the register, they decide they don’t want half of what they bring or can’t afford it anyway.  Then we’re supposed to look at them and smile while we say “It’s okay, we’ll put it back for you.”

Christmas music plays throughout the store but there’s one thing lacking, the Christmas spirit.  Then something happens that shows you what Christmas really is.  A homeless woman comes in and requests just a warm place for a moment.  Do you allow her to stand there dirty and not smelling so pleasant while shoppers come in?  Yes, I do.  The customers give her a dirty look as they walk in.

Christmas is about giving.  I find myself calling a local restaurant that delivers food and order something for her to eat.  When it arrives, I take it to her and tears come to her eyes.  She tells me that she hasn’t eaten in 2 days and thanks me with sheer honesty and grace that I have not seen so far this year.  As she finishes the meal, she looks at me and says “God bless you” and walks out the door.

In this dirty smelly homeless woman, I have found the Christmas spirit.  The spirit of giving to those less fortunate.  I don’t know where she went when she left but I can only hope and pray that she is warm and safe tonight.  Hopefully someone else will give her another meal soon.  I will gladly do it again if she returns.  I wish I could have done more.  Perhaps my simple act will make a difference in her life.  Dear God I hope so.

It was the cashier!

December 15, 2008 // Posted in grown-up stuff, legal, work  |  No Comments

My job is safe!!  Thank goodness because the cashier is the one that got caught with her hand in the cash drawer.  I caught her myself.  She’s supposed to put the larger bills like $20′s on up under the cash drawer.  I caught her slipping a $100 in her pocket.  I didn’t say a word, I just called my district manager and told her what I saw.  She said to let her leave but have the cops outside to check her after the money was all counted and if it’s $100 short, we have her.

Well I did as told and the money came out $150 short.  She has slipped a $50 in her pocket too.  The cops had her and took her to jail.  Man do I hate it for her too because she’s a single Mom with two kids.  This sucks man!  Doing the ‘grown-up’ thing sucks!!